(17 of 21)
BORN: June 13, 1956, Pasadena EDUCATION: U of California, Berkeley, B.A., 1980; Western State U, J.D., 1986 FAMILY: Husband, Van Ryujin RELIGION: Unitarian MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Lawyer; businesswoman POLITICAL CAREER: None ADDRESS: 2608 East Hillcrest Avenue, Orange, 92667. Tel.: 714-974-6638
Laine started at ground level on her improbable trip to upset popular incumbent Christopher Cox: handing out leaflets door to door. On her quest, she praises the Democratic Families First agenda and its focus on education, seniors and crime prevention. Laine thinks more educational and job-training programs will help solve social problems such as crime, poverty, underemployment and racial tension. But in a district that gave George Bush his highest vote percentage in California in 1992, Laine has a tough row to hoe.
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: "I will fight to make a college education more available and affordable, to increase access to pensions and to protect our environment."
DAN FARRELL (D) District 48 (Part of Orange, San Diego and Riverside counties)
BORN: Sept. 23, 1941, Absecon Island, N.J. EDUCATION: California State U at Long Beach, B.A., 1989 FAMILY: Divorced; one child RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Writer; teacher; sales manager POLITICAL CAREER: California Democratic Party Central Committee, 1986-; sought Democratic nomination for U.S. House, 1988 ADDRESS: P.O. Box 2542, Capistrano Beach 92624. Tel.: 714-661-4458
A proud Irish American who calls himself a "recovering Republican," Farrell dates his political conversion to what he believes was a Reagan Administration cover-up of the seriousness of the 1979 accident at the Three-Mile Island nuclear plant. To win this race, the long shot Farrell would need a mass conversion to the Democratic party in the 48th, where registered Republicans outnumber Democrats 2-to-1.
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: "I'm telling people that the Democratic Party is looking for a few good Republicans."
RON PACKARD (R) District 48
BORN: Jan. 19, 1931, Meridian, Idaho EDUCATION: U of Oregon, D.M.D., 1957 FAMILY: Wife, Jean; seven children RELIGION: Mormon MILITARY: Navy Dental Corps, 1957-59 OCCUPATION: Dentist POLITICAL CAREER: Carlsbad City Council, 1976-78; mayor of Carlsbad, 1978-82; U.S. House, 1982- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 1549, Carlsbad 92018. Tel.: 703-402-3433
A Representative since 1982, Packard shifted from the 43rd District to the 48th in 1992 as a result of redistricting. After 14 years on the Hill, he has earned a reputation as a deficit hawk and critic of legislative pork. He also leans right on social issues such as illegal immigration, which he is determined to thwart with more border-patrol agents and fewer welfare benefits.
THE ISSUES