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The University Daily KANSAN
Wednesday, November 5,1980 Vol. 91, No. 53 USPS 650-640
Reagan defeats Carter in electoral rout
Sen. Bob Dole acknowledges applause from supporters during his acceptance speech in the Regency Ballroom of the Ramada Inn in Topeka last night. Dole's third Senate vote came early as his Democratic challenger, John Simpson, conceded at 3:39 p.m. See story page 6.
CHRIS TODDI/Kansan staff
Newcomer Eldredge wins Senate seat
BUTAN SIMPSON
Staff Writer
In a local display of the nationwide Republican landslide, Republican Jane Eldredge defeated incumbent Democrat Arnold Berman last night for the state's 2nd District Senate seat.
Final returns showed that Eldredge, a Lawrence attorney in her first bid for public office, beat Berman, the Senate's third ranking Democrat. It opened a new Ways and Means Committee, 13,647 to 10,838.
Eldredge's victory was a serious blow to Kansas Democrats' hopes for dominating the upper house of the State Legislature. The GOP held had a slim 21-19 margin after the 1976 election, and state Democrats had hoped to control the Senate after this campaign.
"You try to build momentum to the end and not get sidetracked."
"I have never been political in my life," Pete Wiklund, a Lawrence physician and Eldredge's campaign manager, said. "I think we peaked at the right time."
BERMAN, ALSO a Lawrence attorney, said,
"I've never felt anything I would have done
differently. I laughed when I didn't."
Steve Treater, Berman's campaign manager,
said, "It's a Republican year."
Eldredge said the outcome hinged on Berman's poor performance. She said Berman lacked commitment to his district and had not attended meetings he had promised when elected in 1976.
In her campaign, Eldredge stressed that KU's budget had not increased in proportion to the state's budget. Eldredge also said Berman had a conflict of interest when he was under retainer to a nuclear power company, Southwest Nuclear. A conflict of interest with the state was introduced in the Senate earlier this year.
Berman abstained from voting on the issue and dropped his retainer when similar legislation came to the Senate late in the 1980 session.
Former KU Chancellor Archie R. Dykes endorsed Berman in a letter sent to Kuunli and business groups. Eldridge said she thought the support might have backfired for the incumbent.
"I heard lots and lots of complaints about that," Eltreadge said at her election night party in New York.
ELDRDEGE SAID she spent about $9,000 on volunteers to help 250 volunteer camps near neighbor houses for the
Berman's campaign treasurer failed to file the necessary financial disclosures with the state by March 14, 2008.
were delayed because they were mailed from Seattle, where his treasure, Marcia Foster, was waiting.
The failure to file the financial reports drew charges from Eldredge that Berman was receiving large amounts of money from special interest groups.
Treater said that the Berman campaign had spent about $15,000 and that he thought Eldredge's estimate of her own spending was too low.
"You can hold back money and you can hold back expenditures if you want to," he said.
"From the expenditures they made, they'd have to have spent more than $9,000.
"I know she spent way over what she reported.
"I write checks: I know what things cover."
BERMAN SAID he had no idea how the Reagan victory had affected his own candidacy. He said he thought the endorsement by Dykes had not had an adverse influence.
He took angry exception to Eldredge's earlier protections that he had no right to support a waiver and adjudge.
"The idea of a person being personally vilified for expressing a political opinion is shameful," he said. "The idea of vilifying someone who has an attitude that makes me sick to my stomach. This is an outrage."
Upsets sweep U.S. Senate into GOP hands
By United Press International
WASHINGTON - A Republican renaissance of sorts swept through Congress today as Republicans gained control of the Senate for the first time in 26 years and gained at least 25 House seats for their biggest presidential election-year gains since 1928.
The Senate fell to GOP hands in a dramatic race in North Carolina, with Republican John East defeating incumbent Democrat Robert Morgan.
That race gave the Republicans a 50-50 split, which would allow the new vice president, George Bush, to break any ties, as president pro tem of the Senate.
BY 2:30 A.M. CST. 218 Democrats had won election in the House, enough maintain control for the 14th straight election since the party ousted the Republicans in 1954. However, the Republicans won 159 seats for a net gain of 25 seats and elected those voted in to go higher before all the results were up.
The Republicans may not need Bush's help, however, because two other races remained undecided. Sen. Barry Goldwater of Arizona, the 1964 GOP presidential nominee, was trailing in Alabama and Florida, but Americans were ahead in Alaska, where Frank Murkowski was leading Democrat Carl Gruenberg.
A number of senior House Democrats were toppled—some of them because of scandal,
One of the most prominent losers was Rep. John Brademades, D-Ind., an 11-term congressman and the majority whip. He was the third-ranking Democrat in the House.
In the Senate, the careers of prominent libermails from coast to coast were ended in a political massacre that produced a net gain of eight seats for the Republicans.
others as victims of a nationwide conservative tide.
HOWEVER, SIX prominent Democratic liberals, targeted by conservatives for defeat this election, fell before the Republican onslaught. Sens. Warren Magnuson of Washington,
The GOP had not given up any of its seats by early morning.
See UPSETS page 5
Traditional Democratic areas shift support to GOP candidate
WASHINGTON--Ronald Reagan ended his 12-year quest for the presidency with an overwhelming electoral victory over President Carter last night.
By United Press International
National polls taken Monday predicted a narrow victory for Reagan, but his margin of victory was a stunting surprise even to the most optimistic Republicans. Reagan led a nationwide swing that included gaining a majority in the Senate for the first time in 26 years.
