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Political-science professor Houseman focuses on tax breaks for businesses to encourage research and development, a fair foreign-trade policy and providing job-skills training. He supports strong environmental protection, the repeal of the assault-weapons ban and unrestricted access to abortion. A quirky candidate in a straight-arrow part of Indiana, Houseman would be only the third Democrat to represent this district in the past 50 years...
...unexpected winner of this year's Senate primary, Jenkins, a two-time loser for the Senate, gained the support of influential conservatives, including Governor Mike Foster. Jenkins also received a perfect score from the Christian Coalition and the Gun Owners of America. He would abolish the irs and repeal the federal income tax. As a state legislator, he authored the "shoot-the-burglar" bill, which gives homeowners the right to use deadly force when necessary to "prevent or terminate an unlawful entry...
...better results this year than when she lost by 50 points to Vernon Ehlers in 1994. An elementary school teacher for 38 years, she wants full funding for Head Start and a community-college tax credit. And she says Ehlers "caved in" to the N.R.A. by voting to repeal the assault-weapons ban. In this Republican district, Flory has her work...
McCarthy's decision to run resulted from two events: her husband's murder in the 1993 Long Island Rail Road massacre and Representative Daniel Frisa's 1995 vote to repeal the assault-weapons ban. A lifelong Republican, she switched parties, announced her candidacy and immediately became a celebrity challenger--she spoke at this summer's Democratic National Convention and has received generous party support. Though Frisa has dismissed McCarthy as a one-issue candidate, he knows better than to ignore the gritty widow's challenge...
Choby, in his third run, is challenging John Murtha's big-money projects as "pork barrel" and "government handouts" that have not given needed invigoration to the local economy. His solutions include a moratorium on income taxes for the poor, repeal of capital-gains taxes for the middle class, and no tax deductions for health care...