Primary Cards - Series II

 
 
Pierre S. DuPont
Born: 1935
Filed from: Delaware
 
For:     Strategic Defense Initiative, school vouchers, welfare reform
 
Against:    Farm & welfare subsidies, drain on Social Security fund

Republican: Won 15,885 votes in 1988 NH Primary. Governor of Delaware; U.S. Congressman, DE; Attorney; Chairman, GOPAC.

"I aim to bring everyone into the philosophical culture that has made America successful, which is work."

 
 
 
 
Robert F. Drucker
Born: 1926
Filed from: Pennsylvania
 
For:     Regional governments, continental laws, term limits
 
Against:     United Nations, abortion, NATO, GATT, death penalty
 
Democrat: Won 81 votes in 1996 NH Primary; won 83 as a Republican in 1988. Author; State Department foreign service; U.S. Navy yeoman.
"Continental government would provide a real economic engine for this nation."
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Robert K. Dornan
Born: 1933
Filed from: California
 
For:     Civil rights, aid to Israel, term limits, strengthening military
 
Against:    Abortion, "liberal" judges, crime, Congressional pay raises
 
Republican: Won 529 votes in 1996 NH primary. U.S. Congressman, CA; Air Force pilot; Actor, Talk show host; Broadcast journalist.
"I am fearless but not foolhardy."
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Elizabeth H. Dole
Born: 1936
Resident: District of Columbia
 
For:     Gun safety locks, background checks on gun purchases, using any budget surplus to shore up Social Security
 
Against:    Barriers to global trade, cuts in defense, taxing Internet access, single rate flat tax
 
Republican: Campaigned but did not file for 2000 NH Primary. President, American Red Cross; Secretary, U.S. Dept. of Transportation; Secretary, U.S. Dept. of Labor; Wife of former Senator Bob Dole.
"I am not a politician. And, frankly, that may be a plus these days."
 
 
 
 
 
Alan M. Cranston
Born: 1914
Filed from: California
 
For:     Benefits for veterans, B-1 bomber, child care, Head Start
 
Against:     Nuclear weapons, arms sales to China, capital gains tax, MX missile
 
Democrat: Won 2,136 votes in 1984 NH Primary. U.S. Senator, CA; Journalist; Author; Veteran.
"It is essential and possible to banish nuclear weapons from the face of God's earth."
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Philip M. Crane
Born: 1930
Filed from: Illinois
 
For:     NAFTA, GATT, strong national defense, flat income tax
 
Against:     National Endowment for the Arts, gun registration, SALT
 
Republican: Won 2,618 votes in 1980 NH Primary. U.S. Congressman, IL; Professor of History; Author; President, American Conservative Union.
"The message I've been preaching defies party labeling."
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
John B. Kasich
Born: 1952
Resident: Ohio
 
For:    Shrink government, 10% income tax rate cut, charity & family tax credits
 
Against:    Commerce and Energy Departments, unbalanced federal budget
 
Republican: 1st to sign NH's Presidential Primary Pledge. Campaigned but did not file for 2000 NH Primary. U.S. Congressman, OH; Chairman, House Budget Committee; Author.
"I got into politics because I wanted to change the world."
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ernest F. Hollings
Born: 1922
Filed from: South Carolina
 
For:    One-year budget freeze, HMOs, ERA, vocational
education
 
Against:     Tax loopholes & indexing, MX missile, Vietnam War
 
Democrat: Won 3,583 votes in 1984 NH Primary. U.S. Senator, SC; Governor of South Carolina; Attorney; Author; WWII veteran.
"Washington, the capital of wimpdom."
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Orrin G. Hatch
Born: 1934
Filing from: Utah
 
For:     "Supply-side" economics, affirmative action, states' rights, tougher crime laws, raise individual campaign contribution limit
 
Against:     Abortion, tobacco industry, inheritance tax, gun control
 
Republican: 1st NH Primary in 2000. U.S. Senator, UT; Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee; Attorney; Author.
"I am the principal disciple and surrogate of Ronald Reagan."
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tom Harkin
Born: 1939
Filed from: Iowa
 
For:     NAFTA, Americans with Disabilities Act, small farmers
 
Against:     Medicare waste, aid to Nicaraguan contras, Gulf War
 
Democrat: Won 17,063 votes in 1992 NH Primary. U.S. Senator, IA; U.S. Congressman, IA; Attorney; Naval Officer.
"In a free economic system there comes a time when too few people have too much wealth and too much power, and too many people have neither of both."
 
 
 
 
 
 
Heather A. Harder
Born: 1948
Filed from: Indiana
 
For:     Simplify government, paper ballots, vote fraud an act of treason
 
Against:    Federal encroachment on private lives, gun control
 
Democrat: Won 369 votes in 1996 NH Primary. University professor; Education consultant; Spiritualist.
"My greatest preparation for this massive job is that I have lived a very normal life with no political experience."
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Phil W. Gramm
Born: 1942
Filed from: Texas
 
For:    Free markets, deficit reduction, balanced budget, health care reform
 
Against:     Growth in federal budget, lenient crime sentencing, gun control
 
Republican: Won 752 votes in 1996 NH Primary, but ended campaign after filing. U.S. Senator, TX; U.S. Congressman, TX; Professor of Economics; Author.
"Courting people in New Hampshire is like getting kissed by Elizabeth Taylor. It's been done before."