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BORN: July 27, 1941, Valdosta EDUCATION: Georgia Southern U, B.S., 1965; Georgetown U, D.D.S., 1969 FAMILY: Wife, Gloria; two children RELIGION: Methodist MILITARY: Army, 1967-69 OCCUPATION: Dentist POLITICAL CAREER: U.S. House, 1994- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 499, Evans...
...State, famous for potatoes, continuous snow in winter, and Ruby Ridge, sometimes seems like two states in one: the southern section, with its flourishing high-tech industries and conservative Republican politics, influenced by the substantial Mormon population that migrated north from Utah in the 1860s, and the more remote northern areas, filled with Idaho's notorious militias and survivalists. At some level, resentment of government seems to unite the Idaho population, probably because the Feds own 65% of the state's land, including national forest and wilderness areas; and this year's hot-button issue is the huge Idaho National...
GLENN POSHARD (D) District 19 (Rural--southern counties; Decatur...
BORN: Oct. 30, 1945, Herald EDUCATION: Southern Illinois U, B.S., 1970; M.S., 1974; Ph.D., 1984 FAMILY: Wife, Jo Roetzel; two children RELIGION: Baptist MILITARY: Army, 1962-65 OCCUPATION: Educator POLITICAL CAREER: Sought Democratic nomination for Illinois Senate, 1982; Illinois Senate, 1984-89; U.S. House, 1988- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 1988, Marion...
...rural farming communities--and are anxious to keep it. A conservative who opposes abortion rights and favors anticrime measures such as requiring criminals to pay restitution to their victims, Weller has also learned the art of constituent services. While seeking funds for a third Chicago airport on the southern edge of the district, he secured a $1 million renovation grant for Lansing's reliever airport...