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...DICKEY (R) District 4 (South--Pine Bluff; Hot Springs...
BORN: Dec. 14, 1939, Pine Bluff EDUCATION: U of Arkansas, B.A., 1961, J.D., 1963 FAMILY: Divorced; four children RELIGION: Methodist MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Lawyer; restaurateur POLITICAL CAREER: Pine Bluff city attorney, 1968-70; U.S. House, 1992- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 8766, Pine Bluff 71611. Tel.: 501-536-1221 Dickey, who has won two narrow victories here, takes care not to attack favorite son Bill Clinton on his home turf. The exception to this rule is abortion: Dickey co-sponsored the bill to ban partial-birth abortions, which Clinton vetoed. On local issues, he agrees with Vincent Tolliver in supporting proposed Interstate...
Maine is still mostly rural, and its people--from the potato farmers of Aroostook County to the lobstermen of the choppy Atlantic--retain a well-developed delight in the American gift of independence. Once the barometer of the country--"As Maine goes, so goes the nation"--the Pine Tree State has become a bit of a political aberration: there are more minor-party or unaffiliated voters there than either registered Republicans or Democrats. In 1992 a third of Maine's voters opted for third-party presidential candidate Ross Perot, and in 1994 each of its congressional districts switched parties...
BORN: Feb. 25, 1930, Pine County EDUCATION: U of Minnesota, B.A., 1953; William Mitchell U, L.L.B., 1958 FAMILY: Wife, Barbara; seven children RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Lawyer; accountant; municipal judge POLITICAL CAREER: Municipal judge, proctor, 1961-73; Republican Party district chairman, 1993-95 ADDRESS: 315 West Michigan Street, Duluth...
BORN: Sept. 30, 1943, Bessemer, Mich. EDUCATION: Gogebic Community College, A.A., 1963; Northern Michigan U, B.A., 1965; Michigan State U, M.A., 1970 FAMILY: Wife, JoLee; two children RELIGION: Presbyterian MILITARY: Army, 1966-68 OCCUPATION: Broadcast journalist POLITICAL CAREER: None ADDRESS: 417 Pine Street, Green...