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THE ISSUES
Budget NO Medicare NO Defense YES Abortion NR Guns YES Gays NO Bosnia NO NAFTA YES Welfare NO Medical Leave NO (For an explanation of these issues, see the front of this guide.)
QUOTE OF NOTE: "On behalf of my parents, who were immigrants, on behalf of the over 1 million...legal immigrants who served this country in time of war and the two Medal of Honor winners [who were] legal immigrants...I say they do not come here to take, they come to give."
PATRICIA PARKER (R) District 30
BORN: April 8, 1949, Los Angeles EDUCATION: UCLA; West Coast U; Pasadena Community College FAMILY: Single RELIGION: Episcopalian MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Legal secretary; child-support investigator POLITICAL CAREER: None ADDRESS: P.O. Box 29285, Los Angeles 90029. Tel.: 818-583-9335
Toeing the Republican Party line in a largely Democratic and Latino district, Parker will have a tough fight against a charismatic incumbent. But Parker believes adamantly that the future of America is tied to the principle of limiting Federal Government and putting Washington on a "tax diet." This, she says, was the vision the Founding Fathers embodied in the Constitution.
THE ISSUES
Budget YES Medicare YES Defense NR Abortion YES Guns NO Gays YES Bosnia YES NAFTA NO Welfare YES Medical Leave NO (For an explanation of these issues, see the front of this guide.)
QUOTE OF NOTE: "It is time to return to the concept that government derives its power and legitimacy from the governed, and to overcome the liberal notion that the government is the source of all rights and privileges."
JOHN FLORES (R) District 31 (East Los Angeles County; El Monte; Alhambra; Azusa)
BORN: June 8, 1954, Los Angeles EDUCATION: East Los Angeles College, A.A., 1975 FAMILY: Divorced; three children RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Human-resources administrator; transportation superintendent POLITICAL CAREER: G.O.P. nominee for U.S. House, 1994; California Republican Party Central Committee, 1995- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 7381, Alhambra 91802. Tel.: 818-289-5108
In 1994 G.O.P. challenger Flores won 41% of the vote in a district that is only 26% Republican. Running against the same Democrat this year, the former teamster hopes his crossover muscle is more toned as he breaks the party mold with his support of labor and opposition to Republican legislation that would permit worker-management teams to negotiate outside union contracts.
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: "While no one should be discriminated against, neither should business be shackled with regulations that cost them money."
MATTHEW MARTINEZ (D) District 31
BORN: Feb. 14, 1929, Walsenburg, Colo. EDUCATION: Los Angeles Trade-Technical College, 1959 FAMILY: Wife, Elvira Yorba; five children RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: Marines, 1947-50 OCCUPATION: Upholstery-company owner POLITICAL CAREER: Monterey Park mayor, 1974-75; California Assembly, 1981-82; U.S. House, 1982- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 732, Alhambra 91802. Tel.: 818-281-2694