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Smith suffered a narrow loss in a January special election to fill the vacant Senate seat of Bob Packwood, who left under a cloud of scandal. In this bitter race, Smith has accused Tom Bruggere of hiring a San Francisco private-investigation firm to "dig dirt." Smith has tempered some of his more conservative positions for this race, but in a state that has elected moderate Senators for the past 30 years, the winner here should still be a moderating influence on Capitol Hill...
Though his opponent would disagree, Spratt seems neither a loyal Clinton ally nor a blind follower of the Republican leadership. But since his narrow victory over conservative Larry Bigham in 1994, Spratt has supported much of the Contract with America and spent more weekends at home talking with constituents. He also--from his seat on the National Security Committee--helped secure more than $14 million in federal money for Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter...
...After a narrow loss--by just six points--to retiring Representative Lewis Payne in 1994, Landrith hopes to do better against Virginia state Senator Virgil Goode. The conservative Landrith, who wants to cut the deficit by cutting social programs like the National Endowment for the Arts rather than by raising taxes, is getting his message out with the help of Steve Forbes and Newt Gingrich, who have made appearances on his behalf...
Enzi won the G.O.P. primary by a narrow 2,000-vote margin. His conservative platform includes a "simpler, flatter" tax system and more state control of federal lands. Enzi hopes to profit from the endorsement of popular retiring Senator Alan Simpson and a solid state tradition of Republican representation...
Wamp is not running from Newt Gingrich in this campaign, but is trying to shed a zealous image to protect his narrow 1994 victory. Tennessee's Third District ranks fifth in the country in federal funding, and Wamp has juggled protection of that money with balancing the budget, a goal he says is worth losing his seat over. But the Department of Energy--a department on the G.O.P. hit list--spends $2 billion a year in the district...