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WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 23 1996 7 IS THE MIAMI HERALD INTERNATIONAL EDITION I US NEWS: CAMPAIGN '96 Outspoken lawmaker faces tough challenge in California district CAMPAIGNING ON LONG ISLAND: Carolyn McCarthy speaks to voters at train station in Garden City Neophyte gun-control candidate has made herself the key issue trol she advocates controlling assault weapons and handgun purchases He opposes gay rights she favors them He earned the nickname in Congress for his unrelenting support of the bomber manufactured in California Dornan was an Air Force fighter pilot during peacetime in the 1950s and he still sees himself as a fighter particularly for Vietnam War POW and MIA interests One of most colorful and confrontational members he once grabbed a fellow congressman by the necktie and called him a draft-dodging wimp When Congress adjourned and Dornan returned to the district this month the race grew more personal Sanchez 36 was born in Orange County and has a condominium in Garden Grove near the center of the district But Dornan has suggested Sanchez is carpetbagging noting that she and her husband Stephen Brixey own his boyhood home in the affluent coastal enclave of Palos Verdes in Los Angeles County Sanchez says mother left the home to them and she points out that Dornan was bom in New York and lives in a Washington suburb Among other Dornan assertions: that Sanchez switched from the GOP to the Democratic Party uses her maiden name for political gain and has her Catholic teaching on abortion and Sanchez says she changed parties because of such as Pat Buchanan and Bob Dole I did not like the way the party was campaign acknowledges she used her married name in a prior race but says she resumed using Sanchez because her family was well known in the area political resume consists of an unsuccessful 1994 bid for the Anaheim City Council But her business background has prepared her for Congress she says In 1992 she formed her own business Amiga Advisors Inc which advises private firms and public agencies on financial matters The business now has just a few clients and Sanchez has no role in it because she is campaigning full time she said Dornan was elected to the House in 1976 and was re-elected twice to represent coastal Los Angeles County In 1982 he By SCOTT LINDLAW Associated Press LOS ANGELES Leave it to Rep Bob Dornan Irked by House Speaker Newt demand that Republicans support every GOP incumbent Dornan threatened to quit Congress and give up what has been a safe GOP seat He later relented Now the famously combative Dornan is facing a Democratic rival determined to make the threat a reality Dornan 63 is a ferociously proud Irish- American in a district that grows more Hispanic all the time He has heard mam predictions of his political demise over a 20-year congressional career but conditions seem particularly ripe this year opponent is named Sanchez and my district is 54 percent the Orange County Republican declared serving notice to Gingrich that the GOP risked losing a seat if he was not on the ticket is a different district than the one that has existed for him in the his Democratic opponent Loretta Sanchez says majority Hispanic a Democratic district by seven points with a candidate running local educated and understands the values of the warning that he might not seek re-election came after Gingrich angered by endorsement of an antiabortion challenger to a GOP incumbent in a New York congressional primary denied Dornan a House committee seat The speaker had demanded that Republicans support every GOP incumbent Dornan later withdrew his active support for the New York candidate I was doing was merely throwing down the gauntlet to Dornan says now was really rattling his cage Newt has since apdogized to me We made up within a Dornan and Sanchez disagree on virtually all the issues He is zealously anti-abortion she favors abortion rights He opposes most forms of gun con my memories of him Everything that I had wanted to say about my husband I want you to hear it You deserve to hear what a good man he was You deserve to hear about the laughter he gave us You deserve to hear the strength he gave The next day the judge sentenced Colin Ferguson to 200 years in prison McCarthy threw herself into the fight for gun control She endorsed pro-gun-control Democrats and lobbied for an assault-weapons ban that became law in 1994 McCarthy was in the House gallery this March when Frisa voted to repeal the law As she stormed out a reporter asked you mad enough to run against I get my Irish she shot back The next morning friends held up the morning paper and cheered They said Dick Gephardt wanted to meet her Dick she asked of the House minority leader realize the one issue gun control Carolyn McCarthy 52 a frosted blonde with bangs and a pony tail Her squinty smile makes her look like a sailor been through a storm or two Her quiet private life was vaporized on Dec 7 1993 when Colin Ferguson opened fire on a rush-hour commuter train killing six people and injuring 1 9 others husband Dennis died her 26-year-old son Kevin was partly paralyzed The widow a housewife and former nurse emerged as a dignified resolute spokeswoman for the families After Ferguson was found guilty the victims and their relatives were given a chance to speak Kevin McCarthy sat in the witness chair His mother stood behind him gripping his shoulder and spoke to the killer without notes took away my husband You took