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. The University Daily Kansan
Wednesday, November 4, 1998
Ballard re-election uncontested
ay Augustus Anthony Piazza
Konson staff writer
On a normal election night, Barbara Ballard, assistant vice chancellor for student affairs, might have been nervous, but last night she waited calmly while final votes were tallied.
Ballard ran uncontested in her bid for re-election for a fourth term as the 44th State representative.
Ballard was first elected in 1992 and re-elected in both 1994 and 1996.
Although Ballard ran uncontested, she said she worked hard at earning the respect of constituents.
Although Ballard was not nervous about her race, she watched the votes closely because she wanted to see the results of the USD 497 school question.
both 1950 and 1980.
"I'm just grateful that maybe all the hard work that I have done has paid off and people are satisfied." Ballard said.
The question was about a $16.6 million bond proposal that would be used for a new elementary school in Lawrence, a new nine-wing classroom wing at Prairie Park school, renovations and classroom additions to Pickney school and improvements to 11 other Lawrence schools including Central, South and West Junior High schools.
The bond proposal passed with an unofficial vote count of 14,666 to 5,572.
"I'm very delighted. We really need this because Lawrence schools are so crowded," Ballard said.
She said that because Lawrence was growing so much, it was important to have a new school to keep a good quality of education in Lawrence.
Some KU student groups also paid close attention to the polls.
The KU Young Democrats convened at a house at 1527 Massachusetts St. to watch the results.
Members of KU Young Democrats watch the election returns during an election party at 1527 Massachusetts St. During the party, both Democrat Dennis Moore, Kansas' 3rd District Congressional Representative candidate, and Tom Sawyer, democratic candidate for Kansas governor, called the members. Photo by Augustus Anthony Piazza/KANSAN
"We are all excited just to be here," said Phil Stevenson, president of the Young Democrats.
"We all worked so hard to get to this point," he said. "Even if the results are not what we want, we can celebrate what we have done to get to where we are now."
Brownback defeats Feleciano
Spending, conservative support lead to first full term in Senate
The Associated Press
voters and 61 percent of moderates.
TOPEKA, — With the odds in his favor from the start. U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback won yesterday's general election, gaining his first full, six-year term.
The Republican faced a nominal challenge from Democratic state Sen. Paul Feleciano of Wichita, whose campaign faltered out of the starting gate from lack of contributions.
An exit poll, based on interviews with voters as they left precincts across the state, said Brownback picked up more than enough support to win. The poll was conducted by Voter News Service for The Associated Press and five television outlets.
The exit poll showed that Brownback continued the GOP's dominance of the seat, getting 86 percent of conservative
Brownback's race was called by the AP at 7:01 p.m., one minute after polls closed in all but five far western counties on the Colorado border, which are on mountain time.
"They're happy with the members but not with the actions out of the Congress," Brownback said. "I think we have a way to improve getting things done that
Brownback: Elected to first six-year term in office.
meet the needs for the times of our nation. I'm hopeful we can improve on getting more things done."
He said his long-term priorities were simplifying the tax code and preserving social security.
"The immediate issues will be dealing
with agriculture, just because we have such a difficult problem here in the near term," he said.
he said.
Feleciano's and Brownback's latest campaign-finance reports showed Brownback received $1.94 million, spent $1.3 million and had $561,000 on hand as of mid-October. Feleciano raised $30,530, spend $27,976 and had $2,552 on hand.
When Brownback wasn't in Washington, he was back in Kansas crisscrossing the state in search of votes. He did one statewide bus tour in August with 27 stops and a second last week with 24 stops.
Feleciano did as much canpaigning as he could on his limited budget, trying to get his name and face known to as many voters as possible in a state where Republicans control the political agenda on the state and federal levels.
The senior state senator with 26 years in the Legislature, Feleciano faced an uphill battle from the start and had history against him — the last Kansas Democrat in the U.S. Senate was in the 1930s. He is in the middle of his four-year state Senate term.
Ryun: 'message' helped him to victory
The Associated Press
In northeastern Kansas' 2nd District, Rep. Kim Ryun — a former Olympic mile runner — won a second term by defeating Topeka advertising professional Jim Clark. With 89 percent of precincts reporting, Ryun led Clark 61 percent to 39 percent.
"I think people realized I had the right message," Ryan said. "I'm surprised (Clark) didn't mount a stronger campaign, but I think the more people heard him they concluded he had the wrong message. People aren't ready to totally overhaul our health care system, for example. It was a good indication of the lack of general support for his ideas."
Democratic challenger Dennis Moore unseated Republican incumbent Rep. Vince Snowbear in Kansas' 3rd District on yesterday, becoming the first Democrat to represent the northeast Kansas district in 40 years.
Ryun's track accomplishments, which included a standout career at the University of Kansas, gave him an edge in name recognition for 2nd District voters. But Clark said athletic success was no basis for election to Congress.
