Primary Cards - Series II

 
Albert Gore, Jr.
Born: 1948
Filing from: Tennessee
 
For:     Universal access to preschool, improve environment, long-term care and prescription
coverage for elderly
 
Against:     HMO bureaucrats, cuts in Head Start and toxic waste cleanup, school vouchers
 
Democrat: 2nd NH Primary in 2000. Won 8,400 votes in 1988. Vice President of the United States; U.S. Senator, TN; U.S. Congressman, TN; Author, reporter & editorial writer; Vietnam veteran.
"I do benefit from the low expectations people have for me."
 
 
 
 
Richard A. Gephardt
Born: 1941
Filed from: Missouri
 
For:     Campaign spending limits, organized labor
 
Against:    NAFTA, big government, higher taxes, extending trade relations with China
 
Democrat: Won 24,513 votes in 1988 NH Primary. U.S. Congressman, MO; House Minority & Majority Leader; St. Louis Alderman; Founder, Democratic Leadership Conference
"House Democrats are an independent organization, and we will present what we think is best for America's workers."
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Steve Forbes
Born: 1947
Filing from: New Jersey
 
For:     17% flat tax, term limits, privatize Social Security, entrepreneurism
 
Against:     Medicare, Department of Education, National Education Association
 
Republican: 2nd NH Primary in 2000. Won 25,505 votes in 1996 NH Primary. President, Forbes Magazine; Publisher, editor of business publications; Chairman, Radio Free Europe.
"The tax code is a cesspool of special interest and corruption. Nobody knows what's in it any more."
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
William J. Flanagan
Born: 1949
Filed from: Florida
 
For:     Tax credits for adopting & neutering animals, desalinization plants
 
Against:     Unsafe airplanes, abortion, farm subsidies
 
Republican: Won 48 votes in 1996 NH Primary. Real estate broker; Substitute teacher; Congressional candidate, FL.
"I think my issues are unique. I don't think you're going to find these kind of issues with other challengers."
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
J. Danforth Quayle
Born: 1947
Residence: Arizona
 
For:     Revise & expedite judicial process, 30% income tax cut, term limits, restore moral leadership,
"family values"
 
Against:   Marriage tax penalty, inheritance tax, the Republican establishment elite
 
Republican: Campaigned but did not file for 2000 NH Primary. Vice President of the United States; U.S. Senator, IN; U.S. Congressman, IN; Author.
"I was an outsider when I was inside. I was always fighting the establishment."
 
 
 
 
 
 
Endicott "Chubb" Peabody
Born: 1920
Filed from: New Hampshire as Vice Presidential candidate
 
For:     Separate election for VP, nuclear arms freeze, Meals on Wheels
 
Against:     Excessive weapons spending, acid rain, nuclear testing
 
Democrat: Won 34,533 votes in 1992 NH Primary. Governor of Massachusetts; Attorney; Assistant Director, Office of Emergency Planning; All-American football player.
"Americans resent the fact that they have nothing to say about the identity or election of the Vice President."
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
John S. McCain
Born: 1936
Filing from: Arizona
 
For:     Strong national defense, campaign finance reform, line-tem veto, visas for skilled immigrants
 
Against:     Pork barrel spending, Internet taxation, big tobacco, ethanol subsidies
 
Republican: 1st NH Primary in 2000. U.S. Senator, AZ; U.S. Congressman, AZ; Vietnam veteran, POW for over 5 years
"They call me a maverick."
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Andre Marrou
Born: 1939
Filed from: Nevada
 
For:     Legalize drugs & prostitution, privatize education, less government
 
Against:     EPA, Dept. of Agriculture, income tax, IRS, gun control, public schools
 
Libertarian: Won 3,219 votes in 1992 NH Primary. State legislator, Alaska; Chemical engineer; Real estate broker.
"Those on the leading edge of thought and technology may be better able to assimilate our ideas than more traditional voting blocs are."
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Richard G. Lugar
Born: 1932
Filed from: Indiana
 
For:    National sales tax, affirmative action, cutting farm subsidies
 
Against:    Federal income tax, IRS, term limits, nuclear proliferation
 
Republican: Won 10,838 votes in 1996 NH Primary. U.S. Senator, IN; Mayor of Indianapolis; Farmer; Naval officer.
"I know people say I'm far too low key, even that I'm dull."
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Michael S. Levinson
Born: 1942
Filed from: New York
 
For:   Clipper ships, world peace through poetry, 4-day 24-hr work week
 
Against:     FCC, major TV networks, sagging economy, federal bureaucracy
 
Republican: Won 43 votes in 1988 NH Primary, 44 in 1992, and 35 in 1996. Poet; Creative writing instructor; Author; Merchant seaman.
"If I entertain everyone in the world from dusk to dawn, we will have the first peaceful night in 5,000 years of civilization."
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lyndon H. Larouche, Jr.
Born: 1922 (Rochester, NH)
Filed from: Virginia
 
For:     Space weaponry, nuclear power, gold-based monetary system
 
Against:     AIDS, drug traffickers, Federal Reserve, National Security Council
 
Democrat: Won 2,236 votes in 1980 NH Primary, 180 in 1988, 115 in 1992, and 433 in 1996. Management consultant; Author, publisher; Founder, U.S. Labor Party; WWII veteran.
"A diagnosis: The nation is not only very sick; the nation is terminally ill and we are in the final phase of a terminal illness."
 
 
 
 
 
 
Caroline P. Killeen
Born: 1926
Filed from: Arizona
 
For:     Legalizing marijuana, metric system, smokers' rights, environment
 
Against:     Gay & women's rights, Cuba & Iraq sanctions, electoral college, nuclear weapons
 
Democrat: Won 96 votes in 1992 NH Primary and 391 in 1996. Former Catholic nun; Candidate for Governor & Senator, AZ; Migrant laborer; Waitress.
"I don't mind the connotation that I'm homeless, because I am a bohemian and a Franciscan who believes in living close to nature."