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...Barlow--and won. He became the first Republican to represent the district, whose 31 counties are almost all Democratic. In the House, Whitfield supported a balanced-budget amendment and a line-item veto. He denies that the Republicans want to cut Medicare and that he is a clone of Newt Gingrich...
...order to better define his own moderate stances, Eastaugh has painted G.O.P. incumbent Wayne Gilchrest as a Newt Gingrich crony and environmental Johnny-come-lately. Eastaugh emphasizes his own participation in the original Earth Day (while at Harvard) and his support for small-business tax incentives. He agrees with his opponent, however, in advocating overhaul of cumbersome government programs...
...district where 25% of the people claim Dutch ancestry, the Holland-born Hoekstra has built a conservative record and worked for governmental reform. As one of the few former FORTUNE 500 executives in Congress and a friend of Newt Gingrich, he won a subcommittee chair in the House Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunity...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "I'm in the mold of Newt Gingrich and the freshman Republicans. We need to reform government and create more and better job opportunities...
...year when the G.O.P. legislative strategy backfired, Wicker stands by his party. He consistently defends Newt Gingrich and supports a tax cut in lieu of a minimum-wage hike. He was one of only seven newcomers to win a seat on the powerful Appropriations Committee. It would be hard for Wicker to hide his G.O.P. stature from voters, and he makes no attempt...