Word: backgrounder
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Bartlett, 70, has deeply conservative political beliefs and a background in engineering and medical science. He invented life-support equipment for pilots and astronauts before becoming a politician. And in Congress he has supported funding for NASA and nuclear-power technology. Given the district's political conservatism, he remains a favorite...
Crawford is a mainstream Democrat who emphasizes education, the elderly and health care. In keeping with his professorial background, he would increase Pell grants and other federally subsidized college loans. While he says Medicare reform is a must, he believes G.O.P. proposals to fix it are too harsh...
...former Peace Corps volunteer in Sierra Leone, Mooers worked in the early '90s for a nonprofit agency to ease the transition to a market economy in the former Soviet bloc. Despite a background in foreign affairs, he's campaigning on domestic issues like putting more police on the streets, strengthening environmental regulation and increasing money for job training and college...
Campaigning with only $850 and a dog named Caboose, Carr won an upset primary victory over heavily endorsed opponent Dean Altobelli. Carr focused on his own background: he says that because he lived in more than 20 foster homes as a child, he wants to make adoption easier, and points to his company, which operates old railway cars, and his work restoring the Mackinac Island lighthouse as examples of how historic preservation can enhance tourism...
...Katz' background, her political views and her fund-raising abilities make her a serious challenger to conservative incumbent Frank LoBiondo. She is a moderate, supporting current levels of funding for Head Start and college loans. She also favors welfare reform that would require recipients to work, as long as children are protected...