Word: underdogism
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...nonnative Georgian and a Democrat, Kaszans is an outsider--and an underdog--in a district that gave her opponent 77% of the vote in the last election. Kaszans defends federal programs for children and seniors and is a strong proponent of Medicare, citing it as the prime reason Americans over 65 live longer than those in any other country...
Stephenson is no political novice; and he can win races in which he is the underdog, including, when he was only 25, beating the mayor of Commerce. In the redrawn 11th--it's no longer African American, but is it conservative?--Stephenson says he won't be hamstrung by his party's agenda. He supports "workfare" as well as school-lunch programs...
With Cardiss Collins' resignation, this could be the first year since 1973 that Illinois has had no woman in the U.S. House. Prussing is one of four women running for the House in Illinois, but like the others is an underdog: she is matched against three-term incumbent Tom Ewing in a district that voted overwhelmingly for George Bush...
...Rosa, a maintenance technician in Elk Grove Village, is an active member of numerous community organizations, including the local A.C.L.U. and PTA. But as a heavy underdog in the race, with no political experience, he will have to stretch his "common-man" credentials...
...served as an aide to then-Eighth District Representative Frank McCloskey. He now wants back in the Capitol as a Congressman. A founder of a local community task force, Citizens for Seniors, Weinzapfel is a defender of Medicare, a healthy minimum wage and accessible health care. He's an underdog, but upsets seem to be a tradition in the "Bloody Eighth," which sent four different Congressmen to Washington...