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...recently redrawn Fourth, it's hard to tell which way voters will lean--it's a whiter, more conservative district than the one Cynthia McKinney last represented. If it's conservative, Mitnick has the edge, with a core Republican platform of lower taxes, a balanced-budget amendment, school vouchers and the abolishing of the Department of Education...
...youngest deacon ever at his church, Bell is a firm believer in the role of religion in American life and, as a self-described "independent voice of conservatism," won't relinquish the issue of family values to his Republican opponents. But he promises to put the needs of the redrawn district above partisan politics. Though Bell says he wants a balanced budget as much as the next legislator, he won't sacrifice Medicare, student loans or the environment...
...mark the 100th anniversary of dental floss. In fact, he speaks out regularly for good health care, while opposing universal, government-controlled health insurance. Norwood also supports the death penalty, and in most ways is a fiscal conservative. That may not appeal to his new constituency in the redrawn 10th, which is now 34% African American, twice what it was in the old district...
...terms on Capitol Hill. He is also tight with G.O.P. honchos: when Newt Gingrich considered running for President, he enlisted Linder's help. But even with Republican patronage and four years' experience, Linder, like all other Georgia candidates for the House, is testing his incumbency in a redrawn district...
Stephenson is no political novice; and he can win races in which he is the underdog, including, when he was only 25, beating the mayor of Commerce. In the redrawn 11th--it's no longer African American, but is it conservative?--Stephenson says he won't be hamstrung by his party's agenda. He supports "workfare" as well as school-lunch programs...