away my best friend You cannot take away By RICKHAMPSON Associated Press MINEOLA NY This is supposed to be the election year of Issues of eating our political vegetables But Carolyn run for Congress is more about Feelings the campaign as Irish wake your son a businessman asks the candidate one morning by the train station A young woman darts across the street to shake hands so sorry about your she gulps really admire what an older woman tells her earnestly They know her story: how her husband and son were shot in the Long Island Rail Road massacre three years ago how her consequent passion for gun control led her into politics She is a lifelong Republican A vote against gun control cast by her Republican congressman freshman Rep Dan Frisa helped thrust McCarthy into the race as a Democrat A one-issue candidate? True but after watching voters dodge traffic to meet her you Incumbent due for trial re-election Lawmaker unhurt by fraud charges By STRAT DOUTHAT Associated Press HARTFORD Conn Edwin Garcia has been cited for conduct unbecoming a police officer He awaits trial on charges of election fraud and peijury And he is about to be re-elected to the state Legislature The Democrat from Hartford is something of an embarrassment to party leaders but his fearless brand of politics has earned him the loyalty of his mostly Hispanic constituents very good for the community and very popular in the said Sonja Belec 28 who lives in one of those projects not afraid to speak out voted for him twice and plan to vote for him Despite his arrest in June Garcia won last Democratic primary with 60 percent of the vote and is unopposed in the Nov 5 election a police officer and a state representative Eddie thought he was beyond the said Ed Vargas a teacher at the high school Garcia attended you know since his arrest something amazing has happened like had a near-death experience actually begun listening to people and even asks for advice now In a way I feel sorry for Garcia is the scrappy son of Puerto Rican immigrants who moved here 39 years ago to work in the tobacco fields north of Hartford He joined the Hartford Police Department and was first to the state House in 1992 A 40-year-old with a degree in political science he is considered belligerent by some in the Legislature and his politics have always been rough In 1990 his campaign workers were accused of driving by an elementary school and using a loudspeaker to brand opponent the principal a thief Four years later he was suspected of helping prevent the testimony of a witness to an alleged attack on an campaign workers No charges were ever filed against Garcia Even his landslide primary victory labeled an embarrassment by Mayor Mike Peters a Democrat was controversial His opponent Evelyn Mantilla said she was harassed and received a death threat Garcia refers all questions to his attorney William Gerace who said: sure Mr Garcia would like to talk but he faces a criminal The trial is on 8 1 counts of ballot fraud and four counts of witness tampering and perjury Garcia and six campaign workers are accused of coercing people into casting illegal absentee ballots in a Democratic committee race last spring Garcia who was suspended from the police force after his arrest has denied the charges A conviction would cost him his legislative seat and his job In 1994 he had a run-in with fellow officers at a bar where Garcia said he was fixing a computer Police said Garcia was abusive he said police used excessive force In a real little Minnesota town another Keillor seeks the spotlight and unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for the US Senate He again was elected to the House in 1984 this time in his current district and has been re-elected five times since Dornan repeatedly said he seek re-election this year and mounted a brief presidential campaign But Gingrich tempted him to return to the House with promises he would keep plum committee assignments he said DORNAN COMMENT Steve Keillor 48 lives in this rural town two hours north of St Paul from where the show is broadcast The town is straight from his folksy show with street names in Danish and English He is a self-published author and part-time college instructor His famous brother has not helped him campaign would seem that my ideas should be able to stand on their he said Garrison Keillor 54 did not immediately return calls for comment Steve Keillor who opposes abortion and wants to cut the state Senate by half is a quiet serious man who has written detailed papers on his key issues He believes Hollywood contributes to the moral decay of society He would like to phase out gambling and teach moral in public schools He also proposes tying property tax to income so those who earn less would pay less ASKOV Minn (AP) It could be Lake Wobegon: The campaign headquarters shares a small building with the Swirlcurl Beauty Salon on the block-long main street and the name is Keillor Steve Keillor brother of public A Prairie Home Companion host Garrison Keillor is running for the Minnesota Senate But the brothers are far apart ideologically Garrison Keillor has donated money to President Clinton and other Democrats and he pokes fun at Christian fundamentalists in his weekly radio show Steve Keillor has no party affiliation although he chose the words Independent Christian Pro-Life to appear beside his name on the ballot people are sort of pigeonholing me as a right-wing conservative Christian Coalition sort of person although that is not the he said am somewhat