V w w w w w I w -F W- w w Th Mihia Daily - nsdy N eme ., 206 In their own words- We sent questions to candidates running for statewide and local office, asking them about such n_ their_ own_ words:_ p oressingissues as their views on education and their musical tastes. Here's what they had to sav: -0 Th Miciga RACES From page 8B drove his car off a bridge on Mar- tha's Vineyard and a woman in the car drowned. The liberal New York Times editorial page, which has usually endorsed Shays, jumped ship this year and backed Farrell. SOUT H Florida, 22nd District Incumbent E. Clay Shaw (R), Ron Klein (D) After serving this coastal dis- trict anchored by Ft. Lauderdale and Palm Beach for 25 years, Clay Shaw may not be able to with- stand the tidal wave upon him in BOARD OF REGENTS his search for a 14th term. As the in attempt to to second-longest-serving represen- 13th. Jennings h tative on the influential Ways and paign around e Means Committee in Congress, to capitalize on1 Shaw is one of the more powerful president. Hopi representatives in the House. But Bush's popularit with support from party heavy- Buchanan has fo weights like President Clinton, security and con Klein has gained plenty of ground in a district whose substan- SOUTHWEST tial senior community is largely Arizona, swayed by health care issues. ake over Florida's as built her cam- conomics, trying her past as a bank ng to cash in on ty in the district, cused on national servative values. 8th District candidate who defeated the party leadership's choice in the primary, advocates an enforcement-only approach to immigration. In an unusual twist of contemporary pol- itics, Democrat Giffords echoes the views of President Bush, calling for a comprehensive guest worker pro- gram. Giffords is almost assured to win this election, but if Graf even comes close, it will have many members of Congress re-thinking their approach to immigration. Texas, 22nd District Incumbent Tom DeLay (R), Shelley Sekula- Gibbs (R) Nick Lampson (D) Write-in candidacies are usually lost causes. Here, the write-in is running neck and neck in the polls with a major party candidate. This is because the Republican frontrunner vying to replace disgraced former majority leader Tom DeLay is not listed as a candidate for Congress. After his indictment, DeLay tried to save his seat for the Republican Party by moving out of the state in the hopes of making himself ineligible to run for office. DeLay's stunt was unsuccessful, and several courts ruled that the Texas Republican Party could not place another name on the ballot in Delay's place. This leaves Republican Sekula-Gibbs absent from the ballot and in a statistical dead heat with Lampson. The Dem- ocratic Party might pick up one of the most Republican seats in Congress - but only if Republican voters fail to successfully write in Gibbs's somewhat difficult name. Florida, 13th District Vern Buchan- an (R), Christine Jen- nings (D) In a battle of succesful entrepreneurs, Buchanan and - Jennings have stuck to their party lines. Fighting over Kath- erine Harris' abandoned seat, each is pulling on their strengths