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The number of House Democrats from the Plains states dropped from 21 to 12 over that period,
the number from the Corn Belt fell from 25 to 22, and Democrats continued their Southern
decline as well.
In 1996, there was still a sizable number of conservative, rural Democrats, such as Charlie
Stenholm of Texas, who supported farm programs and were willing to vote for reforms to the
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