Documentary film producer PAUL STEKLER. He co-produced the new film series, "Vote for Me - Politics in America" a look at how American culture is reflected in local politics. This PBS series, to be aired October 28 and 29, examines the various things candidates will do in their campaigns to be elected. STEKLER, with his co-producers received a DuPont-Columbia Journalism Award for a series done in 1993, entitled "Louisiana Boys, Raised on Politics." Also interviewed at the same time was MAGGIE LAUTERER, the subject of one "Vote for Me" episode. She's a former journalist and first-time candidate who ran for Congress in North Carolina, and lost
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