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8A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3. 2004
MISSOURI
GOP wins Missouri governor
President
Reporting: 85.8%
President
x George W. Bus,
John F. Kerry, Dem.
Michael Badnarik, L.
Michael Peroutka, C
Governor Reporting: 85.4%
x Matt Blunt, Rep 50.6%
Claire McCaskill, Dem 48.1%
Robert Wells, Lib 0.9%
Robert Wells, CST 0.4%
U.S. Senate Reporting: 85.6%
s Kit Bond, Rep (i) 56.1%
Nancy Farmer, Dem 42.8%
Kevin Tull, Lib 0.7%
Don Griffin, CST 0.4%
U.S. House - District 1 Reporting: 76.5%
x William Lacy Clay, Dem (i) 72.8%
Leslie Farr, Rep 25.3%
Terry Chadwick, Lib 1.4%
Robert Rehbein, CST 0.5%
U.S. House - District 2 Reporting: 78.5%
x Todd Akin, Rep (i) 65.4%
George Weber, Dem 33.0%
Darla Maloney, Lib 1.4%
David Leefe, CST 0.3%
U.S. House - District 3 Reporting: 76.5%
R粟 Carnahan, Dem 53.4%
Bill Federer, Rep 44.7%
Kevin Babcock, Lib 1.5%
William Renaud, CST 0.4%
U.S. House - District 4 Reporting: 76.5%
x like Skelton, Dem (i) 66.2%
Jim Noland, Rep 32.3%
Bill Lower, Lib 1.0%
Raymond Lister, CST 0.4%
U.S. House - District 5 Reporting: 76.5%
x Emanuel Cleaver, Dem 55.0%
Jeanne Patterson, Rep 42.3%
Rick Bailie, Lib 2.0%
Darin Rodenberg, CST 0.7%
U.S. House - District 6 Reporting: 76.5%
x Sam Graves, Rep (i) 63.8%
Charles Broomfield, Dem 34.8%
Erik Buck, Lib 1.4%
U.S. House - District 7 Reporting: 76.5%
x Roy Blunt, Rep (i) 70.5%
Jim Newberry, Dem 28.2%
Kevin Craig, Lib 0.9%
Steve Alger, CST 0.4%
U.S. House - District 8 Reporting: 76.5%
x Jo Ann Emerson, Rep (i) 72.6%
Dean Henderson, Dem 26.3%
Stan Cuff, Lib 0.7%
Leonard Davidson, CST 0.5%
U.S. House - District 9 Reporting: 76.5%
x Kenny Hulshof, Rep (i) 64.9%
Linda Jacobsen, Dem 33.6%
Tamara Millay, Lib 1.0%
Chris Earl, CST 0.5%
53.4%
46.0%
0.4%
0.2%
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.
Republican Secretary of State Matt Blunt won Missouri's hard-fought gubernatorial race early Wednesday, riding an overwhelming rural vote to a narrow victory over Democratic State Auditor Claire McCaskill.
Blunt would become Missouri's second youngest governor when sworn into office in January. His victory also could give Republicans full control of the Capitol for the first time in 82 years.
The Associated Press projected Blunt's victory based on actual results with 87 percent of precincts reporting and analysis of the outstanding ballots.
Blunt led McCaskill by about 3 percentage points — 1,167,256 votes to 1,106,464.
Blunt built large leads in much of rural Missouri — quadrupling, for example, McCaskill's vote in the western county of Barton and doubling it in several others where all precincts were reporting.
McCaskill countered victories in St. Louis and Jackson County. She also had a large early lead in the Democratic stronghold of St. Louis city, where a number of ballots were still outstanding because long lines caused voting to continue until nearly 10 p.m. — three hours after the polls closed.
McCaskill took over the state Democratic Party by defeating Holden in the Aug. 3 primary—the first time an incumbent Missouri governor had ever lost a primary. Blunt, the son of U.S. Rep. Roy Blunt, was his party's chosen candidate from the start.
A statistical analysis of exit poll information showed McCaskill faring best among voters who cited the economy/jobs, education and health care as their most important issues. Blunt was strongest among those citing same-sex marriage, abortion, gun control and taxes as their biggest issues.
McCaskill would be Missouri's first woman governor; Blunt would be its second youngest.
Those distinctions came into play in the campaign as McCaskill, 51, touted her professional and personal experiences and Blunt, 33, held himself out as the only real chance for change.
