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NOVEMBER 6, 2000

THE RACE:
US Senate

MAJOR CANDIDATES:
Democrat - Hillary Clinton
Republican - Rick Lazio

THE DL: Hats off to the First Lady
Despite a growth in support for Representative Rick Lazio in recent months, First Lady Hillary Clinton is most likely to win the Senate seat for New York, her newest home.

An effort by Lazio to paint himself as the home-grown Italian candidate versus the Carpetbagger Clinton hasn't done much to diminish support for Clinton. Besides, she's got name recognition going for her.

And despite her criticism of the involvement of the Justice Department in land claims, Clinton is more suited to understanding and promoting tribal sovereignty than Lazio, whose land claims ad played to anti-Indian sentiments in upstate New York. But Indian Country will be watching to see if she lives up to her promise of supporting out-of-court settlements for land claims.

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