From: gmarfoe@eng.auburn.edu (Gerald G. Marfoe)
Subject: Some House election results of interest
Keywords: House elections, NASA support
Reply-To: gmarfoe@eng.auburn.edu
Organization: Auburn University Engineering
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 00:15:46 GMT

Well, this answers a question I posted earlier on this newsgroup. :-)

The New York Times for today (11/05/92) had the complete electoral results
for the House and the Senate. George Brown defeated Dick Rutan by 51% to 44%.

Here are the results for a few House members who have been quite prominent 
in NASA's funding battles, and aerospace/defense programs, along with brief
backgrounds on them (gleaned from Aviation Week & Space Technology, Space 
News and C-SPAN) :

(CAPITAL LETTERS indicate the winners, * indicates incumbents)

                       No. of votes      Percentage of votes cast
ALABAMA

District 3 - 99%

GLEN BROWDER (D)*         118,599            62%
Don Sledge (R)             74,101            38%

Browder is on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee which 
authorizes NASA funding. Does anyone have an idea of what his voting
record has been like on NASA programs? I sent a letter to him asking
him to support SEI (Space Exploration Initiative) and NASP this past
summer, but didn't receive a reply. He is the Congressman for the
district which includes Auburn University.
      

CALIFORNIA              

District 42 - 100%

GEORGE BROWN, Jr. (D)*     77,996            51%
Dick Rutan (R)             67,525            44%
Fritz Ward (Other)          8,212             5%

Brown chairs the House Science, Space and Technology Committee which
authorizes NASA funding. He has a record of supporting large NASA efforts,
is a strong civil space supporter and military space critic. Brown often
sided with the Bush/Quayle administration's civil space programs.

District 45 - 100%

Patricia McCabe (D)        84,267            39%
DANA ROHRABACHER (R)*     116,501            54%
Gary Copeland (O)          14,091             7%

Rohrabacher strongly defended the NASP (National AeroSpace Plane) program
this year, but failed to get Traxler's EOS pork transferred to NASP.

District 46 - 100%

Robert Banuelos (D)        40,587            41%
ROBERT DORNAN (R)*         49,633            50%
Richard Newhouse (O)        8,711             9%

Dornan is often called "B-1 Bob" for his support of the B-1B program. He is
also well known for his conservative views, to put it mildly. ;-)


INDIANA

District 3 - 100%

TIM ROEMER (D)*            121,269           57%
Carl Baxmeyer (R)           89,709           43%

Roemer is also on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee.
However, he led the drive to cancel the space station this year.


MISSISSIPPI

District 1 - 100%

JAMIE WHITTEN (D)*         118,803           59%
Clyde Whitaker (R)          81,522           41%

Whitten is the ailing Chairman of the House Appropriations committee or
subcommittee. (Feel free to correct me about the details here.) He's the
best friend of the ASRM (Advanced Solid Rocket Motor) in Congress. The
Bush/Quayle administration wanted to kill the ASRM program this year, but
the House/Senate conference gave it about $300 million anyway. The main
ASRM plant is in Iuka, Mississippi, which is in Whitten's district. ASRM
would be used to enable the Shuttle to lift more payload into orbit,
reducing the number of trips needed to construct Space Station Freedom.


NEW YORK

District 9 - 99%

CHARLES SCHUMER (D)*       111,399           89%
Alice Gaffney (O)           14,273           11%

Schumer has always opposed Space Station Freedom, and is usually one of
the leaders of Congressional efforts to kill it.  

District 14 - 100%

CAROLYN MALONEY (D)         94,613           51%
Bill Green (R)*             89,423           49%

Green was the senior Republican on the House Appropriations subcommittee
with NASA oversight, but often opposed the Bush/Quayle administration on
issues, especially Space Station Freedom. Looks like he's another victim
of the anti-incumbent mood of the electorate.


OHIO

District 10 - 100%

Mary Rose Oakar (D)*       102,573           43%
MARTIN HOKE (R)            134,711           57%

Oakar was very supportive of NASA projects that involved Lewis Research
Center (such as Space Station Freedom's power system) which was in her 
district. Her check-bouncing record obviously didn't help her.

District 11 - 100%

LOUIS STOKES (D)*          152,328           78%
Beryl Rothschild (R)        43,152           22%

Stokes is considered to be the front runner to take over Bob Traxler's job
as chair of the House Appropriations panel with NASA oversight, since
Traxler is finally(!) retiring. Anyone know how Stokes has voted on NASA
programs in the past?


OKLAHOMA

District 4 - 100%

DAVE McCURDY (D)*          140,841           71%
Howard Bell (R)             58,235           29%

Dave McCurdy is another of the NASP's strongest proponents in the House.
He is currently rumored to be a possibility for Secretary of Defense in
the Clinton/Gore administration.


If I missed any House members that you're interested in, I apologize.
Just send me a (short) message and I'll get back to you.

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