Cleaver captures lead in race for U.S. House
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Democrats with prominent political names — former Kansas City Mayor Emanuel Cleaver and state Rep. Russ Carnahan — took early leads in their races for seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Democratic Reps. William Lacy Clay and Ike Skelton and Republican Reps. Roy Blunt, JoAnn Emerson, Sam Graves and Todd Akin won their races. The state's other incumbent congressmen, GOP Rep. Kenny Hulshof, appeared on his way to victory.
With 38 percent of the precincts counted in the 5th District, Cleaver had 52 percent of the vote; his Republican opponent, millionaire Jeanne Patterson, had 46 percent. Patterson, a political novice
who spent nearly $3 million on her campaign, made the race much closer than observers had expected.
MINNESOTA
The winner of the Cleaver-Patterson race will succeed Democratic Rep. Karen McCarthy, who announced her retirement after being accused of misusing government workers and campaign dollars for her own benefit.
Carnahan, son of the former governor killed in a plane crash four years ago, was leading his Republican opponent, Bill Federer, in the 3rd District. With 30 percent of the precincts reporting, Carnahan had 54 percent of the vote, Federer had 44 percent.
n In northwest Missouri's 6th District, Graves defeated Democrat Charlie Broomfield, 62 percent to 36 percent, with 56 percent of the precincts reporting.
The Associated Press
President Reporting: 55.3%
John F. Kerry, Dam 52.2%
George W. Bush, Rep (i) 46.6%
Michael Badnarik, Lib 0.2%
Michael Peroutko, CST 0.1%
Voterturnout likely to reach 70 percent
Reports of long lines and technical problems gave way to more serious concerns of voter intimidation and improper electioneering as Minneotans went to the polls on Tuesday to vote in the presidential race.
After the polls had been closed for an hour, Minnesota Secretary of State Mary Kiffmeyer told reporters that most voting places in Minnesota did not have the long lines that many anticipated for the evening.
Nevertheless, turnout was heavy enough that election officials in Olmsted, Blue Earth and Dakota counties and Hopkins said they almost ran out of ballots. Copies of ballots were made and the voting continued.
The shorter lines could signal that voter turnout is unlikely to hit a record high, said Kfmeyer, who predicted that it would reach at least 70 percent.
NEBRASKA
The Associated Press
**President** Reporting: 72.0%
x George W. Bush, Rep (i) 67.1%
John F. Kerry, Dem 31.7%
Ralph Nader, Rub 0.7%
Michael Badnarik, Lib 0.3%
Nebraskans overwhelmingly rejected the Legislature's casino gambling plan Tuesday, and the two main parts of an alternate casino proposal also were losing with 34 percent of the vote in.
Supportforcasinoplansfallshort
Lincoln Sen. DiAnna Schimek, who worked to pass the amendment, said voters may have been confused because of the multiple gambling issues on the ballot.
Amendment 3, which proposed to legalize two casinos in the state, lost with 65 percent of voters against it.
Of the four initiatives that made up a competing plan to legalize casinos, only one that had nothing to do with casinos was ahead.
Initiative 418, which would increase the number of votes needed to change a law passed by initiative, was winning with 54 percent in favor.
The Associated Press
ILLINOIS
Obama captures seat
President
x John F. Kerry, Dem George W. Bush, Rep (i) Michael Badnarik, Lib
Reporting: 94.1%
THE ASSOCIAED PRESS
CHICAGO — Barack Obama, the son of a Kenyan father and an Armenian mother who shot from obscurity to political stardom in mere months, trounced Republican Alan Keyes on Tuesday to claim a Senate seat in Illinois. He will be just the third black U.S. senator since Reconstruction.
55.2%
44.2%
0.6%
The resounding victory is the latest chapter in a rags-to-riches story for a man who grew up on the beaches of Hawaii and the streets of Indonesia barely knowing his father but has gone on to become a linchpin of the Democratic Party's future.
He gave the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention, delivering a message of national unity in a stirring speech that made him an overnight political sensation. National news shows and magazines profiled him, and the 43-year-old state senator from Chicago became a top draw for other Democrats' campaigns.
Obama will replace Republican Sen. Peter Fitzgerald, who declined to run for a second term.
The campaign was one of the strangest races in state history — a contest between a liberal political superstar and a conservative former ambassador who had never lived in Illinois. And Keyes was far from the GOP's
U.S. Senate Reporting: 94.1%
x Barack Obama, Dem 70.3%
Alan Keyes, Rep 26.8%
Albert Franzen, Ind 1.6%
Jerry Kohn, Lib 1.3%
top choice
Investment banker-turned teacher Jack Ryan won the Republican primary in March, but dropped out of the race three months later after records were released from his divorce with "Star Trek: Voyager" and "Boston Public" actress Jeri Ryan. The documents revealed embarrassing allegations that the candidate took his wife to sex clubs in Paris, New York and New Orleans and tried to get her to perform sex acts with him while others watched.
