Word: representive
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Kerry's got the credentials both as a member of the establishment with all the right contacts and as an outspoken advocate of liberal causes who is not afraid of common wisdom. And if Kerry does go to Washington, as the first liberal Vietnam veteran in the Senate, many think...
Incumbency is proving to be a difficult obstacle for other challengers in closely watched House races. In Delaware, Democrat Tom Carper, 37, is running even with his well-financed opponent, Elise du Pont, 48, wife of the state's outgoing Governor and chemical fortune heir. Last week Carper won...
The idea for the unprecedented joint endorsement had come from the Helms campaign. Ambassador to the Organization of American States J. William Middendorf II, who helped organize the effort, noted that Helms' views are "as respected as anyone's in Washington." The American Foreign Service Association issued a...
In most respects, Harkin is the model liberal: pro-choice, strongly supportive of Carter's human rights policies, critical of the Pentagon's "gold-plated tinkertoys", and concerned about the budget deficit. He was first elected to represent one of Iowa's most conservative districts in the 1974 Watergate sweep...
THE NORTH CAROLINA Senatorial contest between Republican incumbent Jesse Helms, 63, and two-term Democratic Governor Jim Hunt, 47, has been widely hailed as second in importance only to the Presidential sweepstakes. It is seen as a bellweather contest because the two candidates so clearly represent polarized, incompatible strands of...