Reagan went over the top at 9:44 p.m. CST with Missouri's 12 electoral votes. The votes gave him 273, three more than he needed. Reagan's electoral total continued to spiral throughout the night, approaching 475 by midmorning.
With 93 percent of the precincts reported, Reagan had 469 of the 537 election votes. Carter had 45, making this one of the most one-sided presidential elections in U.S. history.
The greatest electoral rout was in 1938 when Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Afl Landon of Kansas 523 electoral votes to eight. Richard McGovorm 520 in his 1972 defeat of George McGovorm.
Reagan's victory, however, was a landslide in electoral votes only. The popular vote was much closer. As of 2:02 a.m. CST, Reagan had 51 percent of the popular vote, and Carter had 41 percent. Independent candidate John B. Anderson had 7 percent.
Campaigning on a promise to "make America great again," the former California governor won at least 42 states and won in traditional Democratic strongholds throughout the Northeast and Midwest. Reagan also won Carter's home territory, the Deen South.
Carter conceded the election at 8:55 p.m. CST,
before the nobs had collapsed in 10 states.
"I can't stand here tonight and say that it doesn't hurt." Carter told supporters at his washington campaign headquarters made their choice, and of course, I accept their decision.
Ronald Reagan
In the Deep South, Carter won only his native state of Georgia, as the south went Republican from Virginia to Florida and South Carolina to Georgia. In the Midwest, he was west of the Mississippi River went to Reardan.
Carter also won Hawai, Maryland, Minnesota, Rhode Island, West Virginia and the District of Columbia. Early this morning, he was leading Reagan in Massachusetts.
IN KANSAS, Reagan won the state's seven electoral votes with 58 percent of the popular vote. Carter had 34 percent and Anderson had 7 percent. See REANCANAGE 5.
See REAGAN page 5
By GENE GEORGE and DALE WETZEL Staff Reporters
Winn holds onto seat; Watkins gets city vote
OVERLAND PARK—Congressman Larry Winn of Overland Park fought off competition from Lawrence Democrat Dan Watkins to win his sixth term from the 3rd District.
With 95 percent of the district's votes tabulated, Winn received 102,715 votes to Watkins 76,397 votes. Winn had a 57 percent to Watkins' 43 percent.
In Douglas County Watkins capitalized on his home advantage to edge Winn 14,080 votes, 51 percent, to 13,410 votes, 48 percent, with all Douglas County precincts reporting.
Winn, a 14-year veteran of Congress, carried his home county, Johnson County, and Franklin
County, which compensated for Watkins' vic-
tory in the county. Douglas County, and
Cowley.
The two candidates differed on many issues, especially the economy and energy, but Winn said the voters were only concerned with one issue, that he, said, was Watkins' negative campaign.
But, Watkins said, "it is often said that hard races make better representatives."
He said he hoped the closeness of the race would make Winn realize "there is a significant minority in the district that is dissatisfied with the way things are done."
WNN DID NOT comment on the "dissatisfied
He said he never thought the race had been
closed.
Watkins, who during the campaign had at- See WWW page 5
State, county voter turnout sets record
Nice weather and "het" local races yesterday contributed to what should be a record voter turnout in Kansas, Secretary of State Jack Brier said this morning.
Douglas County had a record turnout of 28,129
in the 1976 presidential election, which
cled 28,101 votes cast in the
1976 presidential election.
With 790,000 votes counted as of 2 a.m. and with a number of counties in western Kansas yet to
report, Brier said from his office in Topeka that he
bequeathed the $1 million to a reward J. Willis
hundred of thousands million.
Kansas had a record 1.29 million voters
registered this year.
The previous record was the 1978 turnout of 957,845, or 80 percent of all those registered.
Reports statewide indicated a heavy turnout, and Brier predicted that slightly more than 83 percent of the state's registered voters had voted.
Weather
COMFORTABLF
Vote totals in Douglas County
It will be fair and warm through
morrow, according to the National
Agricultural Fair today.
You will be in the upper 60s and the low
tight will be about 40. The high tomorrow will be
in the mid 70s. Winds will be variable today
at 5 to 10 mph, and south to southwesterly
The extended forecast calls for little or no precipitation and warm weather through Saturday, turning cooler by Sunday.
These are the vote totals for Douglas County. Election workers finished the final count at 4:45 this morning. Vote races are official; all others are unofficial.
Ronald Reagan 14,106
Jimmy Carter 9,253
Mike D. Obama 4,777
President
State Senator 2nd District
Robert Dole 16,198
John Simpson 11,750
U.S. Senate
Dan Watkins 14,080
Larry Winn 13,410
John Stewart 368
U.S. House of Representatives
Jane Eldredge 13,647
Arnold Berman 10,983
House of Representatives 44th District
Jessie Branson 4,756
Winton Winter Jr. 4,437
House of Representatives 45th District
House of Representatives 46th District
John Solbach 4,551
Kent Snyder 3,414
Betty Jo Charlton 3,455
Willie Amerson Jr. 3,243
Countv Clerk
Douglas County Races
Sheriff
County Treasurer
Rex Johnson 18,338
Gale Pinegar 9,055
Patty Jaimes 14,62b
Barbara Vantui 12,488
Ruth Verynck 16,496
Bernice Todd 10,587
County Commission 2nd District
Robert Neis 4,312
Herschell Hemphil 4,041
County Commission 3rd District
Beverly Bradley 6,074
Hayden Wood 3,613
Register of Deeds
Sue Neustifter*
District Attorney Mike Malone*
- Ran unopposed