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...failed. His patience paid off Tuesday on his 74th birthday as the Republican won the sentimental votes of thousands of Democrats to edge state senator Charlotte Pritt, an honest-to-goodness coal miner's daughter. When inaugurated next year, Underwood will hold the distinction of becoming both the youngest and oldest governors in state history. As he began his first term in 1956, he was a fresh-faced 34-year-old forced to deal with terrible unemployment caused by mechanization of the coal mines. The state lost more than 20,000 mining jobs during Underwood's first term...
...Democrats have heated up this race by choosing Johnson, a respected lawyer with a long political resume. He became Speaker of the state House in 1990 at age 36, the youngest person ever elected to that post. Vowing to reclaim this district, which the Democrats lost in 1994, he says his priorities are to balance the budget, improve education and create jobs. Johnson raised most of his campaign funds within Oklahoma, saying this was to limit the influence of out-of-state contributors...
Kennedy, the youngest child of Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy, is also the fourth Kennedy cousin in elective office. Still one of the youngest Representatives at 29, he is a liberal and a member of the National Security Committee who helped secure funding for the Sea Wolf submarine and housing improvements at Newport's Naval Education and Training Center...
...G.O.P. has high hopes for Rogan, the youngest judge in the state when he was appointed to a municipal-court position in 1990, and the "Best Legislator" in the state Assembly in 1995 according to California Journal. A born-again Christian with firm conservative beliefs--an advantage in this traditionally Republican district--Rogan also has earned a reputation as a consensus builder...
...Tate parlayed his state legislative experience into a seat in Congress. Though he was the youngest G.O.P. freshman in the House, his youth didn't soften his conservative agenda: he voted to ease the Clean Water Act and to relax a law excluding court evidence illegally obtained by police. His proposal to bar illegal immigrants from becoming U.S. citizens was passed in modified form this fall. In this centrist district, Tate is running a close race with Adam Smith...