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...cost of a congressional campaign has climbed sixfold over the past two decades. More often than not, incumbents outspend their challengers, and usually the candidates who spend the most win. Here are the main contenders for House and Senate seats in your district, along with how much money they've raised--both overall and from political-action committees...
...John who?" They aren't asking that question at AT&T's main office in Basking Ridge, N.J., anymore, but they are just about everywhere else. In a shocker, AT&T, the nation's 10th largest company, with estimated 1996 revenues of $51 billion to $52 billion, dialed long distance--to a Midwest commercial printer, of all places--to find John Walter, its new president and heir apparent to CEO Robert Allen, who will retire in 1998, two years early. "When one of the world's largest companies loses its president and can't find anyone inside, what's going...
BORN: June 11, 1967, Lake Village EDUCATION: Hendrix College, 1985-86, U of Southern California 1987-89 FAMILY: Single RELIGION: Southern Baptist MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Writer POLITICAL CAREER: None ADDRESS: 313 Main Street, Lake Village 71653. Tel.: 501-265-2314 Tolliver's candidacy is somewhat quixotic. A young African-American writer, he is running against a two-term incumbent in a 72% white district that includes Bill Clinton's hometown. With a "black agenda" that criticizes "white men who don't know anything" for writing laws that unjustly send black men to prison, Tolliver might not have a prayer. Nevertheless...
BORN: Nov. 6, 1961, Highland EDUCATION: Illinois State U, B.S., 1983; St.Louis U, J.D., 1986 FAMILY: Wife, Laurie Ann; two children RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Director of court services and probation; assistant state's attorney POLITICAL CAREER: Illinois House, 1991- ADDRESS: 107 1/2 E. Main, Collinsville...
BORN: May 29, 1954, Great Bend EDUCATION: U of Kansas, B.S., 1976; J.D., 1981 FAMILY: Wife, Robba; two children RELIGION: Methodist MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Lawyer POLITICAL CAREER: Kansas Senate, 1988- ADDRESS: 1011 Main, Hays...