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Going after the Speaker of the House, Coles is attempting what amounts to a coup in Georgia's Sixth. In a Republican district that has gone for button-down Democrats like Governor Zell Miller and Senator Sam Nunn, Coles sells himself as a crime-fighting deficit hawk. Though he built his $100 million cookie company from virtually nothing and recovered from a motorcycle accident after doctors told him he would never walk again, can he silence the Speaker...
BORN: April 29, 1947, Wichita EDUCATION: U of Kansas, B.A., 1970 FAMILY: Wife, Anne; four children RELIGION: Presbyterian MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Motivational speaker; author; Olympic athlete POLITICAL CAREER: None ADDRESS: P.O. Box 826, Topeka...
...arrest, detention and transfer of Terry Nichols to his trial for the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. He also specializes in environmental law and attacks incumbent Todd Tiahrt for his 0% rating by the League of Conservation Voters, as well as his 97% record of voting with Speaker Gingrich...
BORN: Jan. 18, 1951, Baltimore EDUCATION: Howard U, B.A., 1973; U of Maryland, J.D., 1976 FAMILY: Separated RELIGION: Baptist MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Lawyer POLITICAL CAREER: Maryland House, 1983-96, Speaker pro tem, 1995; U.S. House, 1996- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 1631, Baltimore...
QUOTE OF NOTE: [On the harmful effects of alcohol advertising on children] "Mr. Speaker, ask a child what...frogs say. Most of the fifth graders who were recently surveyed answered, 'Bud-Weis...