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DICK ZIMMER (R) SENATE (OPEN SEAT...
Another small-town mayor, Pappas won an upset victory in the G.O.P. primary to fill the seat being vacated by Senate hopeful Dick Zimmer. A consistent conservative--except for his opposition to the death penalty--he is against abortion, advocates welfare reform and supports restructuring the tax system...
Through his seat on the Appropriations Committee, Frelinghuysen spent much of his first term working quietly to cut federal spending, while supporting funding for the Urban Core Mass Transit project, Superfund cleanups and housing for the elderly and disabled...
Molinari was the youngest member of Congress when she won her father's seat in 1990, and has distinguished herself as an energetic legislator. Now the highest-ranking G.O.P. woman in the House, this savvy incumbent, who is married to Representative Bill Paxon (District 27), is a social moderate who supports abortion rights and gun control, and a fiscal conservative who backs a balanced-budget amendment...
...married to Representative Susan Molinari (District 13). The only husband-wife congressional team, they are often spotlighted as symbols of the younger wing of the G.O.P. But as the novelty of the Contract becomes tarnished by political bickering, Paxon is finding himself in a real race for his House seat...