Word: nethercutt
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...NAME] George Nethercutt (R.-Washington...
...odds are exponentially increased by open seats. In 1998, Democrats won 11 of the 18 competitive seats available. Moreover, several of the Republican incumbents who have signed the pledge to resign in 2000 represent districts that President Clinton carried in 1996, among them Tom Coburn, Jack Metcalf and George Nethercutt...
...House Ways and Means Committee. On Tuesday, though, Flanagan fell to Rod Blagojevich and a Chicago Democratic machine no longer burdened with defending a Representative under a 17-count federal corruption indictment, as Rostenkowski had been. On the other hand, the biggest giant killer of them all, George Nethercutt, held on to the Washington State seat he had snatched from Tom Foley, House Speaker until...
...Nethercutt will go down in history as the giant slayer of the Republican revolution--the man who unseated Tom Foley, the first House Speaker in 132 years to lose an election. Rewarded with a seat on the Appropriations Committee, he has voted conservatively and authored a term-limits amendment. But thanks to a barrage of Democratic attacks, he's in a tight race with political newcomer Judy Olson. With constituents questioning Nethercutt's zero rating from the League of Conservation Voters, this election just might give the Democrats a chance to steal Foley's seat back...
Known as "the mom in overalls," Olson is making a strong run at freshman incumbent George Nethercutt, hoping to recapture former Speaker Tom Foley's old seat for the Democrats. Olson is basing her campaign on protecting education, Social Security, Medicare and abortion rights. A fourth-generation farmer and a recent President of the National Association of Wheat Growers, Olson wants a seat on the Agriculture Committee to help her fight for agricultural-research dollars...