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Gejdenson faces a rematch with Edward Munster, who almost won in 1994. He represents a district that has grown from quaint Yankee workshops to high-tech industry: the Electric Boat Co., maker of the Sea Wolf nuclear submarine, provides many of its jobs. Gejdenson is against the recently proposed Medicare reform, saying it cuts spending to pay for G.O.P. tax cuts for the wealthy. He also supports mandatory life sentences for third-time violent felons...
...rematch that is being watched almost as closely as the Second District race, Maloney will try again to unseat three-term Republican Gary Franks, who beat him in 1994 by only 6%. He has had help from the AFL-CIO, which, in its crusade against anti-labor Republicans, sent an organizer to the Fifth to head a media blitz against the incumbent. In his working-class district, Maloney will concentrate on labor issues: he opposes limiting overtime, and champions quality health insurance and public education...
Boschwitz, the German-born founder of Plywood Minnesota, faces a rematch with the unknown who unseated him in 1990 by 1% of the vote. He says Wellstone is a liberal with an itchy wallet, while he supports a conservative fiscal policy. On social issues, however, Boschwitz, in more moderate Minnesota, has distanced himself from the radical right wing of his party...
Jerry Burley gets a rematch with old adversary Jackson-Lee. An African-American conservative, he supports educational reform to give parents school choice and enterprise zones to create jobs. Democrat Mike Lamson is a Houston litigation attorney who favors using federal funding to punish violent criminals. He also defends public education, opposes school vouchers--and wants a manned landing on Mars within the next 10 years. Republican George Young is a Vietnam veteran and an independent business owner. He says he'll restore a sense of family to the community and promote private businesses and safer streets in the district...
Although PDAs struggled in the early '90s, a second wave of industry leaders is preparing another assualt on your Coop schedule. And the fighters in this rematch are leaner, meaner and designed to work...