University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, November 7, 1990
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State Offices
Incumbent Attorney General Bob Stephan greets supporters at the Ramada Inn in Toneka
Stephan pulls out victory in attorney general's race
By Carol Krekeler and David Roach
Kansan staff writers
TOPEKA — Easy election victories were hard to find for some incumbents yesterday.
The race for attorney general was no exception.
Republican incumbent Attorney General Rob Stephan edged Democratic opponent Bert Cantwell by two votes as final ballots were counted.
With 92 percent of precincts statewide reporting at midnight last night, Cantwell trailed Stephan, 354,500 to 351,500.
The race was so close that at midnight, Cantwell would not concede to Stephan.
"I'm not ready to concede." Cantwell said at the Excentrepe in Topeka, where Democrats had gathered. "It's too close to call."
At about the same time, at the Republican gathering at the Ramada印 downtown, Stephan claimed victory by a narrow margin.
"Well, I don't know if they're trying to tell me something," Stephan said. "It was a close race, and I think that perhaps it was a sense of disatisfaction generally with the political system."
"We're very thankful for everyone who has been so wonderful," he said. "It's been a tough race, there's no doubt about that."
He said a 1982 sexual harassment charge filed against him and two other state employees had some effect on his winning by so few votes.
Stephan said Cantwell had come close to winning the race because voters were displeased with state government.
"The negatives always play a role, there's no question about that."
Stephan said. "I haven't done anything wrong. I make no apologies for my life. I work hard, and that's all I can do."
The attorney general's race was considered to be one of the most negative campaigns in this year's state elections.
Cantwell said he had to use negative advertising to point out Stephan's weak points.
Cantwell credited the close race to the advertising and to his campaign staff, which he said was dedicated and hardworking.
"If you're going to chip off Teflon, you have to use a blunt instrument," he said.
He said he did not put credence in media polls, which showed him trailing Stephan by about 20 percentage points on the eye of the election.
"I never believed I was that far behind," he said.
Thompson and Todd sweep treasurer, insurance seats
The Associated Press
TOPEKA — Kansas voters selected former savings and loan executive Sally Thompson, a Democrat, as their new state treasurer and Ron Todd, a Republican, as insurance commissioner yesterday.
They also re-elected Republican Secretary of State Bill Graves
The race for insurance commis.
With 97 percent of the vote tabulated, Todd was 4,337 votes ahead of Feleciano.
sioner between Todd and Democrat Paul Feleciano was not decided until early today.
Thompson defeated Republican Eric Rucker, piling up 62 percent of the vote, while Graves ran away from Democrat R.J. Dickens
Decisions by State Treasurer Joan Finney to run for governor after holding that office for 14 years and Insurance Commissioner Fletcher
Bell to retire after 20 years left vacancies to be filled.
With 97 percent of the vote tabulated, Thompson had 444,605 votes to Rucker's 278,994, while Graves had 429,604 and Dickens had 274,609.
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