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1. Tallahassee Democrat (FL)|Tallahassee Democrat (FL) - November 9, 1994
FLORIDA GOP TO GAIN TWO SEATS IN U.S. HOUSE \ DEMOCRAT SAM GIBBONS WINS AND REPUBLICAN DON GARLITS \ LOSES, BUT THE GOP FARES WELL IN OPEN DISTRICTS. Republicans were on their way Tuesday to picking up two congressional seats in Florida. But the GOP's ``Big Daddy'' Don Garlits, the drag-racing superstar, lost while veteran Democratic Rep. Sam Gibbons held off a stiff challenge.The GOP held a 13-10 edge in Florida's congressional delegation going into the election, and Republicans were on track to take a 15-8 advantage. All six Democratic and three Republican incumbents who faced major...
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IN LEON COUNTY, VOTERS STICKING WITH TRIED-AND-TRUE CANDIDATES \ THE ANTI-INCUMBENT SENTIMENT WAS LOST IN LEON COUNTY, WHERE \ THREE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WERE VOTED BACK TO THEIR SEATS. Despite a national rallying cry to ``throw the bums out,'' Leon County voters gave incumbents another chance during Tuesday's election.County Commissioners Anita Davis, Manny Joanos and Gary Yordon won their re-election bids, as did incumbent School Board member Curtis Richardson.Cliff Thaell, whom some called a ``quasi-incumbent'' because of his civic involvement and two earlier failed commission bids, also was elected....
Purchase Complete Article, of 1026 words 3. Tallahassee Democrat (FL)|Tallahassee Democrat (FL) - November 6, 1994
DISTRICT 2 RACE IS MORE FRUGAL THAN U.S. NORM \ INCUMBENT PETE PETERSON AND RIVAL CAROLE GRIFFIN ARE \ DOWNRIGHT MISERLY COMPARED TO OTHER CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES. Donna Figg, a sales manager at Killearn Country Club, wants to elect someone to Congress who will promote family values.``I want to see some good changes. I'm tired of the things that are not going correctly,'' said Figg, a Republican who opposes abortion. That's why she sent a check for $250 to Republican congressional candidate Carole Griffin, an anti-abortion, anti-pornography activist who opposes gays in the military and supports school...
Purchase Complete Article, of 1134 words 4. Tallahassee Democrat (FL)|Tallahassee Democrat (FL) - November 1, 1994
GRIFFIN TELEVISION ADS PROMPT CALLS OF DISHONESTY \ THE LOPSIDED RACE FOR A NORTH FLORIDA CONGRESSIONAL \ SEAT TAKES A TURN FOR THE UGLIER. The head of the local Sierra Club said Monday that Republican congressional nominee Carole Griffin's new television advertisement is ``about as dishonest as you can get'' in claiming U.S. Rep. Pete Peterson favors a state income tax or repeal of homestead exemption.The Griffin campaign began airing two 30-second spots across the sprawling 2nd Congressional District this week. One labels Peterson ``Taxman,'' with the letter S in...
Purchase Complete Article, of 603 words 5. Tallahassee Democrat (FL)|Tallahassee Democrat (FL) - October 30, 1994
WETHERELL SAYS HE'S NOT PROSPECTING FOR WORK AT FSU, TCC T.K. Wetherell, Florida State University alumnus and former speaker of Florida's House of Representatives, says you can ignore all the rumors concerning his future.``I told (FSU President) Sandy D'Alemberte flat out I didn't want to be athletic director,'' said Wetherell, who helped win millions of tax dollars for FSU's University Center while in the House. ``I think they can find someone...
Purchase Complete Article, of 1017 words 6. Tallahassee Democrat (FL)|Tallahassee Democrat (FL) - October 16, 1994
CAMPAIGN FOR CONGRESSIONAL SEAT IS A STUDY IN CONTRASTS GRIFFIN COURTS CONTROVERSY IN HER CRUSADE FOR CONSERVATIVE CAUSES THE LOBBYIST AND PROSPECTIVE POLITICIAN IS EITHER LOVED OR HATED. To those on the same end of the political spectrum as she, the thought that Carole Griffin could be their next representative in the U.S. Congress is comforting.To those on the opposite end, the thought is horrifying. To the woman who wants to unseat Democrat Pete Peterson - the man she labels a free-spending liberal, a ``Ted Kennedy Catholic'' - such polar responses are nothing new.Ever since she marched into Tallahassee 17 years ago and took up the fight...
