Southern United States Congressional Elections 1998

Marjorie McKeithen, the articulate and energetic Democratic congressional candidate here, was supposed to be a marquee example of the party's most innovative strategy for regaining control of the House this year. Instead, she may inadvertently become a revealing test of whether President Clinton's troubles will snuff out his party's best prospects this fall.

Marjorie McKeithen, the articulate and energetic Democratic congressional candidate here, was supposed to be a marquee example of the party's most innovative strategy for regaining control of the House this year. Instead, she may inadvertently become a revealing test of whether President Clinton's troubles will snuff out his party's best prospects this fall.