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...Vietnam hero confined to a wheelchair because of his war wounds, Cleland was Georgia's youngest Secretary of State in 1983. He declined to answer the TIME/CQ questionnaire because he considers it "so skeletal and oversimplified as to be distortive." And he has waged a campaign that avoids a complex agenda, emphasizing job security, affordable college education and improved access to health insurance as priorities...
BORN: Dec. 13, 1949, Augusta EDUCATION: The Citadel, A.B., 1971; U of Georgia, J.D., 1977 FAMILY: Wife, Susie; four children RELIGION: Baptist MILITARY: Army, 1972-74 OCCUPATION: Lawyer POLITICAL CAREER: None ADDRESS: P.O. Box 31256, Augusta 30903. Tel.: 706-722-022 The youngest deacon ever at his church, Bell is a firm believer in the role of religion in American life and, as a self-described "independent voice of conservatism," won't relinquish the issue of family values to his Republican opponents. But he promises to put the needs of the redrawn district above partisan politics. Though Bell says...
True to her name, Swift, at age 25, became the youngest woman to serve in the Massachusetts Senate and soon became assistant minority leader. Now she's attempting to turn out the three-term incumbent who took office when Republican Silvio Conte died. A moderate, she's pro-choice and would balance the budget without destroying entitlements or leaving poor children unsupported. But she also supports conservative causes like abolishing the Department of Education...
Molinari was the youngest member of Congress when she won her father's seat in 1990, and has distinguished herself as an energetic legislator. Now the highest-ranking G.O.P. woman in the House, this savvy incumbent, who is married to Representative Bill Paxon (District 27), is a social moderate who supports abortion rights and gun control, and a fiscal conservative who backs a balanced-budget amendment...
Alioto, 28, is a campaign manager's dream. The granddaughter of former San Francisco mayor Joseph Alioto has worked as an aide to Al Gore, spent $200,000 of her own money on the primary and has overcome great physical adversity. If she wins, she will be the youngest Congresswoman in history...