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...1950s. Plaster madonnas adorn people's front lawns, plastic Easter bunnies perch in picture windows at this time of year, and on Sundays families attend Mass at the Irish, Italian and Croatian churches where their grandparents were married. Bridgeport is a place where one can still see precinct captains and aldermen of the 11th Ward drinking at Schaller's Pump, and where sauerkraut soup is still served at a diner not far from the home of Chicago's legendary Boss, Richard J. Daley, and the funeral home where he was laid out. But Bridgeport is also the sort of community...
Minnesota's German and Scandinavian roots are reflected in its strong individuals, respect for work and generous social programs. Minnesotans take care of their own--the top 78 of the state's companies contribute 5% of their earnings to charity--and citizens participate in their government via local precinct caucuses. It's the land of 10,000 lakes and the Mall of America, the home of the Mayo Clinic and the state bird, the loon. These days the state of moderate Hubert Humphrey is also home to one of the nation's most vociferous antiabortion groups, as well...
BORN: Nov. 15, 1949, Racine, Wis. EDUCATION: Texas A&I, B.S., 1976 FAMILY: Wife, Dani; three children RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: Navy, 1970-72 OCCUPATION: Teacher POLITICAL CAREER: Crandall City Council, 1994-96; Democratic precinct chair, 1994-96 ADDRESS: P.O. Box 870789, Mesquite...
BORN: Jan. 2, 1954, Los Angeles EDUCATION: Dallas Baptist U, B.S., 1980; Dallas Seminary, M.A., 1992 FAMILY: Wife, Trish; three children RELIGION: Baptist MILITARY: Navy, 1972-73 OCCUPATION: Real estate executive POLITICAL CAREER: Precinct chairman, 1979-83 ADDRESS: P.O. Box 381697, Duncanville...
...refuses to answer the TIME/CQ questionnaire because it focuses on "what a candidate would have done in the past," which he considers too hypothetical. Not abstractly, the newly retired lawyer must convince voters to turn out an incumbent famous for constituent services and put in his place a precinct committeeman who has never won an elective office...