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...Robert Torricelli, a feisty, partisan Democrat, is the strongest Democratic contender likely to run for Bradley's seat. Among the elephants, it's Rep. Dick Zimmer, a three-term fiscal conservative/pro-choicer...
DIED. GEORGE ROMNEY, 88, three-term G.O.P. Governor of Michigan; in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Romney's 1968 presidential bid gave up the ghost before the first primary, haunted by his assertion that his earlier support of the Vietnam War was due to "brainwashing" by the U.S. military...
Formerly an outspoken defender of tenants' rights, the three-term councillor has sponsored almost no ordinances and has rarely participated in council discussions since January...
...Three-term Alabama Sen. Howell Heflin said he would not seek re-election next year, bringing to four the number of Senate Democrats who plan to retire. In a speech on the Senate floor, the 73-year-old former chief justice of the Alabama supreme court, who has suffered from a series of medical problems, said "the time to pass the torch to another generation is near." Heflin's decision makes it tougher for Democrats to strengthen their 54-46 Senate minority in the 1996 elections (Alabama is now largely Republican). At least three Democrats -- Sens. Sam Nunn of Georgia...
Most Americans know the three-term Senator for his zealous questioning of Anita Hill during the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings. It is a complicated political legacy. While conservatives applauded him, others were disturbed that his 1992 Senate opponent's most potent attack ads were of Specter at those hearings. Those who know him say the hearings took their toll. "He looked like he had been beaten by a stick," says his senior adviser Ed Howard, recalling a meeting the two had after the hearings. "He said, 'Ed, I think I've lost every friend I have.'" Though...