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BORN: March 6, 1920, Holtville EDUCATION: UCLA, B.A., 1946 FAMILY: Wife, Marta; two children, five stepchildren RELIGION: Methodist MILITARY: Army, 1942-46 OCCUPATION: Management consultant; physicist POLITICAL CAREER: Mayor of Monterey Park, 1955-58; California Assembly, 1959-62; U.S. House, 1962-; sought Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, 1970 ADDRESS: P.O. Box 1867, Colton 92324. Tel.: 909-824-1880
An old-style dove and partisan Democrat, Brown is the longest serving Californian in Congress. Once chairman of the House Science Committee, he has made the space program a priority while ardently opposing space-based military systems. Yet winning his past several elections by increasingly slim margins--his 1994 victory was by 2,629 votes--Brown himself has been targeted as vulnerable by the G.O.P.
THE ISSUES
Budget NO Medicare NO Defense NO Abortion NO Guns YES Gays NO Bosnia NO NAFTA YES Welfare NO* Medical Leave YES (For an explanation of these issues, see the front of this guide.)
QUOTE OF NOTE: "We have just about reached the limit of how much we can continue to cut NASA without sacrificing some major programs."
LINDA WILDE (R) District 42
BORN: March 16, 1957, Normal, Ill. EDUCATION: California College of Law, B.S., 1979, J.D., 1980; Claremont Graduate School, M.A., 1985 FAMILY: Husband, Nat Genis RELIGION: Lutheran MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Judge; lawyer POLITICAL CAREER: San Bernardino County Superior Court judge, 1993- ADDRESS: 8311 Haven Avenue, Suite 150, Rancho Cucamonga 91730. Tel.: 909-484-5240
Wilde, an unwavering conservative, favors discontinuing the Endangered Species Act, downsizing the federal bureaucracy and imposing term limits. As a Superior Court judge, she is also comfortable making crime her No. 1 issue: she proposes to expand the death penalty and put more cops on the street. With support from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the national party and G.O.P. figureheads like Dan Quayle, Wilde is a strong candidate.
THE ISSUES
Budget YES Medicare YES Defense NO 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: "I'm for anything that gets rid of affirmative action."
KEN CALVERT (R) District 43 (Riverside County--Western suburbs)
BORN: June 8, 1953, Corona EDUCATION: Chaffey College, A.A., 1973; San Diego State U, B.A., 1975 FAMILY: Divorced RELIGION: Protestant MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Real estate executive POLITICAL CAREER: Sought Republican nomination for U.S. House, 1982; U.S. House 1992- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 1414, Riverside, 92502. Tel.: 909-784-1811
Calvert's a sturdy candidate in a new but already Republican-leaning district. In 1993 he became tabloid fodder when the Corona police caught him in his car with a convicted prostitute. Even then, he beat his Democratic opponent handily. This year he is eager to win an election based on issues alone.
THE ISSUES
Budget YES Medicare YES Defense NO Abortion YES Guns NO Gays YES Bosnia YES NAFTA YES Welfare YES Medical Leave NO (For an explanation of these issues, see the front of this guide.)