Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Thursday, 8 Oct 1992 20:09:00 CDT
From: <U56503@uicvm.uic.edu>
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Subject: ==> Clinton Biographic Information

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BORN: August 19, 1946, Hope AR
MARTIAL STATUS: married (Hillary in 1975)    RELIGION: Baptist
EDUCATION:
   Georgetown Univ, BS, FS 1968
   Rhodes Scholar, Oxford Univ., 1968-70
   Yale Univ., JD 1973

POLITICAL & GOV'T POSITIONS:
   1972 George McGovern campaign worker
   1974 Democratic Nominee for US House of Reps.
   1975 Chairman Housing Development Corp.
   1976-78 Arkansas Attorney General
   1978-80 Governor of Arkansas, lost in 1980
   1982-PR Governor of Arkansas, term expires Jan. 1995

   ELECTION RESULTS (GOVERNOR)
   1990 General    Bill Clinton (D)       57%
                   Nelson Sheffield (R)   42%
        Primary    Bill Clinton (D)       55%
                   Tom McRae (D)          39%
   1986 General    Bill Clinton (D)       64%
                   Frank White (R)        36%
        Primary    Bill Clinton (D)       61%
                   Orval E. Faubus (D)    33%
   1984 General    Bill Clinton (D)       63%
                   Woody Freeman (R)      37%
        Primary    Bill Clinton (D)       64%
                   Connie Tucker (D)      24%
   1982 General    Bill Clinton (D)       55%
                   Frank D. White (R)     45%
        Runoff     Bill Clinton (D)       42%
                   Joe Purcell (D)        29%
   1980 General    Frank D. White (R)     52%
                   Bill Clinton (D)       48%
   1978 General    Bill Clinton (D)       63%
                   A. Lynn Lowe           37%
        Primary    Bill Clinton           60%
                   Joe Woodward           22%

NOTE: It appears from 1978-86, term for Gov was 2 years. From 1986,the term
was 4 years.

BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS:
   1973-76 Professor of Law, Univ. of Ark. at Fayetteville
   1973-76 Attorney, private practice
   1981-82 Attorney, Wright, Lindsay & Jennings, Little Rock

HONORS & AWARDS:
   1988 Distinguished Service Award, Council of Chief State Officers

MEMBERSHIPS:
   National Governor's Association (Chairman 1987)
   Education Committee of States (Chairman 1987)
   National Association of Attorney Generals

SUMMARY FROM THE 1992 ALMANAC OF AMERICAN POLITICS:  As a politician, Bill
Clinton has a lot going for him: brains, charm, sure political instincts, a
genuine interest in real-world problems. However, he has had problems
governing Arkansas. Education was Clinton's major focus and the one issue
where he spent the majority of his time. From the beginning, he knew that to
ensure Arkansas of a higher wage economy, it must have a higher-skill work
force.  Implementing this vision has not been easy for him. In 1983, he
pushed through a reform package in the state legislature that including
competency tests for new and working teachers, a teachers pay raise and a
sales tax increase to pay for it. Teachers' groups vigorously opposed the
tests, and the sales tax hike did not generate enough money for his programs.
In 1987 and 1988, the legislature turned down his tax package twice. In 1989,
it passed his entire education package, except for the taxes, which meant
that teachers got raises of $1000 rather than $4000. The package included the
following changes: choice provisions allowing parents to choose their
children's schools, even across district lines, provided there is not a
segregationist effect; mandatory kindergarten and mandatory curriculums for
high schools; annual report cards for college faculty and schools; fines for
parents of chronic truants; revocation of driver's licenses of school dropouts;
reenactment of consolidation incentives for Arkansas's 300-plus school
districts; banning beepers in schools and strict penalizes for drug sales near
schools. In January 1991, the legislature passed a half-cent sales tax
increase, which Clinton signed into law. These taxes were designed to raise
teacher salaries by $4000 over the next two years, in addition to funding
other educational programs.

   By the early 1990's, these reforms had not had their intended impact on
education. Clinton's political opponents blamed him for low teacher pay,
low test scores, neglecting the environment and raising taxes too much.
During the 1990 campaign, his Republican opponent Nelson Sheffield, campaigned
that ten years of Clinton was enough. In order to disarm voters' suspicions
that he was too interested in national politics, Clinton promised not to run
for President in 1992. In refuting opponents arguments that he is stale,
he pointed to his latest ideas: new highways, apprenticeship programs and boot
camps for nonviolent offenders. Clinton has shown that he is energetic and
innovative, but can his programs help Arkansas overcome its natural
disadvantages and compete in across the country and globe.

   During all this turmoil, Clinton has remained a nationally significant
politician. He considered running for President in 1988, but declined  saying
it would be unfair to his 7-year old daughter. He co-chaired the National
Governors' Conference task force on setting specific educational goals in
connection of President Bush's 1989 Education Summit. In 1990, he became head
of the moderate-leaning Democratic Leadership Conference.

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