Thursday, November 4.1976
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Losses stun Kansas Republicans
TOPEKA (AP—Kansas Republican
salvaged their state for President Gerald
Ford and their own Sen. Bob Dole in
Tuesday's election, but it was a hollow
victory in the wake of devastating losses in
state races.
Surveying their setbacks yesterday, state
Cities have been stunned by these
developments.
—They lost one of their four incumbent Representatives for the first time since the 1912 election, and saw their majority in the State Senate erase to a scant 21-19 ad
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vantage. Democrats seized the House by a 65-60 margin.
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Decline of state GOP worrisome to Bennett
--They lost one o their four incumbent U.S. representatives when eight-term Democrat Mark Levin district to young Democrat D.Gluckman. Additionally, they failed to recapture the 2nd district when Democrat Martha Keys became a strong challenge by Ross Freeman.
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TOPEKA (AO) -Gw, Robert Bennett, admitting Republicans "got pretty well thumped" in Tuesday's general election, said yesterday that substantial gains by the legislature would force that party to vote in favor with funding for its tax reform package.
Democrats staged a stunning coup in the Kansas House of Representatives, gaining 12 seats to dominate the lower chamber for the first time in 64 years. In the Senate, Democrats closed the gap by leaving the Republican majority at 21-19.
The governor admitted he was surprised by the outcome, but said there were some bright spots. He also said the state's 53 per cent vote for President Ford and Republican vice president candidate Hillary Clinton.
Currently, Republicans hold majors in both chambers, 72 in the House and 26-14 in the Senate.
BENNETT SAID he had been saying all along there wasn't enough money to fund the Kansas, so he expanded homestead tax exemptions and increasing the Kansas personal income tax exemption from $000 to $750. He said, he would keep his workers' liability of actually coming up with funding.
"I think the big question now that they have the responsibility of a majority party is whether they are going to continue to be part of it," Bernett said with reckless irresponsibility. "Bennett said,
THEY FAILED in a strenuous bid to unseat incumbent Democrat state Treasurer Joan Finney when she waplied concessionally only seriously contested state office race.
He lamented the loss of incumbent Rep. Garner Shriver, 4th District Republican, and of Topeka insurance company executive Ross Freeman, who was unsuccessful in his attempt to unset
Democratic agenda, the GOP defeated weak main
THE GOVERNOR conceded a Democrat-dominated House of R-presentatives and a razor-thin Republican advantage in the state Senate might cause problems for him, but lawmakers say the programs to be submitted when lawmakers convene the regular session in January.
He noted an effective campaign organization on behalf of many Democratic candidates, adding that an anti-incumbent feeling and a variety of local issues operated in many areas and were responsible for the GOP slippage.
He denied that a reported anti-Bennett feeling among Kansans led to the downfall of some Republican candidates, saying figures he's seen show that, although some campaigned on that theme were successful, others weren't.
Democrats in the legislature, buoyed by a new sense of political power, could act in a manner that would allow them to embarrass the party or embarrass me" or constructive to enact legislation benefiting
"DEMOCRATS WERE just more effective in getting the vote out," Bennett said, citing organization advertising and mass efforts at the local level in mannez runs.
"When we analyze the results of who was successful we see that each race was a success."
"Unless they can manufacture dollars out of something more than dreams, they will never be rich."
Carter policies
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an effective rise in inflation and a drop in unemployment." Katz said.
Herman Lujan, associate professor of political science, said that Carter's domestic policies probably would result in a more democraticocracy," which some would call socialism.
LUJAN SAID that many industries, particularly utilities and transportation firms, would find themselves faced with rising energy and labor costs. To save those firms the government probably will nationalize them, been done with some railroad companies.
He said that the rationalization of industries was still a few years away, but its chances would be increased greatly under a Carter administration.
J. Hammond McNish, adjunct professor of business, disagreed that nationalization was necessary.
Lujan also said that Carter would "introduce the most significant innovation since the Bureau of the Budget was established" in Tinkin Rosewell—zero-based budgeting.
"Utilities are coping with the resource problem at the moment with their rate increases tied to the price of the fuel," he said. "This alleviates the problem."
