Bio :60-Gephardt, Dick (Richard Andrew)-[Democratic], 1988

A young alderman in St. Louis, he led the fight for reform and won. The floor leader in Congress when the House voted to cut off funds for the secret war in Nicaragua. With Pat Schroeder, he wrote legislation to ban nuclear tests. I'm for Dick Gebhardt because I know he cares. To him, our fight for health care is more than a political issue. It's a continuation of the struggle his own family had when his son had cancer. Raised in a working class neighborhood, he's led the fight for the Gebhardt trade amendment to save American jobs. A man whose father was forced off the farm in hard times, he's standing with Tom Harkin fighting for the Harkin-Gebhardt save the family farm bill. From the farms, the factories, the neighborhoods comes the yearning for change. And now our cause finally has a voice. If we can't fight for workers, for farmers, for seniors, the strength and soul of our party, then what really are we all about? It's your fight too. Vote. Volunteer. Contribute. Dick Gebhardt.