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After a self-imposed eight-year hiatus, Harsdorf is back, spreading the conservative gospel from the back of his "campaign cattle trailer." He supports a "targeted" capital-gains-tax cut and a family-farm tax credit, and proposes harsh measures for criminals, including a 48-hour work week for prisoners. Harsdorf hopes to capitalize on the momentum of his retiring 16-year G.O.P. predecessor and drive his trailer all the way to Washington.
THE ISSUES
Budget YES Medicare YES Defense YES Abortion YES Guns NO Gays YES Bosnia NR NAFTA YES Welfare YES Medical Leave YES (For an explanation of these issues, see the front of this guide.)
QUOTE OF NOTE: "I practiced term limits before there was a name for it."
RON KIND (D) District 3
BORN: March 16, 1963, La Crosse EDUCATION: Harvard U, B.A., 1985; London School of Economics, M.A.,1987; U of Minnesota, J.D., 1990 FAMILY: Wife, Tawni; one child RELIGION: Lutheran MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Lawyer POLITICAL CAREER: None ADDRESS: 219 Pearl Street, La Crosse 54601. Tel.: 608-782-3444 Kind, a former quarterback at Harvard, traded in his shoulder pads for political parties after working as an intern for former Wisconsin Senator Bill Proxmire in 1984. He lists as his top priorities balancing the budget, revisiting health-care reform and fighting further cuts in Medicare, and promises to "level the playing field" for Wisconsin milk prices. In a swing district that has re-elected Republican Steve Gunderson for the past eight terms yet voted Democratic in the past two presidential elections, Democrats clearly believe this seat can be theirs for the taking.
THE ISSUES
Budget NO Medicare NO Defense NR Abortion NO Guns YES Gays YES Bosnia NO NAFTA NO Welfare YES Medical Leave YES (For an explanation of these issues, see the front of this guide.)
QUOTE OF NOTE: "I used to play a little football around [La Crosse County]. Hey, I know Jack Kemp, but he's no Ron Kind."
GERALD KLECZKA (D) District 4 (Southern Milwaukee and Milwaukee County suburbs; southeast Waukesha County)
BORN: Nov. 26, 1943, Milwaukee EDUCATION: U of Wisconsin, 1961-62, 1967, 1970 FAMILY: Wife, Bonnie RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: Air National Guard, 1963-69 OCCUPATION: Accountant POLITICAL CAREER: Wisconsin Assembly, 1969-75, Senate, 1975-84; U.S. House, 1984- ADDRESS: 6726 West Morgan Avenue, Milwaukee 53220. Tel.: 414-329-1996
Kleczka has served the Fourth since taking over for Clement Zablocki, the House Foreign Affairs chairman who died in office. He has supported bills to let cities provide separate public housing for the elderly and budget-cutting measures like eliminating funding for Star Wars and the NASA space station. Kleczka represents a 47-year Democratic run in the Fourth.
THE ISSUES
Budget NO Medicare NO Defense YES Abortion YES Guns YES Gays YES Bosnia YES NAFTA NO Welfare NO* Medical Leave YES (For an explanation of these issues, see the front of this guide.)
QUOTE OF NOTE: "We must balance the federal budget...the right way. Helping people off welfare, cutting corporate subsidies and unnecessary defense spending are the way to start."
TOM REYNOLDS (R) District 4