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Budget NR Medicare NR Defense NR Abortion NR Guns NR Gays NR Bosnia NR NAFTA NR Welfare NR National Service NR (For an explanation of these issues, see the front of this guide.)
QUOTE OF NOTE: "I will be on the front lines, fighting to reduce the high taxes and onerous regulations that can literally drive a small company out of business."
THOMAS H. ALLEN (D) District 1 (South--Portland; Augusta)
BORN: April 16, 1945, Portland EDUCATION: Bowdoin College, B.A., 1967; Oxford U, B.Phil., 1970; Harvard U, J.D., 1974 FAMILY: Wife, Diana; two children RELIGION: Protestant MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Policy consultant POLITICAL CAREER: Portland city council, 1989-95, mayor 1991-92 ADDRESS: P.O. Box 17766, Portland 04112. Tel.: 207-774-9696
When Maine voters go to the polls, they'll face a ballot initiative to ban clear-cut logging--an issue that has spotlighted the environment and could help Allen unseat the man who last year called the epa "arrogant" and "inflexible." A former mayor of Portland, Allen won the Sierra Club's endorsement; but in a state often rent by the "payroll vs. pickerel" debate, he promises to protect the economy as well as the earth.
THE ISSUES Budget NO Medicare NO Defense YES Abortion NO 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: "I'm running for Congress to fight for the jobs and wages of Maine people...not to promise people a deceptive tax cut that no one can deliver."
JAMES LONGLEY JR. (R) District 1
BORN: July 7, 1951, Lewiston EDUCATION: College of the Holy Cross, A.B., 1974; U of Maine, J.D., 1980 FAMILY: Divorced; two children RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: Marines, 1976-79; Marine Corps Reserve, 1979- OCCUPATION: Lawyer; insurance company owner POLITICAL CAREER: U.S. House, 1994- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 7770 DTS, Portland 04112. Tel.: 207-772-9696
Longley represents a district with a substantial--and vocal--environmental movement, which hasn't taken kindly to his criticism of the epa, or his zero rating from the League of Conservation Voters. He has also been the object of publicity stunts by groups such as the afl-cio, which parked a steamroller outside his office to protest the "steamrolling" of juvenile and elderly interests. But these shenanigans could actually help him in independent-minded Maine, which bristles at outsiders attacking the folks "Down East."
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: "I'm not going to have someone come into this state and say I don't care about the environment."
JOHN BALDACCI (D) District 2 (North--Lewiston; Auburn; Bangor)
BORN: Jan. 30, 1955, Bangor EDUCATION: U of Maine, B.A., 1986 FAMILY: Wife, Karen; one child RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Restaurant owner POLITICAL CAREER: Maine Senate, 1982-94; U.S. House, 1994- ADDRESS: 79 Palm Street, Bangor 04401. Tel.: 207-942-9696