UNDER THIS plan for allocating fund to government agencies, which Carter used in Georgia, each agency must justify its entire scope of program goals each year, he said.
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Zero-based budgeting doesn't assume that an agency shouldn't receive any funds unless it is for a specific program goal, Lujan said.
It was the Democrats' best political surge in Kansas since 1958, when the late George Docking won re-election as governor and Democrats wore treasurer and state printer, elected two U.S. House members and experienced gains in the legislature.
Both political scientists interviewed, Cigler and Lujan, said they don't expect any major shifts in foreign policy. Lujan said that the major change would be in their personal, on-the-road diplomacy that Secretary of State Henry Kissinger was noted for
Picking through the wreckage, Republicans could console themselves only in a victory over Jimmy Carter in the battle for democracy or electoral votes; Fletcher Belt's retention of the insurance commissioner's office against them is a crucial factor and the fact they甩 out a major poll in
Lujan said that there might be a reassessment of U.S. relations with Arab nations, centering on whether U.S. arms should be shipped to Arab nations.
Several professors doubted that Carter would be able to keep his pledge to balance the debt.
PRITCHARD SAID that it was preposterous to talk in terms of a balanced budget unless structural changes also were made in the economy.
"Carter will remember that he got Jewish support in key states—he's not going to follow the other way."
"We must introduce competition in the price structure," he said. "Unless we do the price tags will keep rising. It's like a dog chasing it's tail."
Anthony Marino, assistant professor of economics, agreed.
Shriver, 64, the state's副U.S. House member, lost by a 312-voice margin in complete returns in the 4th District to Glickman, a 31-year-old Wichita attorney and head of the Wichita School Board. Glickman had 89,655 votes to Shriver's 86,726.
"I don't see any feasible way of balancing the budget in a short amount time," Martino said. "The major question is how long we are going to do all he says in four years."
IN COMPLETE, unofficial returns, Ford-Dole won Kansas with 501,759 votes to 429,080 for Carter and Walter Mendale, an eight per cent margin. Minority party wins off only about 19,000 votes, with 12,900 going to independent Eugene McCarthy.
Keys, 46. joined her husband, Rep. Andrew Jacobs, D-Ind., as a victor Tuesday when she defeated Freeman, Topeka insurance executive, 88,451 to 82,400 in She and Andrews are the first husband and wife to win election to the House in history.
KEITH SEBELIUS in the 1st district defeated Randy Howell of Hays, 141,638 to 52,588. Larry Winn Jr. in the 3rd district beaten Philip S. Rhône of Kansas City, 72,697. Brian Skelton in the 3rd district turned back Virgil Leon Olson of Chanute, 108,484 to 65,082.
The state's party, three incumbent Republican U.S. representatives all won honors.
Ford and Dole won the presidential battle in Kansas in the metropolitan areas, piling up a 40,000-vote plurality in the four most populous counties.
Ford won 80 counties, Carter 20 with five virtual dead heats. However, Ford won Johnson County by 40,000 votes, Shawnee by 8,500 and Sedgwick by 6,000, and Carter won only Wyndotte among the big ones, by 14,000.
A constitutional amendment to permit a change in the way Kansas assesses open land was passed, but not by the predicted margin. It won approval of 414,728 voters, while 331,009 voted against it.
The legislature now will draft legislation to implement it, changing the assessment from fair market value to the land's ability to produce income, but Bennett has written his 1877 session will delay implementation a year to study its ramifications.
CARTER CLAIMED, among others,
injured Lilly, Elsa, Lillez, Reno,
summer counties.
And, it was painfully obvious to
Dole hadn't believed the party slay of Maria.
The GOP had a net loss of five state Senate seats and 11 House seats, putting Republican Gov. Robert Bennett in the position of learning how to deal with an opposition leadership in the House for the first time.
Ford's eight percentage point victory over Carter was less than the final pre-election margin.
Finney, who had campaigned more against Bennett's administration than against Wetherell, the state GOP treasurer, by a staggering 148,239 votes. She polled 179 percent or 56 per cent, to his 339 983. Another 40,000 went to minority party candidates.
