Date: Sat, 7 May 1994 12:56:04 -0400 From: John Greene As promised, this outlines who voted both for and against HB 1432, the sexual orientation clause. Sorry for the delay, but Organic Chemistry and Anatomy and Physiology finals were taking their toll... I am posting this for a friend of mine (Mike) who spent considerable time following house bill 1432 as it went through the house and senate. Please forgive the 'all caps' format as he typed it in on an ancient tandy machine that I was able to translate with my mac rather than retyping it all. The editorial comments following the names and addresses are his and reflect his knowledge of the political situations in each case as best he knows them. If there are any mistakes in names, addresses or phone numbers, please let me know and I will correct and repost them. I assume no responsibility for the editorial comments made after each listing other than to say that they are, to the best of Mike's knowledge, correct. At the end of the posting is a listing of what the 'Conservative Victory Fund' and 'Committee to elect House Democrats' are and other information. See also the posting NH Coalition to End Discrimination for a history of this bill. 1994 ELECTIONS VOTE ON HB 1432 - SEXUAL ORIENTATION CLAUSE SENATE: NO - 13 YES - 10 NO VOTE - 1 YES VOTES SEN. CAROLE A. LAMIRANDE DIST. #1 BERLIN DEM 135 HIGH STREET BERLIN, N.H. 03570 PHONE # (H) 752-3849 (B) 752-1927 -SPOKE IN FAVOR OF BILL -EXPECTED TO RUN FOR RE- ELECTION -TARGET OF CONSERVATIVE VICTORY FUND SEN. WAYNE D. KING DIST. #2 RUMMNEY DEM P.O. BOX 500 RUMMNEY, N.H. 03266-0500 PHONE (H) 786-9278 -SPOKE IN FAVOR OF BILL -EXPECTED TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR IN 1994 CHALLENGE TO STEVE MERRILL (REP.) MERRILL IS CURRENT GOVERNOR OF STATE HAS EYE ON U.S. SENATE SEAT IN 1996. WE HAVE CHANCE TO DERAIL HIM IN 1994 BY ELECTING SEN. KING. **KING FOR GOVERNOR COMM. PHONE # 225-8225 JEFF BARR CONTACT SEN. RALPH HOUGH DIST # 5 REP 10 FOLIAGE VIEW LEBANON, N.H. 03766 PHONE (H) 448-2585 (B) 448-2832 -SEN. PRESIDENT DIDN'T VOTE BECAUSE OF THIS BUT IS A SUPPORTER OF HB 1432. HAS CONTROL OF COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS AND OF WHICH COMMITTEE GETS A BILL. -ELECTED SEN. PRES. DUE TO 11 DEM AND TWO REP. WHICH PREVENTED RIGHT WINGERS FROM CONTROLLING SENATE. -EXPECTED TO RUN FOR RE-ELECTION. -TARGET OF CONSERVATIVE VICTORY FUND SEN. DAVID CURRIER DIST # 7 REP PO BOX 161 HENNIKER N.H. 03242-0161 PHONE (H) 428-3579 (B) 428-7619 -SUPPORTER EXPECTED TO RUN FOR RE-ELECTION -POSSIBLE TARGET BY CONSERVATIVE VICTORY FUND SEN. CLESSON J. BLAISDELL DIST# 10 DEM 40 STONE HOUSE LANE KEENE, N.H. 03431 PHONE (H) 352-6210 (B) 358-3322 -SPOKE IN FAVOR OF BILL MAY NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION -IF HE DOES WILL BE TARGET OF CONSERVATIVE VICTORY FUND AGAIN ***HAD FALSE CHARGE MADE AGAINST HIM BY THE FUND DURING 1992 ELECTION RESULTING IN STATE AG OFFICE INVESTIGATION.