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Dear Listfriends, With only 2 of 13 major appropriations bills completed and with the Congress scheduled to adjourn on Oct 6, I don't know whether there will be time for anything more to happen on the Specter/Harkin Bill this year. If and when it comes up again next year, it's fate will depend on who is in congress then. There are 34 states with senate elections this november, and some are critical to the stem cell bill. I have tried to summarize these as I see them in the list below. As you see, much important detail is lacking, and I need some help in filling in the missing pieces and checking what I do have. The point is to pinpoint which elections are critical to stem cell research. Then we can concentrate our efforts where it will do the most good. Phil Tompkins U.S. Senate Major Party Candidates' Views on Stem Cell Research (draft) Key: ++ explicitly favors stem cell research + support inferred from position on abortion -- explicitly opposes stem cell research - opposition inferred from anti-abortion position ? position unknown If candidate presently holds office, area 202 phone is D.C. office. Non-202 phone is campaign office. "-inc" designates incumbent. Sources of information: http://www.freedomchannel.com/candidates/senate.cfm http://www.aamc.org individual campaign and senator web sites. ARIZONA -- Jon L. Kyl (R-inc) 602-840-0306 202-224-4521 [log in to unmask] + Stuart Starky (D) 602-264-4644 CALIFORNIA (both candidates would support stem cell research) + Dianne Feinstein (D-inc) 202-224-3841 [log in to unmask] + Tom Campbell (R) CONNECTICUT + Joseph I. Lieberman (D-inc) http://www.lieberman2000.com/email.html 202-224-4041 [log in to unmask] Gov. John Rowland, who will appoint a successor to Lieberman, should the latter become vice-president, switched from anti- abortion to pro-choice. ? Philip A. Giordano 203-757-9984 DELAWARE +? William V. Roth Jr. (R-inc) Wilmington: 302-427-2000 Dover: 302-735-7684 Georgetown: 302-856-921 202-224-2441 [log in to unmask] ? Tom Carper (D) 302-998-8048 FLORIDA ? Bill Nelson (D) 850-222-8777 [log in to unmask] ? Bill McCollum (R) [log in to unmask] GEORGIA ? Zell Miller (D-inc) 202-224-3643 http://www.senate.gov/~miller/webform.html or http://miller.senate.gov/webform.html ? Mack Mattingly (R) [log in to unmask] HAWAII + Daniel K. Akaka (D-inc) 808-522-8970 202-224-6361 [log in to unmask] Heavily favored to win ? Eugene Douglass (R) 808-523-2000 INDIANA - Richard G. Lugar (R-inc) 317-283-2000 [log in to unmask] 202-224-4814 [log in to unmask] author, Folic Acid Promotion and Birth Defects Prevention Act (S. 1384) ? David Johnson (D) 317-231-6298 MAINE + Olympia J. Snowe (R-inc) [log in to unmask] 202-224-5344 [log in to unmask] ? Mark Lawrence (D) 207-629-9100 MARYLAND + Paul S. Sarbanes (D-inc) 202-224-4524 [log in to unmask] ? Paul Rappaport (R) 410-313-8005 MASSACHUSETTS ++ Edward M. Kennedy (D-inc) 617-720-2288 202-546-9494 [log in to unmask] Stem cell support confirmed by phone to D.C. office. Heavily favored to win? ? Jack Robinson (R) 617-524-6333 Left message - waiting for return phone call. MICHIGAN - Spencer Abraham (R-inc) 248-213-3000 202-224-4822 [log in to unmask] + Deborah Ann Stabenow (D) 417-336-8500 MINNESOTA -- Rod Grams (R-inc) 612-427-5921 202-224-3244 [log in to unmask] ? Mark Dayton (D) 888-689-4957 MISSISSIPPI - Trent Lott (R-inc) 202-224-6253 [log in to unmask] ? Troy Brown (D) http://www.votetroybrown.com/contact_us.html MISSOURI -- John Ashcroft (R-inc) 314-423-1990 202-224-6154 [log in to unmask] ++ Mel Carnahan (D) 314-993-0100 "Medical studies suggest that fetal tissue research holds much promise for treating those who suffer from spinal cord injuries, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and other devastating diseases..." MONTANA -- Conrad Burns (R-inc) 406-248-3848 202-224-2644 [log in to unmask] ? Brian Schweitzer (D) 406-863-9966 [log in to unmask] NEBRASKA ? Ben Nelson (D) 402-964-9200 ? Don Stenberg (R) [log in to unmask] NEVADA ? Ed Bernstein (D) Las Vegas 702-471-5669 Reno 775-323-8683 ? John Ensign (R) Las Vegas 702-880-1000 Reno 775-823-9500 NEW JERSEY + Jon Corzine(D) 973-643-0500 ? Robert Franks (R) [log in to unmask] NEW MEXICO + Jeff Bingaman (D-inc) 505-266-5333 202-224-5521 [log in to unmask] or http://www.senate.gov/~bingaman/Contact_Me/e-mail_form.htm ? Bill Redmond (R) 505-661-2335 [log in to unmask] NEW YORK (I believe either candidate would support stem cell research) + Hillary Rodham Clinton (D) 212-239-2000 + Rick Lazio (R) 631-666-3020 202-225-3335 (House) NORTH DAKOTA + Kent Conrad (D-inc) 701-530-9663 202-224-2043 [log in to unmask] ? Duane Sand (R) 701-258-1892 [log in to unmask] OHIO -- Mike DeWine (R-inc) 202-224-2315 [log in to unmask] But: strongly favors organ donation ? Ted Celeste (D) [log in to unmask] PENNSYLVANIA -- Rick Santorum (R-inc) 1-877-RICK-2000 202-224-6324 [log in to unmask] "I have been endorsed by the PCUC, PA Right to Life, the PA Pro-Life Federation, the Pro-Life Union Inc. - SEPA, the Christian Coalition, and People for Life." ? Ron Klink (D) 800-474-1959 202-225-2565 [log in to unmask] RHODE ISLAND ? Lincoln Chafee (R-inc) 401-737-8200 202-224-2921 [log in to unmask] ? Robert Weygand (D) 202-225-2735 (House) [log in to unmask] TENNESSEE ? Bill Frist (R-inc) 615-386-0045 202-224-3344 [log in to unmask] ? Jeff Clark (D) 615-907-9588 TEXAS - Kay Bailey Hutchinson (R-inc) 512-476-1900 202-224-5922 [log in to unmask] + Gene Kelly (D) [log in to unmask] pro-coice UTAH - Orrin G. Hatch (R-inc) 801-994-2000 202-224-5251 [log in to unmask] ? Scott Howell (D) 801-486-4662 [log in to unmask] VERMONT ? Jim M. Jeffords (R) http://www.jimjeffords2000.com/jeffords_w/files/contact.htm 202-224-5141 [log in to unmask] ? Ed Flanagan (D) 802-862-0769 [log in to unmask] VIRGINIA + Charles S. Robb (D-inc) 703-960-ROBB [log in to unmask] 202-224-4024 [log in to unmask] ? George Allen (R) 804-775-2000 [log in to unmask] WASHINGTON - Slade Gorton (R-inc) [log in to unmask] 202-224-3441 http://www.senate.gov/~gorton/webform.htm + Maria Cantwell 425-697-5336 [log in to unmask] WEST VIRGINIA + Robert C. Byrd (D-inc) [log in to unmask] Heavily favored to win. ? David Gallaher (R) 304-763-2455 [log in to unmask] WISCONSIN + Herbert H. Kohl (D-inc) 1-800-247-5645 (toll free in Wisconsin) 202-224-5653 [log in to unmask] ? John Gillespie (R) [log in to unmask] WYOMING - Craig Thomas (R-inc) In Wyoming see http://www.senate.gov/~thomas/html/faq.html 202-224-6441 [log in to unmask] ? Mel Logan (D) [log in to unmask]