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Opinion may be divided over whether the e-mails Florida Representative Mark Foley sent a teen-age male congressional page last year were inappropriate or even constituted outright sexual harassment. But most observers would agree that what was almost as surprising as the allegations themselves was how swiftly the six-term Republican congressman from West Palm Beach quit a thriving career on Capitol Hill after the e-mails were aired Thursday night on the ABC evening news. And a big reason for his abrupt exit, say Florida pundits, is that Foley, 52, was staring at the elements of a perfect...
They generally take a softer approach on the conservative agenda. In Pennsylvania, Representative Tom Ridge won the election this year by claiming outsider status -- no easy trick for a six-term Congressman -- and supporting heavier use of the death penalty and an end to parole for criminals sentenced to life. Having done that, he could safely stick to middling stands on abortion rights and welfare reform. "My basic philosophy is a conservative one," says Ridge. "But I recognize there are times when government intervention is appropriate, much to the chagrin of some of my Republican counterparts...
...full generation, Miami has been populated so heavily by refugees from Fidel Castro's dictatorship that Anglos sometimes call it "North Cuba." But not until last week was its first Cuban-born mayor sworn in. Xavier Suarez, 36, survived a preliminary election on Nov. 5, in which six-term Mayor Maurice Ferre, who was born in Puerto Rico, finished out of the running, and then defeated Raul Masvidal, 43, another Cuban refugee, in a runoff last Tuesday...
...26th Middlesex District, six-term Democratic incumbent Timothy J. Toomey defeated Leverett Senior Common Room member Slavitt in a landslide...
Writer, Yale graduate and Leverett Senior Common Room member David R. Slavitt will take on six-term incumbent State Rep. Timothy J. Toomey in the 26th Middlesex District, which includes East Cambridge and part of Somerville...