Chief Justice Harold Fatzer and Associate Justice Robert Miller of the state Supreme Court both won voter endorsement for new four-year terms under the state's nonpartisan n judges selection process. Both won 80 per cent acceptance.
BELL ROLLED UP 612,688 votes to
30,000 for two minority party candidates,
and 957 for nonparty candidates.
Control of Kansas House good news for Democrats
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TOPEKA (AP) — Kansas Democrats won control of the Kansas House for the first time in 64 years in Tuesday's election, and the man who might become the new Speaker of the House said Democratic control should mean better government.
Rep. John Carlin, D-Smolan, is now the top democratic leader in the House and is the likely choice for the speakership when December-to-organize for the 1977 session.
The surprising Democratic surge in the House made moot the lively contest between Reps. Wendell Lady, R-Overland and Josh Hayes, R-Hutchinson, for the speakership.
The results are a sharp blow to the power and prestige of Republican Gov. Ronald Reagan.
and 1976, but got most of his legislative program approved.
Bennett experienced some troubles with a Republican-controlled legislature in 1975
In the 1977 session he must court House Democrats if he has hopes of winning appeal on the bill.
"We've got a situation with a Republican governor where the Democrats are going to win."
After reviewing the results, Carlin said it was obvious "there is going to be more balance in state government.
"There's going to be more emphasis on merit and less on politics. I look forward to being able to do that."
"Obviously there is going to have to be some give-and-take and some cooperation. The most significant difference is I feel the system is going to work better."
For the Democrats, the election results marked a dramatic comeback from their party's low ebb in the 1944 election. Then, in December, Democrats won senators and five of 123 House members.
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How states voted
STATE ELECTORAL WINNER
VOTES
Alabama (9) Carter
Alaska (3) Ford
Arizona (6) Ford
Arkansas (6) Carter
California (45) Carter
Colorado (7) Ford
Connecticut (8) Ford
Delaware (3) Carter
Dist. of Columbia (3) Florida (17)
Georgia (12) Carter
Hawaii (4) Carter
Idaho (4) Ford
Illinois (26) Ford
Indiana (13) Ford
Iowa (8) Ford
Kansas (7) Ford
Kentucky (9) Carter
Louisiana (10) Carter
Maine (4) Maryland (10) Carter
Massachusetts (14) Michigan (21) Ford
Minnesota (10) Ford
Mississippi (7) Carter
Missouri (12) Carter
Montana (4) . Ford
Nebraska (5) . Ford
Nevada (3) . Ford
New Hampshire (4) . Ford
New Jersey (17) . Ford
New Mexico (4) . Ford
New York (41) . Carter
North Carolina (13) . Carter
North Dakota (3) . Ford
Ohio (25) . Carter
Oklahoma (8) . Ford
Oregon (6) . Ford
Pennsylvania (27) . Carter
Rhode Island (4) . Carter
South Carolina (8) . Carter
South Dakota (4) . Ford
Tennessee (10) . Carter
Texas (26) . Carter
Utah (4) . Ford
Vermont (3) . Ford
Virginia (12) . Ford
Washington (9) . Ford
West Virginia (6) . Carter
Wisconsin (11) . Carter
Wyoming (3) . Ford
CARTER total—297 electoral votes
FORD total—241 electoral votes
Limits on nuclear power among rejected referenda
By The Associated Press
Voters in two states say you can have guns and betties.
These are the results of dozens of initiatives on various state ballots around the country.
In six others they say that you cannot limit the growth of nuclear power plants. In two states they say you can require only bottles and in two others that you cannot.
A measure to ban the sale of handguns was defeated by a more than 2-01 margin in Massachusetts, which was believed to be a state with a referendum on such a measure.
New Jersey citizens voted to allow legal casino gambling in the state's best-known resort, Atlantic City, known mostly in recent years as the home of the Miss Universe contestants and the centers of the nuclear power plants by imposing strict into a "Las Vegas of the East."
In Maine and Michigan, voters accepted proposals to require deposit beverage bottles. Similar measures were defeated in Colorado and Massachusetts.
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