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Budget YES Medicare YES Defense NO Abortion YES Guns NO Gays NO Bosnia YES NAFTA NO Welfare YES Medical Leave NR (For an explanation of these issues, see the front of this guide.)
QUOTE OF NOTE: "The sheriffs and district attorneys in my district tell me they don't need more gun control, they need the ability to take gun-carrying criminals off the street."
JOHN LINDER (R) District 11 (Northeast--Athens)
BORN: Sept. 9, 1942, Deer River, Minn. EDUCATION: U of Minnesota, Duluth, B.S., 1963; U of Minnesota, D.D.S., 1967 FAMILY: Wife, Lynne; two children RELIGION: Presbyterian MILITARY: Air Force, 1967-69 OCCUPATION: Financial executive; dentist POLITICAL CAREER: Georgia House, 1975-81, 1983-91; U.S. House, 1992- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 942060, Atlanta 31141. Tel.: 770-458-2400
Linder has gained a reputation as a budget hawk and an advocate for small business during his two terms on Capitol Hill. He is also tight with G.O.P. honchos: when Newt Gingrich considered running for President, he enlisted Linder's help. But even with Republican patronage and four years' experience, Linder, like all other Georgia candidates for the House, is testing his incumbency in a redrawn district.
THE ISSUES Budget YES Medicare YES Defense NO Abortion YES Guns NO Gays YES Bosnia YES NAFTA YES Welfare YES Medical Leave NO (For an explanation of these issues, see the front of this guide.)
QUOTE OF NOTE: "The federal bureaucrats have never trusted our citizens to decide what is best for their families and communities."
TOMMY STEPHENSON (D) District 11
BORN: Oct. 1, 1954, Commerce EDUCATION: Atlanta Law School, J.D., 1981; U of Georgia, B.A., 1990 FAMILY: Divorced; two children RELIGION: Congregational Holiness MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Respiratory therapist POLITICAL CAREER: Mayor of Commerce, 1981-87; Georgia House, 1993- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 48255, Athens 30604. Tel.: 706-548-6892
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.
THE ISSUES Budget NO Medicare NO Defense YES Abortion NO Guns NO Gays YES Bosnia NO NAFTA YES Welfare NO Medical Leave YES (For an explanation of these issues, see the front of this guide.)
QUOTE OF NOTE: "The two-strikes-and-you're-out legislation removes violent criminals from society after the commission of two violent crimes for life without parole...This conservative approach to crime is necessary in our constant battle to make our streets safe for all our citizens."