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Mark Green (R)Elected: 1998 (2nd term) Hometown: Green Bay Born: June 1, 1960; Boston, Mass. Religion: Roman Catholic Family: Wife, Susan Green; three children Education: U. of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, B.A. 1983; U. of Wisconsin, Madison, J.D. 1987 Career: Lawyer; teacher Political Highlights: Wis. Assembly, 1993-99; U.S. House, 1999-present Committees: Financial Services ( Domestic Monetary Policy, Technology and Economic Growth; Housing & Community Opportunity; International Monetary Policy and Trade); Judiciary ( Commercial & Administrative Law; Crime) Address: 1218 Longworth House Office Building, Independence Ave. and S. Capitol St., S.E., Washington, DC, 20515-4908 Phone: (202) 225-5665 Fax: (202) 225-5729 E-mail: mark.green@mail.house.gov Web site: www.house.gov/markgreen Source: Congressional Quarterly (Updated: October 16, 2000). To suggest updates and corrections: politics.feedback@cq.com 
Voting studies, participation and interest group rankings are unavailable for newly elected members. Source: Congressional Quarterly (Updated April 1999) 
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Northeast - Green Bay; Appleton
The emotional heart of Wisconsin beats in the 8th at the southern end of
a bay - Green Bay. The Green Bay Packers football team has focused
international attention on the region and pulled in millions of dollars. But
it's the paper industry along Green Bay and Appleton - the Fox River Valley
- that solidifies the area as blue-collar.
The sparsely populated northwest holds the state's largest tracks of
forests, supplying the local paper industry. Nature-loving tourists and
vacation homeowners flock to the hundreds of lakes nearby in Vilas County.
But the wealthiest residents head for Wisconsin's northeast peninsula - Door
County, which is rich with apple orchards and second homes.
The 8th is a swing district and in 1998 saw a Republican congressman
elected after a one-term Democrat. Republicans dominate except in a densely
populated blue-collar pocket centered in Green Bay. In the north, the GOP
taps into a traditional small government attitude. To the south, with the
exception of the Appleton region, the Fox River Valley favors conservative
Democrats. Historically, Appleton has welcomed right-wing sympathizers and
is the home of the conservative John Birch Society and the late GOP Sen.
Joseph R. McCarthy.
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