Wednesday, November 4, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 7
RESULTS
Republicans labor to maintain majorities
Bush sons win; D'Amato falls in the Senate
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Republicans struggled to solidify their congressional majorities yesterday in midterm elections held in the
snadow of impeachment proceedings against President Clinton. Democrats claimed the single biggest prize of the night when Gray Davis was elected governor of California.
The GOP held control of the Senate even as Republican incumbents Alfonse D'Amato, New York, and Lauch Faircloth, North Carolina, fell to their challengers. In Illinois, Democratic Sen. Carol Moseley
Braun lost to her challenger.
incumbents of both parties fared well in House races, suggesting no major shift of seats toward either party — a disappointment for Republicans whose leaders forecasted significant gains.
Democrats celebrated statehouse victories, ousting a pair of Southern governors and electing a governor in Iowa for the first time since 1966.
In a victory with implications
for the 2000 presidential race,
GOP Gov. George W. Bush won
a Texas-sized re-election. His
brother, Jeb, added the Florida
statehouse to the Republican
column. And Republicans held
big-state governorships in Illinois,
Ohio, Michigan and New York.
Democrats countered in South Carolina, where Jim Hodges toppled first-term Gov. David Beasley, the chairman of the Republican Governors' Associac-
tion. Alabama Republican Gov.
Fob James was defeated as well.
Four James was desciended to the Speaker Newt Gingrich and Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott said that when all the seats were decided, Republicans would pad their majorities in both the House and Senate.
Some Republicans were less than enthusiastic about the party's showing, possibly forecasting problems for the incumbent leadership when the GOP holds caucus elections later this
month.
"I a bit saddened by our failures throughout the country." said Sen. John McCain of Arizona — himself a landslide winner.
The trend in House races was overwhelmingly favorable to incumbents in both parties. With nearly 300 of the House's 435 races settled, only one Republican Vince Snowbarger of Kansas — was denied a new term.
Missouri voters in favor of riverboat casinos
Early results show 'boats in moats' to stay afloat
The Associated Press
ST. LOUIS — With a third of the votes counted, a majority of Missouri voters appeared to support legalizing riverboat casinos in artificial moats.
Preliminary numbers showed 55 percent voting in favor of Amendment 9, which would legalize 10 of the state's 15 casinos that float in
man-made basins. The early numbers were based on 32 percent of votes counted by the Secretary of State's office.
Final results were not available.
Final results were "It is early, but things look good," said Don Poston, spokesman for pro-gambling group Missourians for Fairness and Jobs. "We've got to build up a big lead in the city before the rural numbers hit."
The so-called "boats in moats" would continue offering lucrative slot machines if the measure passed.
passed
If rejected, owners of those boats would face the costly decision of moving the casinos onto the river or, more realistically, shutting them
down. Gambling opponents say this election could be the final ehance at confining an industry that corrupts society and the political process.
During the campaign, the gambling industry outspent gambling opponents almost ten-to-one, according to the state Ethics Commission.
At issue is a 1997 Supreme Court decision that said the Missouri Constitution did not allow boats in moats to offer slot machines.
The decision overturned a lower court's ruling and was based on a lawsuit filed by Rep. Todd Akin, R-St. Louis. The case said voters did not envision land-based casinos resting in lagoons when they approved riverboat gambling in 1992
Attorney general goes back to Stovall
KANSAS RACES
Attorney General Carla Stovall raced away from Democrat Dan Lykins. With 85 percent of the vote tabulated, she had 75 percent of the vote to Lykins' 25.
Stovall, 41, succeeded Republican Bob Stephan as attorney general in January 1995. She is a former Crawford County attorney and Kansas Parole Board member. Lykins, 52, is a Topeka lawyer in private practice who filed within minutes of the filing deadline in June when Democrats had no candidate other than Fred Phelps Jr., of Topeka, son of the anti-gay activist.
Secretary of state remains unchanged
Secretary of State Ron Thomburgh had a 64-28 percentage-point lead against Don Rezac with 85 percent of the votes counted. Two minor party candidates got the rest.
Thomburgh, 35, is a former Washu-um University basketball player
who succeeded Bill Graves as secretary of state four years ago when Graves ran for governor.
Rezac, 57, served 12 years in the Kansas House of Representatives until losing a race for re-election in 1994.
Shallenburger victory hopeful at early count
Tim Shallenburger had a 62-38 percentage-point lead with 85 percent of the vote counted in the race for state treasurer.
Shallenburger, Republican speaker
of the Kansas House for the past four years, was thought to have an edge against Democrat Rita Cline of Topeka, the Shawnee County treasurer, because of a large GOP majority.
Waiting patiently
Shallenburger and Cline were biding to succeed Clyde Graeber of Leavenworth, who was appointed by Graves last spring to fill out the final months of the term of Democrat Sally Thompson, who resigned to accept a position with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington.
The Associated Press
Polly Reed, Lawrence resident; Deborah Pearson, Eau Claire, Wis., sophomore; and Diane McFarland, Lawrence resident, run the voting booths at Allen Field House. Students from residence halls and Stouffer Place voted there, and by 5 p.m. yesterday there had been 90 voters. Photo by Christina Neff/KANSAN
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