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LONNY GOLDSMITH
Staff Writer
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Democratic congressional
candidate knows he may be
biting off more than he can
chew in the upcoming elec-
tion. He says he doesn't care.
Travis Reeds, a 25-year-old South
Lyon resident, is taking a run at three-
term Republican incumbent Joe
Knollenberg
(R-Bloomfield
Hills), and
knows the dif-
ficulty of the
task.
The num-
bers from
Knollenberg's
three other
elections for
the 11th District Congressional seat
don't bode well for Reeds and
Libertarian challenger Dick Gach: The
incumbent has won all three of his
previous elections by a minimum mar-
gin of 17 percent of the vote.
Republican Bill Broomfield, his prede-
cessor, held 18 terms in office repre-
senting the district.
"People have bought into the idea
that a Democrat can't win in Oakland
County," Reeds said. "I know the
numbers are strongly Republican, but
I don't buy that it can't be done."
Reeds, like Knollenberg, won his
August primary election unopposed,
while Gach, a 72-year-old builder
from West Bloomfield, won his party's
nomination. The 11th District
includes Birmingham, Bloomfield
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Hills, Bloomfield Township, Franklin,
Bingham Farms, Lathrup Village,
Beverly Hills, Southfield, Southfield
Township, Commerce Township, West
Bloomfield, Keego Harbor, Orchard
Lake, Farmington, Farmington Hills
and Novi. It also extends as far south
as Livonia, as far west as South Lyon
and as far north as Highland.
While Reeds doesn't figure on
spending more than $15,000 on the
campaign,
Knollenberg has
an $800,000
war chest.
"Although
some people say
he's not visible,
we are taking
him seriously,"
Knollenberg
said of Reeds.
"We only have two weeks to campaign,
so this is an around-the-clock thing for
us that will continue until Nov. 3."
"Having experience gives me some
confidence over my challenger," he
said. "There is no way to gauge if
there will be crossover voters."
Reeds and Gach attended a candi-
date's forum at Congregation Beth
Abraham Hillel Moses on Oct. 25.
Knollenberg was invited, but did not
attend.
Reeds will be delivering, many by
hand, more_than 50,000 pamphlets to
constituents' homes, and putting out
roadside signs.
Knollenberg's major issues are bal-
ancing the budget, improving regula-
tion and cutting taxes. He credits the
Congressional Republican leadership,
Challengers face Joe
Knollenberg's Congressional
incumbency, war chest and
GOP district dominance.
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