*** SEN. BARBARA J. BALDIZAR DIST#12 DEM 15 PARRISH HILL ROAD NASHUA 03063 PHONE (H) 880-4368 -SPOKE IN FAVOR OF BILL SHOULD BE SEEKING RE-ELECTION -TARGET OF VICTORY FUND AGAIN WON CLOSE ELECTION IN 1992 SEN. DEBORA B. PIGNATELLI DIST # 13 DEM. 22 APPLETREE GREEN NASHUA, N.H. 03062 PHONE (H) 888-5245 -SPOKE IN FAVOR OF BILL -TARGET OF CONSERVATIVE VICTORY FUND AGAIN IN 1994 SEN. SUSAN McLANE DIST # 15 REP. 205 MOUNTAIN ROAD CONCORD, N.H. 03301 PHONE (H) 224-0376 -CO SPONSOR OF BILL IN SENATE SPOKE IN FAVOR OF BILL -NOT SEEKING RE-ELECTION -HAS ENDORSED HOUSE REP. HAGER WHO VOTED IN FAVOR OF BILL IN HOUSE. HAGER'S LOYALTY TO THE CAUSE COULD BE QUESTIONABLE. BOB HAYES EXPECTED TO BE RUNNING AGAINST HER IN PRIMARY. HE IS SUPPOSEDLY A SUPPORTER AND FRIEND OF MARCUS HURN (THE AUTHOR OF BILL) YET WAS QUIET DURING THE WHOLE PROCESS. SEN. C. JEANNE SHAHEEN DIST# 21 DEM. 73 PERKINS ROAD MADBURY N.H. 03820 PHONE (H) 749-3434 -SPOKE IN FAVOR OF BILL. -TARGET OF CONSERVATIVE VICTORY FUND -EXPECTED TO BE NEXT SENATE DEM. LEADER IF REELECTED. -ELECTED IN 1990 BY BEATING FRANK TORR THEN SEN. FROM THIS DIST. AND NOW HOUSE MEMBER WHO VOTED AGAINST HB 1432 SEN. BEVERLY A. HOLLINGWORTH DIST # 23 DEM. 209 WINNACUNNET ROAD HAMPTON, N.H. 03842 PHONE (H) 926-4880 (B) 926-7113 -SPOKE IN STRONG SUPPORT OF BILL ELECTED IN 1992 IN A REP. DIST. -TARGET OF CONSERVATIVE VICTORY FUND. SEN. BURTON J. COHEN DIST # 24 DEM PO BOX 208 NEW CASTLE, N.H. 03854-0208 PHONE (H) 431-2581 -CO-SPONSOR OF BILL HAS GAY BROTHER. -CONSERVATIVE VICTORY FUND WILL BE GOING ALL OUT TO DEFEAT HIM IN 1994. NO VOTES SEN. KENNETH J. MACDONALD DIST 3 REP BOX 1185 WOLFEBORO N.H. 03894 PHONE (H) 569-3300 -SUPPORTED BY CONSERVATIVE VICTORY FUND IN 1992. -STRONG REP. DIST. NEED TO FIND CANDIDATE TO RUN AGAINST HIM. SEN. LEO W. FRASER JR. DIST 4 REP. BOX 5, SMITH ROAD PITTSFIELD, N.H. 03263 PHONE (H) 435-6626 (B) 225-3664 -LONG TIME SENATOR HARD TO BEAT ENTRENCHED IN OFFICE. -CONSERVATIVE VICTORY FUND MAY SUPPORT IN 1994 SEN. GEORGE A. LOVEJOY DIST # 6 REP. 155 EASTERN AVE. ROCHESTER, N.H. 03867 PHONE (H) 332-4268 (B) 664-9111 ***CO-FOUNDER OF CONSERVATIVE VICTORY FUND.*** SEN. GEORGE F. DISNARD DIST# 8 DEM PO BOX 1476 CLAREMOUNT , N.H. 03743-1476 PHONE (H) 542-6794 -CURRENT DEM LEADER IN SENATE NOT SEEKING RE-ELECTION -HOUSE MEMBER PETER BURLING RUNNING TO REPLACE HIM VOTED IN FAVOR OF BILL IN HOUSE; CURRENTLY DEM. WHIP IN HOUSE. REPUBLICANS ARE EXPECT TO PUT UP BEV. RODESCHIN WHO VOTED AGAINST BILL IN HOUSE BUT IS WELL KNOW IN DIST. SEN. SHEILA ROBERGE DIST # 9 REP, OLDE LANTERN ROAD BEDFORD, N.H. 03110 PHONE (H) 472-8391 -LONG TIME SENATOR ENTRENCHED IN OFFICE -CONSERVATIVE VICTORY FUND MAY SUPPORT IN 1994 SEN. DAVID K. WHEELER DIST 11 REP 523 MASON ROAD MILFORD, N.H. 03055 PHONE (H) 673-9077 (B) 672-9075 -SUPPORTED BY CONSERVATIVE VICTORY FUND IN 1992 DEFEATING THEN SEN. BASS, A SUPPORTER OF HB 1432 . -POSSIBLE TO TARGET HIM FOR DEFEAT. SEN.THOMAS P. COLANTUONO DIST 14 REP. PO BOX 1084 LONDONDERRY, N.H. 03053-1084 PHONE (H) 434-2475 (B) 434-0068 -SUPPORTED BY CONSERVATIVE VICTORY FUND IN 1994 . -ULTRA CONSERVATIVE WE NEED TO DEFEAT IN 1994 SEN. ELEANOR P. PODLES DIST 16 REP 185 WALNUT HILL AVE. MANCHESTER N.H. 03014 PHONE (H) 627-7749 -CHAIR OF JUDICIARY COMMITTEE WHICH HELD HEARINGS ON