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A controversial incumbent has the Democrats running to seize this longtime Republican seat--in fact, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee invited Cullen to Washington to meet with strategy planners, policy analysts and the President. Cullen has tried to make merit the basis of his campaign--especially dedication to family values, the environment, education and economic revival--but Joseph McDade's legal trouble may still shadow this election.
THE ISSUES
Budget NR Medicare NR Defense NR Abortion NR Guns NR Gays NR Bosnia NR NAFTA NR Welfare NR Medical Leave NR (For an explanation of these issues, see the front of this guide.)
QUOTE OF NOTE: "From the first grade on, what I heard at school and at home was honesty, integrity, hard work, self-reliance--that's what it's all about."
JOSEPH MCDADE (R) District 10
BORN: Sept. 29, 1931, Scranton EDUCATION: U of Notre Dame, B.A., 1953; U of Pennsylvania, L.L.B., 1956 FAMILY: Wife, Sarah Scripture; five children RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Lawyer POLITICAL CAREER: U.S. House, 1962- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 962, Scranton 18501. Tel.: 717-343-1117
Though cleared of bribery and racketeering charges after a seven-week trial this summer, the 17-term McDade did not emerge unscathed from his four-year legal ordeal--he was passed over by his party for chairmanship of the House Appropriations Committee and suffered two strokes during the trial. Still, he has been so successful in taking care of his constituents over the past three decades that some believe even a conviction would not have turned voters' heads.
THE ISSUES
Budget YES Medicare YES Defense NR Abortion YES Guns YES Gays NR Bosnia YES NAFTA YES Welfare YES* Medical Leave YES (For an explanation of these issues, see the front of this guide.)
QUOTE OF NOTE: "I have never cast a vote in my 34 years in Congress that I didn't think was right on the merits."
PAUL KANJORSKI (D) District 11 (Northeast--Wilkes-Barre)
BORN: April 2, 1937, Nanticoke EDUCATION: Temple U, 1957-62; Dickinson School of Law, 1962-65 FAMILY: Wife, Nancy; one child RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: Army, 1960-61 OCCUPATION: Lawyer POLITICAL CAREER: Sought Democratic nomination for U.S. House special election, 1980; sought Democratic nomination for U.S. House, 1980; U.S. House, 1984- ADDRESS: 126 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre 18701. Tel.: 717-825-6070
Kanjorski is an unusual breed of Democrat: he votes against federal funding for most abortions, supports school prayer and opposes NAFTA. In his district, he secured a project to reclaim mine-ravaged northeastern Pennsylvania; and with Carbon County's unemployment running as high as 2% above the national average, he supports a program to offer businesses $25,000 loans for each job they create.
THE ISSUES
Budget NO Medicare NO Defense YES 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: "Regardless of what you do politically, if you don't have local [support], there's really not much you can do."
STEPHEN URBAN (R) District 11