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To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (9565)	10/15/1998 11:11:00 AM
From: Zoltan!	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

>> anti-republicanism is absolutely rabid..... Ain't that always the case? Yeah, makes you long for the good old days of Hollywood Republicans Louis B. Mayer, Frank Capra, Jimmy Stewart, John Wayne and Walt Disney. Looks like Heather is on to something: The Dem barely won last time, though Clinton won the district by 15 points. And Fong-Lungren are much better to have at the top of the ticket than Dole. 24th District Incumbent: Rep. Brad Sherman (D) 1st term (50 percent) Outlook: Leans Democratic The battle of the millionaires is taking place in this suburban Los Angeles district, as Sherman and businessman Randy Hoffman (R) have traded barbs about just who is more guilty of trying to buy a political office. After 20-year Rep. Tony Beilenson (D) retired, Sherman succeeded in keeping the 24th district in the Democratic column in part by spending $1.6 million, half of which was his own money. Now Hoffman, who founded Magellan Systems, the world's largest manufacturer of global positioning satellite navigation systems, has poured a half-million dollars in personal funds into the race and is expected to dig as deep into his pockets as necessary. The bespectacled Sherman calls Hoffman a "miniature Al Checchi," referring to the former Northwest Airlines CEO who lost his Democratic primary bid for governor earlier this year after spending some $40 million of his own money. Sherman claims that he himself is not a millionaire and says heavy debts to himself from the 1996 race make it unlikely that he will use personal funds this year. Sherman's beef with Hoffman is that the 43-year-old businessman has not been active in the community until recently and used consultants to pad his resume. Sherman claims his political activity began when he was six years old, licking stamps for a candidate in a local election. Stepping up his campaign against Sherman, Hoffman began airing cable TV ads in mid-September in the Los Angeles market. The ads cost about $40,000 a week and Hoffman's campaign manager, Todd Slosek, promised they were "just the beginning." Combined with an extensive direct-mail campaign, Hoffman is working to boost his name identification in his first bid for office. But while Hoffman may have the fundraising edge, the incumbent's strong showing in the June primary and an internal poll shows he won't be easy to knock off. Sherman, who was dubbed one of the Republicans' top 10 targets this year, won his open primary with an impressive 54 percent. Hoffman captured 20 percent of the vote over two lesser-known GOP candidates. A recent internal poll for Sherman showed him leading Hoffman by nearly 30 points. While Sherman is known to two-thirds of the voters, only one-third had ever heard of Hoffman, according to the survey. Depending on how much Hoffman is willing to spend, it is likely to be a competitive race in this district that went for Clinton by 15 points last year. techstocks.com