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■ Since Bill Clinton’s inauguration, Republicans have won 24 of 38 contested special state legislative elections. They’ve also won control of the Wisconsin state senate for the first time in twenty years. … A study by Clinton campaign pollster Stan Greenberg found that 70 per cent of voters over the age of 30 who went for Ross Perot in 1992 voted for Ronald Reagan and George Bush in previous elections. . . . NRCC chairman Rep. William Paxon thinks Perot is a good thing for the GOP because “he doos a lot to galvanize our kind of voters to do more than just vote.” . . . The RNC has gained over 250.000 new under $100 donors this year. In 1992, it had 400,000 total. Typically, at least 90 per cent of donors are Republicans. Recently, however, only 70 per cent have been Republican, 22 per cent independent, and 8 per cent Democrats. . . . Steaming at the Chamber of Commerce’s support of Clinton’s economic policy, the House Conservative Opportunity Society decided to boycott the Chamber’s annual Spirit of Enterprise award ceremony at which, typically, some 100 Republicans receive praise for their pro-business voting record. The next day the Chamber announced its opposition to the budget reconciliation bill.

■ In Ohio, conservative Lieut. Gov. Mike DeWine has strong organization going for his Senate bid for the open seat of the retiring Howard Metzenbaum. Amy Kauffman, a veteran of Bruce Herschensohn’s Senate run, is chief fundraiser. An early poll gives DeWine a 7-point lead over Metzenbaum’s son-in-law and touted successor, Joel Hyatt. Liberal Republican and former head of NIH Bernadine Healy is expected to challenge DeWine for nomination. . . . In California, Rep. Michael Huffington is talked about as possible GOP candidate to challenge Sen. Dianne Feinstein, though Huffington doubts he’d run if Herschensohn decided to make another go at it. Also Rep. Chris Cox hopes to get GOP nod. . . . In Michigan, Gov. John Engler plans to seek re-election next year. In his three years in office, 83,000 have gone off welfare, 6,000 state jobs have been cut, and the state liquor-distribution process has been privatized.

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■ Since Bill Clinton’s inauguration, Republicans have won 24 of 38 contested special state legislative elections. They’ve also won control of the Wisconsin state senate for the first time in twenty years. … A study by Clinton campaign pollster Stan Greenberg found that 70 per cent of voters over the age of 30 who went for Ross Perot in 1992 voted for Ronald Reagan and George Bush in previous elections. . . . NRCC chairman Rep. William Paxon thinks Perot is a good thing for the GOP because “he doos a lot to galvanize our kind of voters to do more than just vote.” . . . The RNC has gained over 250.000 new under $100 donors this year. In 1992, it had 400,000 total. Typically, at least 90 per cent of donors are Republicans. Recently, however, only 70 per cent have been Republican, 22 per cent independent, and 8 per cent Democrats. . . . Steaming at the Chamber of Commerce’s support of Clinton’s economic policy, the House Conservative Opportunity Society decided to boycott the Chamber’s annual Spirit of Enterprise award ceremony at which, typically, some 100 Republicans receive praise for their pro-business voting record. The next day the Chamber announced its opposition to the budget reconciliation bill.

■ In Ohio, conservative Lieut. Gov. Mike DeWine has strong organization going for his Senate bid for the open seat of the retiring Howard Metzenbaum. Amy Kauffman, a veteran of Bruce Herschensohn’s Senate run, is chief fundraiser. An early poll gives DeWine a 7-point lead over Metzenbaum’s son-in-law and touted successor, Joel Hyatt. Liberal Republican and former head of NIH Bernadine Healy is expected to challenge DeWine for nomination. . . . In California, Rep. Michael Huffington is talked about as possible GOP candidate to challenge Sen. Dianne Feinstein, though Huffington doubts he’d run if Herschensohn decided to make another go at it. Also Rep. Chris Cox hopes to get GOP nod. . . . In Michigan, Gov. John Engler plans to seek re-election next year. In his three years in office, 83,000 have gone off welfare, 6,000 state jobs have been cut, and the state liquor-distribution process has been privatized.