Election Results 96
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
SECTION A VOL.103,NO.53
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6.1996
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Kansas election returns
KANSAS U.S. SENATE SEAT ROBERT DOLE'S SEAT
KANSAS U.S. SENATE SEAT
ROBERT DOLE'S SEAT
2,119 of 3,198 prescents - 66 percent
**Sim Brownback, Republican,
378,557 — 53 percent**
Jill Docking, Democrat, 316,067
— 44 percent
Donald R. Klaassen, Reform
Donald R. Klaassen, Reform Party, 18,933—3 percent
KANSAS U.S. SENATE SEAT
NANCY KASAEBAUM'S SEAT
2,118 of 3,198 precincts — 66 percent
© Pat Roberts, Republican.
427, 030 — 61 percent
Sally Thompson, Democrat,
253, 495 — 36 percent
Mark S. Marney, Reform Party,
16, 260 — 2 percent
Steven Rosie, Libertarian, 8,640
—1 percent
18 of 28 precincts - 64 percent
Judy Showalter (Dem.) 2,541 - 53 percent
Ned I. Graham (Rep.) 2,209 - 47 percent
District 78
7 of 29 precincts - 59 percent
Joe D. Shriver (Dem.) 2,711 - 56 percent
Danny P. Jone (Rep.)(i) 2,099 - 44 percent
District 80
11 of 11 precincts - 100 percent
16 of 33 precincts - 48 percent
Bill McCreary (Rep.) 3,19 - 58 per-
vincent Wetta (Dem.) 2,270 - 42 percent
District B1
9 of 13 precincts - 69 percent
10 of 11 preclines - 91 percent
Ted Powers (Rep.)(i) 3,055 - 69 percent
John E. Thomas (Dem.) 1,400 - 31 percent
District 82
11 of 11 precincts - 100 percent
Jonathan Wells (Dem.) i 3,338 - 70 percent
Keith W. Koby (Rep.) i 4,109 - 30 percent
District A/B
Of 13 precincts - 69 percent
Don Myers (Rep.) (i) 3,006 - 70 percent
David Sinclair (Dem.) 1,307 - 30 percent
District B4
13 of 16 precincts - 81 percent
10 of 10 precipitates : 100 percent
Henry Heligerson Jr. (Dem.) (i) 3,121 - 60 percent
Tony Powell (Rep.) (i) i 3,349 - 60 percent
Woody Thompson (Dem.) i,2,494 - 37 percent
David Moffett (Liberian) 163 - 3 percent
Dahlstrom (U.S.)
Henry Dittle Bittie (Rep.) 2,085 - 40 percent
District 87
11 of 12 precincts - 92 percent
Mike Farmer (Rep).(i) 3,709 - 67 percent
Steve Hawkins (Dem).(i) 1,804 - 33 percent
11 of 13 precincts - 100 percent
Gwen Welshimer (Dcm.) (i) 2,367 - 50 per cent
Steve Davis (Rep.) 2,153,45 - 45 percent
Philadelphia (Libertarian) 223,5 - 5 percent
Detroit
11 of 12 proclines - 92 percent
Ruby Gilbert (Dem.) (1) 3,472 - 75 percent
Don Schauins (Rep.) 1,141 - 25 percent
District 90
11 of 16 precincts · 69 percent
11 of 16 precincts - 69 percent
Biliine Viling (Rep.) 3,255 - 57 percent
Dorathea Sloan (Dem.) 2,187 - 38 percent
John A. Michael (Reform Party) 305 - 5 per-
form
Diatrict 91
13 of 13 precincts·100 percent
13 of 13 prefects - 100 percent Brenda Landwehr (Rep.) (l) 4,612 - 60 percent
Brenda Thome (Dem.) 3,036 - 40 percent
District 92
11 of 12 precincts - 92 percent
Douglas E. Johnston (Dem.) 3,296 - 55 percent
Bob Small (Rep.) 2,675 - 45 percent
Daniel J, Thimsch( Dem.) ( 0) 2,578 - 53 per cent
Bob Herndon (Rep.) 2,252 - 47 percent
Dianthus GE
10 of 10 precincts - 100 percent
Tom Sawyer (Dem.) (U),9,291 - 57 percent
James Monroe (Rep.) (U),2,176 - 43 percent
Oklahoma R. Drem (Dem). I) 2.543 - 53 percent
Wilma Decosta (Rep.) I) 1.938 - 41 percent
Rick Trains (Libertarian) 296 - 6 percent
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ecincts - 100 percent
10 of 10 precincts - 100 percent
Dale Swenson (Rep.) ||) 3,178- 60 percent
Bill Ester (Dem.) 2,103- 40 percent
11 of 13 precincts • 100 per cent
Lirafine黛拉 (Dem) (2) 1,593 • 51 per
cent
11 of 11 precipitates : 100 percent
Mike Petersen (Rep.) 2,493 - 49 percent
Wrights
In a sobering note for Clinton, Lott promised tough investigations of questionable Democratic fundraising from foreign interests.
