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JEFF SESSIONS (R) SENATE (OPEN SEAT...
Politics in Alabama being conservative, Democrats often vote like Republicans, so the G.O.P. counts on Session's name recognition to give him an edge for this open seat. Like his opponent, Sessions is passionately anti-drug and pro-family, but he's also campaigning on a Republican platform of lower taxes and fiscal frugality. He's for "modest cuts" in spending, but he vows to stand by Medicare and Social Security. If elected, Sessions would give the g.o.p. control of both Alabama Senate seats for the first time since Reconstruction...
Callahan does what it takes to make it. He started work at age 12, after his father died, was a Democratic politician for a dozen years, switched parties when the First District Congressman retired in 1984, and won the seat that year as a Republican. As a g.o.p. leader in a G.O.P. House, Callahan can count on his reputation as a successful miner of federal funds as being more secure than ever...
...race for the seat left open by Democrat Glen Browder, straitlaced Republican Riley wouldn't seem much of a contender. But though the Third tends to vote Democratic in congressional elections, its Democrats lean toward conservatism. Riley, after two decades out of politics, was invigorated by the Republican revival and wants to help balance the budget, reform welfare, reduce taxes and put prayer in public schools...
Democrats face a tough fight against a Republican Party that sees a political opportunity in this open seat. Wilson promises to continue Bevill's dedication to development of Alabama's natural resources. (The Congressman's seniority brought money for roads and economic development into the district.) And like his opponent, Wilson emphasizes family values, which he hopes will extend to the old-style Southern political family of the Fourth District, which has had a Democrat in Congress for 94 years this century...