UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, March 6, 1996
9A
Dole sweeps eight states
The Associated Press
Bob Dole swept eight primaries, seizing an overwhelming lead in the Republican presidential race yesterday as GOP voters made a concerted effort to stall Pat Buchanan's conservative insurgency and turn the party's attention to beating President Clinton in November.
So overwhelming were Dole's margins that two lagging rivals — former Tennessee Gov. Lamar Alexander and Indiana Sen. Dick Lugar — were preparing to quit the race today, shrinking the field for the delegate-rich contests area. Lugar planned an announcement for noon today in Washington; Alexander was to head home to Tennessee from Florida and make his announcement there.
"I always felt in my heart it was going to happen, but you never know until the people vote," Dole said. "Tonight we have proven the Republican Party is not spinning apart but coming together. Tonight we found a leader."
Dole predicted he would handily win New York's primary on Thursday and carry momentum into next week's "Super Tuesday" contests in Texas, Florida and five other states.
SOURCE: News reports
Dole won primaries in Georgia, Vermont, Connecticut, Maryland, Maine, Massachusetts, Colorado and Rhode Island — a "Junior Tuesday" primary sweep.
All told, the day's booty represented more than a quarter of the 996 delegates needed to clinch the nomination — with another 93 up for grabs in New York and 362 next Tuesday.
Primary results from eight states
Buchanan vowed to fight all the way to the Republican convention, but said, "It's an uphill battle everywhere." Buchanan's core support splintered in Tuesday's voting, and
How Republican candidates - Alexander, Buchanan, Dole, Forbes - ranked:
1st 2nd 3rd
Colo. Dole Buch. Forbes
Conn. Dole Forbes Buch.
Ga. Dole Buch. Alex.
Malne Dole Buch. Forbes
Md. Dole Buch. Forbes
Mass. Dole Buch. Forbes
R.I. Dole Alex. Lugar
Vt. Dole Buch. Forbes
Knight-Ridder Tribune
it appeared he would fail to match even his 1992 showing in Colorado, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts and Georgia.
Publisher Steve Forbes trailed everywhere and was focusing on tomorrow's showdown in New York. "This has been a strange year," said former Sen. Gordon Humphrey, Forbes' campaign strategist. "Anything can happen."
"We need to get the party together and aim at Clinton," Dole said. "So far, the guy has had a free ride while we beat each other up, but that is
about change."
The wins in Massachusetts, Vermont and Connecticut gave Dole 76 delegates from those winnie-take-all states, and he was assured of picking up most of the 89 delegates at stake in Georgia, Maryland and Maine. By the end of yesterday's contests, Dole was sure to have at least 20 percent of the 996 delegates
he needs to wrap up the nomination, far more than his nearest challenger.
In state after state, there was evidence that Buchanan's early success — he won the New Hampshire primary — had triggered a block-Buchanan movement among Republican voters. More than half of voters interviewed as they left their polling place said Buchanan was too extreme to be president, and six in 10 of this group voted for Dole.
Asked whom they would choose if Buchan and Dole were the only
Dole supporters said his ability to defeat Bill Clinton and his experience in Washington were his most important qualities.
candidates, two-thirds of voters in the eight state primaries said Dole.
President Clinton was assured of victory in the Democratic primaries. But Dole, already urging Republicans to unify around his candidacy, suggested Clinton's tranquility was about to come to an end.
Even before yesterday's voting, there was pressure on the lagging candidates to clear the field.
"We are not at that point yet," Barbour said. "But we may reach it well before any candidate has the 996 delegates needed to mathematically clinch."
The returns looked like this:
In Georgia, with nearly 80 percent of the precincts counted, Dole had 40 percent, Buchanan 32 percent, Alexander 13 and Forbes 12.
The New England states were solid for Dole. He was picking up 48 percent of the vote in Massachusetts, with Buchanan next at 25. In Connecticut, Dole had 54 percent and Forbes 20 and Buchanan 15 percent. In Vermont, it was 41 percent for Dole, with Buchanan, Forbes and Lugar all in the teens. In Maine, Dole had 46 percent. Buchanan 25.
In Maryland, Dole had 63 percent and Buchanan 21. Colorado gave Dole 45 percent, Buchanan 21 percent and Forbes 20 percent.
Faster speeds become the law
TOPEKA — It will be legal to drive a little faster on Kansas highways starting March 22.
The Associated Press
That is the date a law setting higher maximum speeds will take effect under a bill that Gov. Bill Graves signed yesterday.
It will take up to three months to place all the new signs on the state's two-lane highways, he said.
Transportation Secretary Dean Carlson said that new signs would go up on Interstates 35 and 70 and their alternate routes around Kansas City, Topeka and Wichita on the morning of March 22.
The new limits will be 70 mph on interstate and limited-access, four-lane divided highways and 65 mph on two-lane state highways deemed safe for the higher speed.
Graves called the bill a good compromise between public convenience and public safety.
Limits will remain at 55 on county roads.
Carlson has authority under the law to reduce speeds on two-lane highways he considers unsafe for the higher speed. Some Kansas roads were built too long ago to handle 65 mph safely.
Carlson said he would advise motorists who did not see the new speed limit posted on two-lane roads after March 22 to continue to drive 55 mph.
"That way, you avoid discussions with Highway Patrol troopers," he said.
The bill was signed at the Department of Transportation's highway sign shop in northwest Topeka, and the signing was attended by Carlson, chairmen of the legislative transportation committees and members of the Kansas Turnpike Authority.
The KTA has voted to adhere to the same limits on the turnpike as apply to other four-lane highways, and the new 70 mph speed will take effect on the turnpike on March 22, said KTA president Mike Johnston.
Graves gave copies of the bills to state Sen. Ben Vidricksen, R-Salina, and state Rep. Kenneth King, R-Leon, chairmen of the transportation committees.
Besides setting new speed limits, the law requires that drivers caught speeding up to 10 miles above the 70 mph speed limit and 5 miles above the 65 mph speed limit not have the violation go on their driving record — preventing insurance companies from raising premiums.
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