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...first two attempts. Proudly a die-hard liberal, she supports greater socialization of health care when most pols seek cuts. Vollmer gets little media attention in this Republican-leaning district and no money from the national party, but she soldiers on, styling herself, appropriately, as a defender of the underdog...
...Underdog status never bothered Tauscher. The first in her family to attend college, she also became one of the first women to work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in 1975. In California, after giving birth to a baby with respiratory ailments and a dislocated hip, she started a successful day-care-registry company. A moderate, Tauscher will have to win some crossover votes in this district where Republicans have a 3% voter-registration edge...
...supports a flat tax, lower taxes on savings and investments, abolishing high congressional pensions, and an "America first" foreign policy. He calls his agenda "mainstream conservatism," but in the 14th, where Democrats dominate more than 6 to 1, mainstream may look more like minority. Ravotti admits he is the underdog but hopes an aggressive campaign and knocking on thousands of doors will win over liberal constituents...
BORN: Nov. 18, 1960, LaPorte, Ind. EDUCATION: Valparaiso U, B.S. 1983 FAMILY: Wife, Margaret Carroll RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Public-relations-firm owner POLITICAL CAREER: None ADDRESS: P.O. Box 25085, Los Angeles 90025. Tel.: 213-243-0207 Despite his underdog status, Stepanek is already prepared for accession to Congress--his Website contains a list of current legislation he would co-sponsor, as well as his agenda for the opening weeks of his first term (and he refuses to respond to the TIME/CQ questionnaire because "these are old issues"). His plan includes pledges to limit the size...
Running against a G.O.P. incumbent in a heavily Republican district, Sanders hopes to turn his underdog status into a trump card. He refuses money from political-action committees, emphasizes the environment and says that though he is in favor of limiting the amount of state land in federal hands, he'll fight for more wilderness designations than his opponent supports...