Word: minimum
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...Arnie" Arnesen's campaign priorities include business-government partnerships for worker retraining and making the minimum wage a livable wage. Until 1990 the Second District hadn't elected a Democratic Representative since 1912. Though the G.O.P. took the seat back in 1994, a turning national tide may give Arnesen a chance...
...closest races in New Jersey, Martini has credentials that may invite crossover votes. He is endorsed by the Sierra Club for his environmental record--he led an effort to prevent development of the 17,500-acre Sterling Forest--is pro-choice and voted to raise the minimum wage. Still, Martini won his freshman election by only 1%, and his popularity hasn't been tested against a challenger as well known as Pascrell...
...plant. Now on the UAW's International Union Executive Board, he hopes to make this race a referendum on the Contract with America, which he calls the Contract on America. Facing Bill Paxon, one of Newt Gingrich's lieutenants, Fricano has made hay of Paxon's vote against the minimum-wage hike. In this battle between labor and the G.O.P. Congress, Fricano has strong support despite the district's solid Republicanism...
...surprise when Quinn won a House seat in this Democratic district in 1992 and when, in 1994, he got an endorsement from the normally Democratic AFL-CIO. But this year, despite his support for the minimum-wage hike and opposition to NAFTA, labor is backing opponent Francis Pordum. Still, Quinn won $40 million for the Buffalo waterfront this year, a surefire election plum, and has sponsored legislation to create a clear federal snow-emergency plan, a hot issue in the land of the "lake effect...
...primary, leaving it to party leaders to choose a new nominee. They tapped Nadler, who then swept the general election with 81% of the vote. He has fought to help restore Brooklyn's waterfront and introduced the Mothers and Infants Good Health Act, which ensures mothers a minimum 48-hour hospital stay after delivery...