A GUIDE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES: OHIO

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Running against a popular incumbent, Chandler has to pick his targets carefully. What, for instance, has Rob Portman done for Adams County, with the highest unemployment rate in the state? Or for the elderly, who Chandler claims will be hurt by Republican budget-cut proposals? Chandler says cutting red tape--not programs--is the way to a healthy budget.

THE ISSUES

Budget NO Medicare NO Defense YES Abortion YES Guns NO Gays YES Bosnia NO NAFTA NO Welfare YES Medical Leave YES (For an explanation of these issues, see the front of this guide.)

QUOTE OF NOTE: "I am the hope of the senior citizens. Someone who will truly work for them and represent them."

ROB PORTMAN (R) District 2

BORN: Dec. 19, 1955, Cincinnati EDUCATION: Dartmouth College, B.A., 1979; U of Michigan, J.D., 1984 FAMILY: Wife, Jane Dudley; three children RELIGION: Methodist MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Lawyer POLITICAL CAREER: U.S. House, 1993- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 2365, Cincinnati 45201. Tel.: 513-561-9994

Though he entered the House in 1993 with the lowest seniority in the minority party, Portman has become a darling of the Republican majority, earning kudos from the National Taxpayers Union (as the best deficit hawk in Ohio), Citizens Against Governmental Waste (for being a "Taxpayer Hero") and the National Association of Counties (which gave him its first Legislator of the Year award).

THE ISSUES

Budget YES Medicare YES Defense YES Abortion YES Guns NO Gays YES Bosnia NO NAFTA YES Welfare YES Medical Leave NR (For an explanation of these issues, see the front of this guide.)

QUOTE OF NOTE: "We believe in helping families, and we believe in growing the economy through economic growth, not in growing big government."

TONY HALL (D) District 3 (Southwest--Dayton)

BORN: Jan. 16, 1942, Dayton EDUCATION: Denison U, B.A., 1964 FAMILY: Wife, Janet Dick; two children RELIGION: Presbyterian MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Real estate broker POLITICAL CAREER: Ohio House, 1969-73; Ohio Senate, 1973-78; U.S. House, 1978- ADDRESS: 1812 Kettering Tower, Dayton 45423. Tel.: 513-225-2843

After nearly two decades in the House, Hall may be in one of his toughest races ever, facing the same man who scared him two years ago. Hall has distinguished himself in Congress for his crusades against hunger--including a 22-day fast in 1993--lobbying for aid to Somalia and food programs in Dayton and Washington.

THE ISSUES

Budget NO Medicare NO Defense YES Abortion YES Guns YES Gays YES Bosnia NO NAFTA NO Welfare NO Medical Leave YES (For an explanation of these issues, see the front of this guide.)

QUOTE OF NOTE: "Congress is afflicted with famine. We are hungry for heart--heart for the needy, the powerless and the forgotten."

DAVID WESTBROCK (R) District 3

BORN: March 27, 1946, Dayton EDUCATION: U of Dayton, B.S., 1968; Ohio State U, M.D., 1972 FAMILY: Wife, Judy; three children RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Physician POLITICAL CAREER: Republican nominee for U.S. House, 1994 ADDRESS: 23 Jasper Street, Dayton 45409. Tel.: 513-228-3283