ortion as the rest of the nation; in 1996, approximately 48% of the voter population actually voted.10
             The incumbent candidate, Alfonse D'Amato is a 60 year old, Italian, Roman Catholic, three-term republican senator.11 He was first elected to the senate in 1980, and won reelection in 1986 in a landslide victory. His reelection in 1992 was much close
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