BILL. -CONSERVATIVE VICTORY FUND MAY SUPPORT RE-ELECTION IN 1994 -WE SHOULD TARGET FOR DEFEAT. SEN. JOHN S. BARNES JR. DIST 17 REP. PO BOX 362 RAYMOND , N.H. 03077 PHONE (H) 895-9352 (B) 895-9396 -SUPPORTED BY CONSERVATIVE VICTORY FUND **ULTRA-CONSERVATIVE** -NEED TO FIND A DEM. TO CHALLENGE IN 1994 AND REP. TO CHALLENGE IN PRIMARY IN FALL . SEN. JOHN A. KING DIST 17 DEM. 2255 GOFFS FALLS ROAD MANCHESTER, N.H. 03103 PHONE (H) 644-0263 -LONG FAMILY LINE IN DEM PARTY. -HARD FOR DEMS TO NOT BACK FOR RE-ELECTION IN 1994 BUT WE STILL NEED TO FIND A DEM AND REP TO CHALLENGE HIM IN 1994. -CHURCH A BIG SUPPORTER OF HIM. SEN. RICHARD L. RUSSMAN DIST 19 REP 18 BARTLETT BEACH DRIVE. KINGSTON, N.H. 03848 PHONE (H) 642-5904 (B) 772-3433 -CONSERVATIVE SAT OF FENCE UNTIL THE END. -MAY FACE CHALLENGE FROM WITHIN HIS OWN PARTY BY FORMER DERRY MAYOR WHO IS ULTRA-CONSERVATIVE. NEED TO FIND A CHALLENGER IN THIS RACE. -FORMER SEN BARTLETT WHO IS NOW MERRILL STAFFER IS A SUPPORTER LOOK FOR CONSERVATIVE VICTORY FUND TO SUPPORT IN 1994 SEN. ANN J. BOURQUE DIST 20 DEM. 780 CHESTNUT STREET, MANCHESTER, N.H. 03104 PHONE (H) 627-3357 -ELECTED TO THE CONSERVATIVE DISTRICT OF MANCHESTER. EXPECT A DEM WHO SUPPORTS BILL TO CHALLENGE IN PRIMARY BUT MAY BE TOO LIBERAL TO WIN IN MANCHESTER. ALSO WILL HAVE A REP. CHALLENGER IN GENERAL ELECTION WHO WILL NOT SUPPORT US. SEN. JOSEPH L. DELAHUNTY DIST 22 REP. 108 HOOKER FARM ROAD, SALEM, N.H. 03079 PHONE(H) 893-8049 (B) 893-9134 OR 524-7347 -SUPPORTED BY CONSERVATIVE VICTORY FUND. -NEED TO FIND A CANDIDATE TO CHALLENGE IN 1994. ***CONSERVATIVE VICTORY FUND*** -MAIN FOUNDER CHUCK DOUGLAS FORMER U.S. HOUSE OF REP. MEMBER BEATEN IN 1990 BY DICK SWEAT. PLANS ON TARGETING SENATE RACES IN 1994. THIS IS WHERE THE BATTLE WILL BE FOUGHT . WE WILL NEED TO FIND CANDIDATES TO RUN AGAINST OUR FOES IN BOTH THE PRIMARY IN BOTH PARTY RACES AND IN THE GENERAL ELECTION IN ORDER TO KEEP THIS FUND FROM TARGETING CERTAIN RACES. WE HOPE TO FORCE THEM TO DILUTE THIER EFFORTS. WE WILL NEED TO ALSO DO THIS IN HOUSE RACES WHILE SUPPORTING OUR SUPPORTERS IN BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE RACES. ***COMMITTEE TO ELECT HOUSE DEMOCRATS*** -THIS COMMITTEE IS CHAIRED BY RICK A. TROMBLY DEM. LEADER IN THE HOUSE WHO IS A STRONG SUPPORTER OF HB 1432. THE COMMITTEE COLLECTS MONEY THEN GIVES IT TO DEM. CANDIDATES FOR THE HOUSE . THE COMMITTEE WILL ACCEPT FUNDS WITH THE CONDITION IT GOES TO CANDIDATES WHO SUPPORTED HB 1432. -STATE ELECTION REPORTING LAWS REQUIRE THAT ANY ONE GIVING $25 OR MORE MUST REPORT THEIR NAME, ADDRESS, AND OCCUPATION. MAILING ADDRESS P.O. BOX 1292 CONCORD, N.H. 03301-1292 -IF YOU WISH TO CONTRIBUTE , IT IS REQUESTED YOU GIVE AT LEAST $10 AND THAT YOU INCLUDE A NOTE SPECIFYING THAT THE FUNDS ARE TO GO TO CANDIDATES WHO SUPPORTED HB 1432 ONLY. THEY WILL KEEP TRACK OF SUCH REQUESTS AND KEEP US INFORMED AS TO THE AMOUNT. STATE PHONE NUMBERS: STATE HOUSE CONNECTING ALL DEPTS: 603-271-1110 TDD RELAY: 603-225-4033 HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISION: 603-271-2767 HOUSE DEM. LEADER OFFICE: 603 271-2136 FAX: 603 271-2016 DONALD MANNING ADM. ASSIST.