His first subjects were machine politics and the rising importance of black constituents at the ballot box.

But he added that Mr. Hodges clearly must pay attention to his black constituents.

White senators with black constituents feared being seen as hostile to a black sharecropper's grandson.

I hope all his constituents, black and white, rally around Mr. Owens in justice to him and themselves).

That seemed to satisfy his black constituents.

When the budget was being considered, he had deep misgivings about how heavy the cuts would fall on his mostly black, working-class constituents.

But that was in direct contrast to the feelings of some of Mr. Dinkins's black constituents.

He took black constituents to dine with him in the "Whites Only" House restaurant.

This is the message that many of the whites who voted for Dinkins hoped he would bring to to his black and Hispanic constituents.

Blacks say he is trying to bolster his popularity among Jewish voters while neglecting black constituents.