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BORN: March 5, 1957, St. Clair EDUCATION: Bloomsburg U, B.A., 1980 FAMILY: Wife, Gwen Kieres RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Sheriff POLITICAL CAREER: Schuylkill County sheriff, 1985-92; U.S. House, 1992- ADDRESS: 302 Mahantongo Street, Pottsville 17901. Tel.: 610-396-0555
Holden was the boy next door--football hero, local sheriff--and now bills himself as a man of the people who can get along with both the rich and poor of the economically polarized Sixth. That personability got him elected twice in a conservative district, but Holden also opposes federal funding for abortions and believes parents should be notified if their child has the procedure.
THE ISSUES
Budget NO Medicare NO Defense NO Abortion YES Guns NO Gays YES 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'm not an elitist. I'm not personally wealthy, and I don't just come around when I'm running for office."
CHRISTIAN LEINBACH (R) District 6
BORN: March 1, 1959, Phoenixville EDUCATION: Bob Jones U, B.A., 1981 FAMILY: Wife, Jennifer; three children RELIGION: NR MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Insurance salesman; congressional aide POLITICAL CAREER: Sought Republican nomination for Pennsylvania Senate, 1992; Maidencreek Township Planning Commission, 1991-95 ADDRESS: 529 Reading Avenue, Suite R-1, West Reading 19611. Tel.: 610-927-0505
According to Leinbach, the Founding Fathers envisioned fiscal and individual responsibility, the protection of individual rights and the sanctity of private property. To those ends, he supported welfare reform and condemns the tax system. He argues for laws that would recycle and upgrade old industrial sites instead of building factories on rural land, a rare commodity in this industrial district.
THE ISSUES
Budget YES Medicare YES Defense YES Abortion YES Guns NO Gays NO Bosnia YES NAFTA NO Welfare YES Medical Leave NO (For an explanation of these issues, see the front of this guide.)
QUOTE OF NOTE: "Not to have a balanced budget is the most immoral and unethical thing we can do to our children."
JOHN INNELLI (D) District 7 (Suburban Philadelphia--part of Delaware County)
BORN: Oct. 18, 1954, Flushing, N.Y. EDUCATION: U of Pennsylvania, B.A., 1977; The Wharton School, B.A., 1977; Washington and Lee U, J.D., 1980 FAMILY: Wife, Hollis Baker; two children RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Lawyer POLITICAL CAREER: Democratic nominee for U.S. House, 1990; sought Democratic nomination for U.S. House, 1992 ADDRESS: 318 Baltimore Pike, Media 19063. Tel.: 610-566-6427
Innelli takes on Curt Weldon for the second time in a district where Republicans outnumber Democrats 2 to 1. Borrowing a page from the Clinton playbook, however, he runs with what is usually a Republican platform: family values.
THE ISSUES
Budget NO Medicare NO Defense YES Abortion NO Guns YES Gays YES Bosnia NO NAFTA NO Welfare NO Medical Leave YES (For an explanation of these issues, see the front of this guide.)
QUOTE OF NOTE: "Banning assault weapons does not mean Americans cannot own guns. It means police officers...will not be facing these deadly weapons on the streets of America's cities and towns."