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GRIFFIN SAYS PETERSON IS BULLYING HER BACKERS \ BUT THE CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE IS SHORT ON \ SPECIFICS AND REFUSES TO NAME NAMES. Republican congressional nominee Carole Griffin accused U.S. Rep. Pete Peterson on Tuesday of using the power and perks of his incumbency to intimidate her potential supporters - but she refused to explain her accusation.She declined to name anyone Peterson's supporters might have intimidated, or to give any details that he ``twists arms'' to keep people from supporting her.As a lobbyist fighting the issues of abortion rights, sex education and...
Purchase Complete Article, of 764 words 8. Tallahassee Democrat (FL)|Tallahassee Democrat (FL) - September 28, 1994
LATE IN THE GAME, YORDON'S PITCHING HAND IS HAMPERED If you see Gary Yordon on the campaign trail, don't try to shake his hand. Yordon, the incumbent seeking a third term as District 5 county commissioner, nearly cut off his middle right finger this past weekend when he slammed it in a sliding glass door.``It cut right through the bone. It just severed it,'' said Yordon, who had the finger reattached. Worse than the pain, however, is losing valuable campaign time, plus being hampered now, he said....
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PETERSON AN OPPONENT TO AN INVASION IN HAITI \ BUT HIS OPPONENT IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION ACCUSES HIM OF CHANGING HIS STANCE. U.S. Rep. Pete Peterson said Friday that he opposes a U.S. invasion of Haiti.``I have concluded that the emergency suggested by the President just doesn't exist to the level that would require the introduction of American troops into Haiti at this time,'' the Marianna Democrat said after he heard Clinton's speech Thursday night. Peterson said members of his staff met with the leadership on Capitol Hill on Friday to express his opposition to...
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GAY ISSUES TOUCH SENATE FLORIDA'S TWO SENATORS, ALONG WITH 69 OTHERS, PLEDGE NOT TO DISCRIMINATE IN HIRING BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION. Florida's U.S. Sens. Bob Graham and Connie Mack have pledged not to discriminate in hiring, promoting or terminating employees in their offices based on sexual orientation.``I believe that people should be judged on their individual merits, skills, character, and potential to contribute; not on extraneous characteristics,'' said Graham, a Miami Democrat. Greg Williams, spokesman for Mack, a Cape Coral Republican, said the only job qualification the...
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11. Tallahassee Democrat (FL)|Tallahassee Democrat (FL) - May 13, 1994
CAROLE GRIFFIN ANNOUNCES HER CANDIDACY SHE WANTS TO UNSEAT U.S. REP. PETE PETERSON. Activist Carole Griffin, who has badgered Florida legislators for 17 years on issues ranging from abortion and pornography to taxes and women's rights, began a Republican campaign for Congress on Thursday - blasting U.S. Rep. Pete Peterson as a tool of the liberal House leadership.She's been a vocal opponent of abortion. ``The incumbent says one thing in the district and does another in Washington, talks conservative and votes like a liberal Ted...
Purchase Complete Article, of 363 words 12. Tallahassee Democrat (FL)|Tallahassee Democrat (FL) - January 25, 1994
LOCAL ABORTION-RIGHTS FORCES CHEER BUT SOME ARE WARY OF RICO'S REACH ANTI-ABORTION ACTIVISTS SAY THAT THE RULING COULD BE A THREAT TO OTHER FORMS OF PROTEST. Tallahassee feminists greeted the Supreme Court's RICO ruling Monday as a signal that the political tide was turning in favor of abortion rights.Anti-abortion activists warned, however, that the decision could be a threat to civil liberties. Even a spokeswoman for the American Civil Liberties Union, which supports abortion rights, said the RICO law itself gives government too heavy a club to use against unpopular causes. ``I am just ecstatic,'' said...
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