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BORN: Dec. 31, 1937, Barrier EDUCATION: U of Kentucky, B.A., 1962, LL.B., 1964 FAMILY: Widowed; three children RELIGION: Baptist MILITARY: National Guard, 1957-64 OCCUPATION: Lawyer POLITICAL CAREER: Pulaski and Rockcastle counties commonwealth attorney, 1969-79; U.S. House, 1980- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 1214, East Mount Vernon Street, Somerset 42502. Washington Tel.: 202-225-4601
Rogers is the answer to those who believe the G.O.P. is the party of the wealthy: the Fifth District is one of the poorest in the nation and Rogers is running unopposed. His ability to help bring in flood-control projects, education development and a musical-arts center in Prestonsburg have helped make him a popular incumbent, no matter what party he belongs to.
THE ISSUES
Budget YES Medicare YES Defense NO Abortion YES Guns NO Gays YES Bosnia YES NAFTA NO Welfare YES Medical Leave no (For an explanation of these issues, see the front of this guide.)
QUOTE OF NOTE: "What business is it of...this government to tell an individual...whether they should smoke or eat Twinkies?"
SCOTTY BAESLER (D) District 6 (East central--Lexington; Frankfort)
BORN: July 9, 1941, Lexington EDUCATION: U of Kentucky, B.A., 1963, J.D., 1966; George Washington University, M.A., 1996 FAMILY: Wife, Alice; two children RELIGION: Independent Christian MILITARY: Army Reserve, 1967-73 OCCUPATION: Lawyer; farmer POLITICAL CAREER: Vice mayor of Lexington, 1974-78; Fayette County district judge, 1979-81; mayor of Lexington, 1982-92; U.S. House 1992- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 2147, Lexington 40595-2147. Tel.: 606-226-0303
It will be hard to hold Baesler responsible for Clinton's hits on the tobacco industry: a tobacco farmer, Baesler has chastised the President for threatening the fragile, tobacco-dependent economy of the state. He is also a born-and-bred Lexington boy who was captain of his college basketball team under hoop legend Adolf Rupp, and went on to become a three-time mayor.
THE ISSUES
Budget NO Medicare NO Defense NO Abortion YES Guns YES 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: [On Clinton's regulatory crackdown on tobacco] "It's a political football the President has decided he wants to ram down Kentucky's throat."
ERNEST FLETCHER (R) District 6
BORN: Nov. 12, 1952, Mount Sterling EDUCATION: U of Kentucky, B.S, 1974, M.D., 1984 FAMILY: Wife, Glenna; two children RELIGION: Baptist MILITARY: Air Force, 1974-79 OCCUPATION: Physician POLITICAL CAREER: Kentucky House, 1994- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 4703, Lexington 40544. Tel.: 606-296-5570
A state legislator, doctor and minister, Fletcher has spent much of his life giving service. He has fought to make health care affordable and accessible and has volunteered as a medical professor and doctor for the Kentucky Care Program, which provides free medical care to the uninsured. But he promises also to protect the state's tobacco farmers, not necessarily a political problem for a doctor in Kentucky.
THE ISSUES
Budget YES Medicare YES Defense NO Abortion YES Guns NO Gays NR Bosnia NO NAFTA NO Welfare YES Medical Leave YES (For an explanation of these issues, see the front of this guide.)