With 94 percent of precincts reporting in the largely suburban district, Moore led Snowbarger 52 percent to 48 percent. Snowbarger was among three House members from Kansas who were trying for a second term.
percent of precincts reporting. Craig Newland of the U.S. Taxpayers party had 3 percent.
Tiahart said the Democrats' focus on the 3rd District race might have helped him have an easter time against Lawing.
In the 4th District of southeastern Kansas, Rep. Todd Tiahrt defeated former Kansas House member Jim Lawing. Tiahrt led 58 percent to 39 percent with 86
Rep. Jerry Moran won handily in the 1st District, which
147 District covers western and much of northern Kansas. With 75 percent of precincts reporting, he had 80 percent of the vote to 20 percent for Moscow attorney Jim Phillips.
Ryan: Gained at least 61 percent of the vote.
Democrat wins place on County Commission
By Carolyn Mollett
Kansan staff writer
Democrat Charles Jones won the 1st District race for County Commissioner last night.
Jones unofficially beat his opponent,
Republican Brian Kubota, by a vote of
4.333 to 4.012.
Neither man was the incumbent. County Commissioner Mark Buhler did not run for re-election this year.
"It didn't seem like there were any major issues defining the campaigns," said John Nalbandian, professor of public administration and government.
The main issue that separated the candidates was their goal for growth in Douglas County.
Kubota told the Kansan during the campaign that he wanted to continue the growth that this area had experienced. He also wanted to help the commission plan better for the growth.
Jones told the Kansan during the campaign that the county should encourage investment in the center of the city rather than at the perimeter. He said the commission had encouraged growth in new areas by subsidizing new infrastructure and older parts of town had suffered.
Jones was at the Douglas County Courthouse, 1100 Massachusetts St., awaiting the results while Kubota was at Johnny's Tavern. 410 N. Second St.
Jones said he was happy with the way the campaign had gone. Both candidates kept their campaigns positive, he said.
"I think that we defined our message and stayed on our message," he said of his own campaign.
Which candidate or issue did you support with your vote?
Q&A
Chenoa Simmons Wichita senior
"I'm concerned with definitely getting Sam Brownback out of office. I'm not too keen on his environmental policies."
"I voted for anyone who wasn't a Republican. I'm not especially a big fan of Vince Snowbarger, especially after what he pulled with the South Lawrence Trafficway."
Michael Smith Lawrence resident and 1998 graduate of the University of Kansas.
Meg Heimovics Fairway 5th year senior
"I think my strongest opinion is that people aren't educated on the issues. They just vote on what they know from TV."
Listed below are the election results for national, state and local races. Candidates are listed in the order of most votes received.
65% Sam Brownback (R) I
2% Alvin Bauman (Ref)
1% Tom Oyler (Lib)
U. S. House of Representatives
80% Jerry Moran (R) I
District 7
20% Jim Phillips (D)
District 3
48% Vince Snowbarger (R) 1
61% Jim Ryun (R) i
39% Jim Clark (D)
District 4
52% Todd Tiahart (R) i
3% Craig Newland (Tax)
overnor / lieutenant governor
4. 70% Bill Grupa (Cory Sherrer (P) )
73% Bill Gravets/Gary Sherer (R) (0)
23k Ann Sawyer/Albaskan Baker (O)
3% Kirk Poovey/Cedric Boehr (Tax)
1% Darrel King/Joyce Luschen (Ret)
Secretary of State
64% Ron Thornburgh (R) I
2% Steve Rosile (Lib)
6% Sandra J. Boehr (Tax)
Attorney General
75% Carla J. Stovall (R) i
State Treasurer
38% Rita Cline (D)
38% Rita Cline (D)
insurance Commissioner
41% Bryan Riley (R)
59% Kathleen Sebelius (D) I
62% Tim Shallenburger (R)
Kansas House of Representatives District 10
District 44
60% Ralph M. Tanner (R) i
Barbara W. Ballard (D) i uncontested
62% Tom Sloan (R) i
38% Mike Rundle (D)
District 46
Troy Findley (D) i uncontested
71% Joann Flower (R)
29% James P. Hack (D)
Kansas State Board of Education
District 3
54% John W. Bacon (R)
46% John P. Davidson (D)
County Commissioner District I
56% Charles Jones (D)
44% Brian S. Kubota (R)
Clinton Township Clerk *
185 Alvin Fishburn (R)
Eudora Township Clerk
1,193 Jim Gabriel (R)
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413 Jeanne M. Walsner (R)
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481 Dennis A. Baranski (R)
266 Frank Rhodes (R)
1. 391 Alice A. Randel (D)
480 Steve R. Sublett (R)
318 Chart Vervil (D)
Whitewolf Spirits Township Club
372 Jerry Smith (R)
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=Democrat
Lib=Liberitarian
=Republican
Ref=Reform
Tax=Taxpayers
- In the township clerk races the only available results were the number of votes that each canadiate recieved.
Kyle Ramsev/KANSAN