Word: upset
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...state's moderate place in American politics--except for Jimmy Carter in 1976 and Woodrow Wilson in 1916, Illinoisians have voted for every presidential winner for 100 years. But two open House seats and a hotly contested race to fill Paul Simon's Democratic Senate seat could upset the delicate balance...
...upset victor in the G.O.P. primary, the wealthy lawyer thinks Illinois is more Republican than it has been in a generation. It had better be: Salvi supports a constitutional amendment to balance the budget, wants to privatize Social Security and implement a flat...
...South Dakota farm boy and Christian conservative, Tiahrt has proposed abolishing the Department of Energy and supports the G.O.P.'s Medicare Preservation Act, which would have trimmed Medicare's growth by $270 billion over seven years. His victory in 1994 was considered an upset, and Tiahrt has a tough opponent in U.S. attorney Randy Rathbun...
Campaigning with only $850 and a dog named Caboose, Carr won an upset primary victory over heavily endorsed opponent Dean Altobelli. Carr focused on his own background: he says that because he lived in more than 20 foster homes as a child, he wants to make adoption easier, and points to his company, which operates old railway cars, and his work restoring the Mackinac Island lighthouse as examples of how historic preservation can enhance tourism...
...forces and having taught political science to college students for 26 years, she won a six-way primary with 53% of the vote. A longtime Democrat, she staunchly supports labor unions and workers' interests. But even a Website may not bring enough of the right recognition for a political upset...