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- NATION, Page 46Election NotesCONNECTICUTAcross the Color Line
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- Not even the opposition of the N.A.A.C.P. could prevent
- Connecticut's Gary Franks from becoming the first black
- Republican member of the House of Representatives since 1935.
- Franks, 37, a prosperous real estate investor and a Waterbury
- alderman, is a fiscal conservative who opposes racial quotas.
- The Yale graduate hails his win as a classic victory over
- "tax-and-spend" liberalism.
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- Elected from a staunchly conservative district, which
- includes some of the wealthiest communities in the nation,
- Franks knocked out Democrat Toby Moffett, an ex-TV anchorman and
- former Congressman who was backed by various civil rights
- groups. Says University of Connecticut political science
- professor Howard Reiter: "Expect him to be displayed
- prominently at the 1992 convention. He's very articulate and
- could quickly become a national voice."
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