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...controversial incumbent has the Democrats running to seize this longtime Republican seat--in fact, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee invited Cullen to Washington to meet with strategy planners, policy analysts and the President. Cullen has tried to make merit the basis of his campaign--especially dedication to family values, the environment, education and economic revival--but Joseph McDade's legal trouble may still shadow this election...
JACK REED (D) SENATE (OPEN SEAT...
Again defending his seat against Bill Choby, the 11-term Murtha could revive an old campaign slogan for this race: "John P. Murtha...the P is for Power." A ranking member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, he has a reputation for using influence to benefit his district; to wit, when the 12th suffered major flood damage this year, Murtha helped four counties get federal disaster-relief assistance...
...Colony, the free spirit survived the Revolution, and Rhode Island was the last of original 13 states to join the new Union. This year's election continues the tradition of political unrest: Claiborne Pell, an Ocean State Senator since 1960, is retiring, and Jack Reed is leaving his House seat as he attempts to succeed Pell. In this Democratic state, the G.O.P. hopes to capitalize on these vacancies, building on their success in 1994, when voters elected a G.O.P. Governor and re-elected Republican John Chafee to the Senate...
NANCY MAYER (R) SENATE (OPEN SEAT...