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Race Heating Up
In New 11th District
KIMBERLY LIFTON
Staff Writer
W
ith Rep. William
Broomfield out of
the running, the
race for the newly drawn
11th congressional district
seat promises to be engag-
ing.
Most of Southfield, former-
ly part of Rep. Sander
Levin's dismantled 17th
District, has moved into the
11th District (formerly
18th). This means many
Jewish voters from
Southfield, where voting
patterns • are historically
more Democratic, were mov-
ed into a heavily Republican
area.
The possibilities are
endless for the August
Republican primary. Even
Oakland County GOP
Chairman Jim Alexander
won't venture a guess at the
outcome.
State Sen.' David
Honigman, previously a
state representative who has
been on the Senate scene
since 1990, has run ads and
radio spots to boost his name
recognition in the area.
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Also in the race is former
Oakland County GOP
Chairman Joseph
Knollenberg, who, like Mr.
Honigman, has wide support
among GOP heavy- hitters.
Making the race even
more intriguing are two
other possible candidates,
Oakland Circuit Court
Judge Alice Gilbert and
Southfield Mayor Donald
Fracassi.
Ms. Gilbert and Mr.
Fracassi are circulating
petitions to get on the
Republican ballot. Neither
has formally announced
a candidacy, but the deadline
is Tuesday.
"If Alice Gilbert gets into
this race, all bets are off,"
says Oakland County GOP
Chairman Alexander. "If
she gets into this race, it
becomes one of the most
watched races in the coun-
try."
The scenario, Mr. Alex-
ander says, would be fas-
cinating with all of these
players in the race.
In addition, he points out,
"there would be two well-
known Jewish candidates
running hard against each
other in a Republican
primary."
Mr. Honigman, an at-
torney, is the grandson of
the late Jason Honigman, an
attorney and Jewish philan-
thropist who founded the
Honigman Miller Schwartz
and Cohn law firm.
Mr. Honigman says he
wants to "empower people to
have choices, to be freer and
to be more fulfilled."
He says he is concerned
about the urban poor. "I
came into politics to help
vulnerable people. I want to
help people who need help."
He believes in schools of
choice, and he says he plans
to introduce a proposal at
the state level to set up a
program that would provide
grants enabling poor urban
children to select good school
systems.
In the state, some of Mr.
Honigman's views have
been questioned. Women's
Two Jewish
Republican
candidates are
possible.
groups accuse him of waffl-
ing on issues of reproductive
choice, a key item in races
for the '92 Congress.
"I would allow abortion up
to the first four or five mon-
ths," he says. "But I think it
is very wrong. I would en-
courage people to use birth
control."
Ms. Gilbert, who 31 years
ago was elected 48th District
judge, has been active in the
general and Jewish com-
munities. She is a member of
Hadassah, on the board of
the Zionist Organization of
America, and she has been a
member of the Prime Min-
ister's Club of State of Israel
Bonds.
If she decides to run for of-
fice, Ms. Gilbert would be
required to resign her
judicial post. Until she
resigns, she is not permitted
to discuss specific issues.
But like many of the wo-
men announcing plans to
run, for Congress this year,
part of her consideration
stems from being upset with
Congress, the check-
bouncing scandal and the
Anita Hill saga during the
Clarence Thomas Supreme
Court hearings.
"I am disheartened," she
says. "I have fought battles
before. I was nine-months
pregnant when I first ran for
office. Women can talk about
issues. But women must also
have a power platform for
which you can make a dif-
ference.
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