Word: underdogs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...days had cranked out her first campaign pins. Flying a family-values banner, Henry, a professor of law, embarked on a four-day, 16-town campaign tour with dozens of her current and former students working for her election. Despite the enthusiasm, in this Republican district she is an underdog...
...jobs, but his political interests have stayed strong. A political middle-of-the-roader, Williams would like to see the budget balanced, but not at the expense of Social Security and Medicare or environmental protection. Endorsements by the state AFL-CIO and UAW should help, but he is an underdog...
...daughter of sharecroppers and a granddaughter of slaves, ignited a small fire storm when she used a one-minute speech to question the propriety of a Newt Gingrich book deal. Republicans had her remarks struck from the Congressional Record, but that hasn't quelled her ardor for the underdog, whom she continues to champion by promoting federal jobs programs...
...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...