The GOP searched for a replacement candidate but was turned down by a string of former governors, state senators and even Chicago Bears legend Mike Ditka. Only in August did the Republican Party settle on a replacement candidate, offering the role to Keyes, a conservative Maryland resident and two-time presidential candidate.
Keyes also is black. It was the first U.S. Senate election in history in which two black candidates represented the major parties.
Keyes, 54, focused his campaign on morality and argued that abortion and homosexuality threaten the country. He criticized what he called the "socialism" of Obama's positions.
President Reporting: 88.4%
x George W. Bush, Rep (i) 61.3%
John F. Kerry, 38.2%
Michael Badamar, Lib 0.5%
WASHINGTON
Republicans take over three seats in Texas
WASHINGTON — Republicans defeated three veteran Texas Democrats Tuesday as they glided toward extending their decade-long control of the House.
Democrats made a run at knocking off the longest-serving Republican in the chamber.
Months after Texas' dominant state Republicans redrew congressional district lines to the GOP's advantage, the fiercely disputed plan bore fruit and fueled the party's hopes of holding its House majority. Among its chief architects were House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, who was easily re-elected.
Texas Democratic Reps. Charles Stenholm, a leading fiscal conservative and power on the Agriculture Committee, and Martin Frost, a one-time member of his party's leadership, were both defeated, along with Rep. Max Sandlin.
The Associated Press
OKLAHOMA
U. S. Senate
x George W. Bush, Rep (i) 65.6%
John F. Kerry, Dem 34.4%
Coburn secures seat for Republicans
U.S. Senate
x Tom Coburn, Rep
Brad Carson, Dem
Sheila Bilyeu, Ivy
Reportino: 99.2%
Reporting: 99.2%
52.8%
41.2%
6.1%
THE ASSOCIAED PRESS
Coburn replaces GOP Sen. Don Nickles, who is retiring after 24 years in office.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Former three-term Rep. Tom Coburn kept a U.S. Senate seat in GOP hands Tuesday, defeating Rep. Brad Carson despite allegations that the Republican, an obstetrician, once sterilized a woman without her permission.
During the bruising campaign, Coburn vehemently denied the allegations by a woman who said he had sterilized her several years ago. Coburn branded Carson a liberal and aligned him with prominent Democrats, running ads that showed the Democrat as a puppet with John Kerry pulling the strings.
Carson, 37, an attorney and a Rhodes scholar, wore cowboy boots on the campaign trail and tooled around in a beat-up pickup truck. He said he would fight for Oklahomans, create jobs and never embarrass the state, drawing a distinction between himself
and the outspoken Coburn.
During the campaign, Coburn, 56, said he favored the death penalty for doctors who perform abortions and mentioned hearing of "rampant lesbianism" in southeastern Oklahoma schools. Referring to state legislators, Coburn said the state had not prospered because of "crapheads in Oklahoma City."
Coburn represented a heavily Democratic congressional district in Oklahoma for six years before stepping down to honor his pledge to serve no more than three terms. The Muskogee doctor was succeeded by Carson in 2001.
COLORADO
Lead could help Democrats
President
Reporting: 81.4%
x George W. Bush, Rep (i) 53.2%
John F. Kerry, Dem 45.6%
Ralph Nader, RF 0.6%
Michael Badnard, Lib 0.3%
The most expensive campaign in Colorado history remained too close to call tonight, with two-time state Democratic Attorney General Ken Salazar holding on to a small but steady lead against Republican beer executive Pete Coors for the state's open U.S. Senate seat.
With 73 percent of precincts reporting, Salazar was ahead, 50
U.S. Senate Reporting: 80.2%
Ken Salazar, Dem 51.7%
Pete Coors, Rep 46.1%
to 48 percent
NBC projected victory for Salazar despite the narrow gap between the candidates.
If his lead holds up, it would run counter to projected overall GOP gains in the Senate.
Colorado voters apparently rejected changing how the state's electoral votes are awarded to presidential candidates.
Voters also voted to raise the price of cigarettes and rejected lifiting caps on some damages homeowners are allowed to seek for shoddy construction.
Voters reject change in electoral college
Around Denver, measures to build mass transit and reauthorize a tax that funds nonprofit organizations were leading. Also finding favor was a plan to reform police discipline.
The Associated Press