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Budget YES Medicare YES Defense NO Abortion YES Guns YES Gays YES Bosnia NO NAFTA YES Welfare YES Medical Leave YES (For an explanation of these issues, see the front of this guide.)
QUOTE OF NOTE: "I want to change the way we provide for those Americans who need help through educational opportunities, with school vouchers and scholarships."
AL LINDSKOOG (D) District 6 (Central--Oshkosh; Fond du Lac; Manitowoc)
BORN: April 25, 1923, Chicago EDUCATION: Purdue U, B.S.C.E., 1944 FAMILY: Widower; two children RELIGION: Christian Delphian MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Engineer; hospital administrator POLITICAL CAREER: Waupaca alderman, 1964 ADDRESS: P.O. Box 147, King 54946. Tel.: 715-256-1757
In this traditionally Republican district, Lindskoog, 73, hopes he's just the "nontraditional" Democrat to unseat 17-year incumbent Thomas Petri. He wants to balance the federal budget in three years, saying he wouldn't allow tax cuts until the national debt is entirely paid off. He also vows to protect Social Security and Medicare, and has refused to accept money from PACS. If he wins, it will be one of the most surprising elections in recent memory: the Sixth has sent only one Democrat to Congress since 1938.
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: "Our national debt is my biggest concern. I will say this, though: the day the Federal Government pays every bill it owes, I'll go to work on a tax cut."
TOM PETRI (R) District 6
BORN: May 28, 1940, Marinette EDUCATION: Harvard U, A.B., 1962, J.D., 1965 FAMILY: Wife, Anne; one child RELIGION: Lutheran MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Lawyer POLITICAL CAREER: Wisconsin Senate, 1973-79; Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, 1974; U.S. House, 1979- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 270, Fond du Lac 54936. Tel.: 414-923-4050 Petri has represented the Sixth District since winning a 1979 special election after William Steiger died of a heart attack. He chaired the Surface Transportation Subcommittee during the 104th Congress, and oversaw the funding of a 160,000-mile network of interstate highways, in the process securing around $1 billion in federal highway funds for Wisconsin. Though considered a good Republican, he supported President Clinton's earned-income tax credit and direct student loans.
THE ISSUES
Budget YES Medicare YES Defense YES Abortion YES Guns NO Gays YES Bosnia YES NAFTA YES Welfare YES Medical Leave YES (For an explanation of these issues, see the front of this guide.)
QUOTE OF NOTE: "If we had done nothing else, the new federal welfare reform would guarantee the 104th Congress' place in history."
DAVID OBEY (D) District 7 (Northwest--Wausau; Superior; Stevens Point)
BORN: Oct. 3, 1938, Okmulgee, Okla. EDUCATION: U of Wisconsin, B.S., 1960, M.A., 1962 FAMILY: Wife, Joan; two children RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Real estate broker POLITICAL CAREER: Wisconsin Assembly, 1963-69; U.S. House, 1969- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 1322, Wausau 54402. Tel.: 715-849-2534