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Such veiled tactics are spreading. Unlike traditional spending, in which organizations explicitly support a candidate, voter guides and get-out-the- vote campaigns are ostensibly nonpartisan, meaning the amount spent does not have to be disclosed to the Federal Election Commission. As a result, official spending calculations can be misleading. In September, eight-term Representative Mike Synar, also in Oklahoma, narrowly lost a Democratic runoff primary to Virgil Cooper, a retired principal. Cooper's victory seemed all the more astounding since Synar, the well-funded incumbent, had outspent him by a huge margin. But in fact, if all the money...
...Congressional District, which runs through Cleveland's suburbs, freshman Representative Eric Fingerhut faces Republican challenger Steven LaTourette, a onetime local prosecutor. "Certainly someone who makes his living putting people behind bars has instant credibility with voters," observes Benjamin / Sheffner, who follows House races for the Cook Political Report, a nonpartisan Washington newsletter...
...prime factor. The oil tycoon has so far spent $6.6 million of his own cash on TV advertising and other promotion, most of it attacking Feinstein as a political hack. As a result, "the race is up for grabs," says Mark DiCamillo, director of the Field Poll, a nonpartisan California survey. By the time the showdown is over on Nov. 8, spending by both candidates is expected to surpass $30 million, making it the most expensive Senate race in history...
...dated the actress Darryl Hannah on and off for more than five years, is also a lawyer, and spent four years working as an assistant district attorney in New York district attorney Robert Morgenthau's office before quitting last summer. His current projects include looking into starting a nonpartisan magazine about politics. "He was very excited to introduce people at the office to his mom," says a former colleague at the Manhattan D.A.'s office. "He was like, 'This is my mom!' It was cute. I got the impression that he talked to her about things that were going...
...when most comedians are too cool to care, here's an odd twist: the two best stand-up comics on TV are the ones who have ventured most boldly into the political arena. Not the easy-to-take, nonpartisan "topicality" of Leno and Letterman, but informed, savvy, opinionated comedy about real issues. Miller and Maher are helping stand-up comedy escape from its contemporary cul- de-sac, where Jerry Seinfeld clones obsess about sex, TV and life's little annoyances. These two comics read the whole newspaper -- not just the funny clippings their writers collect for them...