Profile of Presidential Candidate Howard Dean
Sun Feb 1,12:30 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Here are key facts about former
Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, a candidate for the
Democratic presidential nomination:
POSITIONS ON KEY ISSUES:
IRAQ - Vigorously opposes the war and
criticized other Democrats for failing to do
so.
ECONOMY - Would repeal all the $1.7
trillion in tax cuts won by President Bush
to use toward health
care, homeland security and job creation.
Supports continuing funding for Social
Security .
HEALTH CARE - Dean proposes to expand
health care coverage. His plan, estimated to
cost $88 billion a year, would widen federal
and state programs to provide coverage to
everyone up to age 25 and lower-income
adults. It would also allow higher-income
adults to buy into a plan similar to the plan
for federal employees, and provide tax
credits.
OTHER ISSUES - Would provide $100
billion over two years to states and localities
to be used for infrastructure investments and
hiring and training related to homeland
security. Supports gay rights (he signed the
nation's first civil unions law)
POLITICAL CAREER:
Member of the Vermont House of
Representatives from 1982 to 1986
Lieutenant governor in 1986
Governor from 1991 with the death of Gov. Richard Snelling, until 2002
PERSONAL DETAILS:
Born: Nov. 17, 1948, in New York City
Married to Dr. Judith Steinberg, two children
Yale University graduating in political science in 1971 Albert Einstein
College of Medicine in New York City with an M.D. in 1978
Dean is the son of Wall Street broker Howard Brush Dean III, and was
raised on New York's Upper East Side
ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL:
He propelled the use of the Internet as his primary
tool for capturing support for his presidential bid.
Dean became the first Democrat to enter the
presidential race on May 31, 2002, and the first to
announce he would not accept public financing, and its
accompanying $45 million spending limit.
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