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Budget YES Medicare YES Defense NO Abortion YES Guns NO Gays YES Bosnia NO NAFTA YES Welfare YES Medical Leave NO (For an explanation of these issues, see the front of this guide.)
QUOTE OF NOTE: "Instead of going for solid working people ... we're driving them toward Clinton. We're going to turn ourselves into a party of barefoot hillbillies."
DAL LAMAGNA (D) District 3
BORN: July 4, 1946, Brooklyn Education: Providence College, B.A., 1968; Harvard U, M.B.A., 1971 FAMILY: Wife, Marissa; two children RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Personal grooming products company executive POLITICAL CAREER: None ADDRESS: 252 South Broadway, Hicksville 11802. Tel.: 516-822-9120
LaMagna is a study in contrasts. The creative force behind several failed business ventures--including a honey-sweetened ice cream, a drive-in disco and a slasher film--he is also the Harvard-educated CEO of the successful Tweezerman Corp. He has been criticized for the thin line he has drawn between the tweezer business and the election. In this G.O.P. district, LaMagna will have a tough time beating the incumbent--and his own shtick.
THE ISSUES
Budget NO Medicare NO Defense YES Abortion NO Guns YES Gays NO Bosnia NO NAFTA NO Welfare NO Medical Leave yes (For an explanation of these issues, see the front of this guide.)
QUOTE OF NOTE: "I don't get why every American can't get health insurance--we are a superpower."
DANIEL FRISA (R) District 4 (Southwest Nassau County--Hempstead; Mineola)
BORN: April 27, 1955, Westbury EDUCATION: St. John's U, B.A., 1977 FAMILY: Wife, Jane Gilmartin; one child RELIGION: Protestant MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Pharmaceuticals-marketing associate; home-furnishings-company executive POLITICAL CAREER: New York Assembly, 1985-93; U.S. House, 1994- ADDRESS: 23 Canyon Lane, Westbury 11590. Tel.: 516-333-4900
A member of the 1994 G.O.P. freshman class, Frisa vowed to trim bureaucracy, institute term limits and cut the capital-gains tax. His political instincts deserted him when he voted to repeal the assault-weapons ban, angering his constituency and giving Carolyn McCarthy a reason to challenge him. But Frisa is a formidable fund raiser and remains, however vulnerable, a favorite.
THE ISSUES Budget YES Medicare YES Defense NO Abortion YES Guns YES Gays NO Bosnia YES NAFTA NR Welfare YES Medical Leave YES (For an explanation of these issues, see the front of this guide.)
QUOTE OF NOTE: "What [Carolyn McCarthy] has experienced is beyond horror, and I have an awful lot of empathy... [E]ssentially we want the same thing. We have two very different approaches to getting there."
CAROLYN MCCARTHY (D) District 4
BORN: Jan. 5, 1944, Brooklyn EDUCATION: Glen Clove Nursing School, L.P.N., 1964 FAMILY: Widowed, one child RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Nurse POLITICAL CAREER: None ADDRESS: P.O. Box 190, Mineola 11501. Tel.: 516-873-9087