PRI19980310.2000.0144 NEWS TRANSCRIPT Voters on California's central coast are choosing a successor to congressman Walter camps who died suddenly of a heart attack last fall. The race pits the late congressman's widow against state legislator Tom bordanareau. The vote's being watched closely as an early indication as to how the mid-term elections might go in the fall. NPR's ina Jaffe reports. Democrat Lois Capps, a former nurse an teacher has been telling voters that she wants to continue her late husband's work of rebuilding the trust between people and their government. Republican state assemblyman, Tom Bordaneaur has been stressing his conservative positions on taxes and his opposition to abortion. Both candidates have been nearly drowned out by the independent campaigns of special interests. Money has poured into the district from abortion rights supporters and from abortion rights opponents. From a group that advocates term limits as well as from business interest. Walter Capps, a former university professor, was the first democrat to represent this district in decades, but registration is almost evenly divided between democrats and republicans. Ina Jaffe, NPR news, Los Angeles.