middle-of-the-road as far as tax and spending On his Democratic opponent Loretta Sanchez: "She's another Catholic for abortion and sod-omy rights being fed the dream On openly gay Rep Steve Gunderson R-Wis: "He has a revolving door on his closet He's in out he's in out in I guess you're out because you went up and spoke to a huge homosexual On abortion-rights activists: hard edge of the feminist movement drives them They say am not fully a woman I am a slave unless I have the reproductive right to kill this baby in my On men who support abortion rights: either women trapped in bodies like Alan Alda or Phil Donahue or younger guys who are camp followers looking for easy lays" On his own opposition to abortion: "St Peter on my judgment day will not ask me about the B-2 bomber or my defense votes He will ask me about my votes on human On his combative nature: "I love the arena I love the Source: Associated Press Other presidential platform: political change if not victory mmsm BRIAN WITTE the ballot in all 50 states He says the Libertarians in individual Howard Phillips US laxpayers Party: On the ballot in about 40 states The names of 19 presidential candidates will appear on at least one state general-election ballot this year according to the Federal Election Commission Four candidates Democratic President Clinton Republican Bob Dole Libertarian Harry Browne and Reform Party nominee Ross Perot will appear on all ballots a look at who else is on the ballots and in how many states: he hopes to restore American jurisprudence to its of biblical abolish the Internal Revenue Service and eliminate federal income taxes capital gains taxes and inheritance taxes The party platform says the United States should only invest and fight to guarantee it for the United States Phillips 55 supports dismantling the Education Housing and Urban Development departments and end government support of the arts Monica Moorehead Workers World Party: Calls for tripling the minimum wage making polluters pay for a clean environment furthering affirmative action and ensuring equal rights tor women lesbians gays and bisexuals party on the ballot in 12 states considers the Workers World Party campaign an opportunity to bring working-class politics to a broad audience Moorehead 44 has been a leader in the party since 1979 James Harris Socialist Workers Party: Stands for struggles of the oppressed and exploited against the increasingly brutal assault by the wealthy minority the world according to the party platform liberty personal responsibility and freedom from The party seeks to end income tax and reduce government to the absolute minimum Browne 63 opposes Internet censorship and supports a repeal of the assault weapons ban Ralph Nader Green Party: Primary concerns are environmental but Nader has long fought against large corporations in the role of consumer advocate name is on 21 state ballots The party hopes to increase that number to 30 and to encourage write-in campaigns in the remaining states Nader 62 plans to use his candidacy as the catalyst for starting an political force for the John Hagelin Natural Law Party: On the ballot in 47 states the Natural Law Party hopes to the light of science into Its platform includes prevention-oriented health care renewable energy and sustainable agriculture without pesticides The party also wants a cost-effective government with a safety net that promotes well-being including a 10 percent flat tax by 2002 Hagelin 42 is a Harvard-educated physics professor tUa rOftu'c fnnnHprs By Associated Press WASHINGTON Browne Hage-lin Harris Moorehead Phillips may look like the letterhead for a downtown law firm but add the more well-known Nader and a list of candidates running for president Candidates other than Bill Clinton Bob Dole and Ross Perot that is Although the second- or even third-tier hopefuls household names got more than winning on their minds few years ago we weren even on the table but building our own table very very quickly to rival them Libertarian Party candidate Harry Browne says of the Republicans and Democrats And James Harris the Socialist Workers Party candidate gives this rallying cry: campaign really wants to win political change which is not synonymous with winning political Campaigning mostly in obscurity these lesser-known men and one woman have managed to get their names on most if not all 50 state ballots Here they are: Harry Browne Libertarian Party: A (Tenn) Monica Moorehead Workers World Party 12 states (Calif Colo La Md Mich NJ NM Ohio RI Utah Wash Wis) Ralph Nader Green Party 21 states (Ark Ariz Calif Colo Conn Hawaii Iowa La Maine Minn Nev NJ NM NY Ore RI Tenn Utah Vt Wash Wis) Howard Phillips US Taxpayers Party 39 states (All except Ariz Fla Ga Ind Mass Mich Mont NC Okla Va Wyo) Diane Beall Templin American Party Independent American Party 2 states (Colo Utah) Jerome White Socialist Equality Party 3 states (Mich Minn NJ) John Birrenbach Independent Grassroots party 1 state (Minn) Charles Collins Independent 5 states (Ark Colo Miss Tenn Wash) A Peter Crane Independent 1 state (Utah) Earl Dodge Prohibition Party Colorado Prohibition Party Independent 4 states (Ark Colo Tenn Utah) Marsha Feinland Peace Freedom Party 1 state (Calif) John Hagelin Natural Law Party 43 states (All except Ariz Fla Ga Ind NHOklaWVa) James Harris Socialist Workers Party 10 states (Ala Colo Iowa Minn NJ NY Utah Vt Wash Wis) Mary Cal Hollis Socialist Party USA 5 states (Ark Colo Ore Vt Wis) Steve Michael Independent 1 state timin' i MM 4 6i nj di fr jw.