21 percent - 3 percent
Carlos Mayas (Rep.) (b) 8,039 - 7.2 percent
Denise Bruce (Dem.) 3,196 - 28 percent
District 101
See LIST. Page 2A
said Republicans were willing to work with Clinton on balancing the budget and on tax cuts for families, but Lott sounded skeptical that Clinton would follow through on his election-year conservative conversion.
24 of 28 precincts · 86 percent
Republicans were confident they would hold the Senate and the House — where Democrats were hoping to end Newt Gingrich's tenure as speaker. Gingrich accepted his own re-election and said it was people power that assured his victory.
Clinton wins by landslide
The jubilation in Little Rock afforded Democrats a brief respite
Re-election ends Dole's lifelong career in politics
The Associated Press
President Clinton won re-election in a landslide last night as optimistic voters rejected Bob Dole's challenge to his economic leadership and his character.
"He talks about how the era of big government is over," Lott told The Associated Press. "We'd like to help him keep his word on that, keep the government smaller and smarter."
Congressional Republicans battled to keep their tenuous hold on the House and Senate.
Clinton reboubled from the 1994 Republican midterm rout and
became the first Democratic president re-elected since Franklin Roosevelt. Thousands jammed the streets of Little Rock, Ark., to hear Clinton's victory speech at the Old State House.
Clinton already was considering Cabinet changes as he plotted a second-term agenda and looked for his place in history. Republicans hoped for a milestone of their own: Not since 1930 has the GOP won both chambers of Congress in consecutive elections.
Reform Party candidate Ross Perot was a distant third. He conceded defeat but was not ready to fade into the shadows. "We're going to have to stand at the gate and keep the pressure on, and we will," Perot said in Texas, perhaps looking ahead to 2000.
Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott
● See Page 6A for a list of U.S.
House and
Senate
winners.
Victories in 28 states and the District of Columbia gave Clinton 363 electoral votes — more than the 270 needed. An electoral landslide assured, Clinton had one more hope: that Perot's candidacy would not cost him a majority of the popular vote.
With 47 percent of the national
vote counted, Clinton had 50 percent; Dole had 42 percent; and Perot had 8 percent.
GR Gordon-Ross / KANSAN
See PRESIDENT, Page 2A
Steve Puppe / KANSAN
TOP: Sally Thompson, state treasurer, talks to reporters after conceding defeat by Pat Roberts for the U.S. Senate. Thompson spoke at the Democratic rally in Topeka.
Democrats face bittersweet night
Party cheers Clinton win while GOP sweeps every Congress seat in Kansas
By Neal Shulenburger
Kansan staff writer
Democrats who gathered in Topeka at the Holiday Inn West Holidome, 605 S.W. Fairlawn Road, experienced early moments of joy followed by many moments of pain last night.
The participants, part of the Kansas Democratic Party's election watch-party, did not have to wait long to see the outcome of Clinton's victory against Republican candidate Bob Dole and Reform Party candidate Ross Perot. By 8 p.m., Clinton had collected enough electoral votes to secure re-election.
President Bill Clinton's and Vice President Al Gore's re-election proved to be the highlight of the evening.
"I was happy that he won," she said. "I liked the fact that he stood on his own record and wasn't very negative in his campaign. I think that his plan is the best one for the future."
Chris Partain, Minneapolis, Kan., sophomore, said the win was a step in the right direction.
Both the U.S. House of Representatives
"I consider myself a one-woman economic development program," she said. "After all, I made my opponent spend
and the U.S. Senate races in Kansas disappointed Democrats. Republicans swept all six Congressional seats.
Among the Democratic candidates denied office were state treasurer and Senate candidate Sally Thompson and Kansas 2nd District Congressional candidate John Frieden.
Thompson's concession speech was atypical. While listing her accomplishments, she directed several barbs at former opponent Pat Roberts.
See DEMOCRATS, Page 2A
State Republican party celebrates despite Dole loss
By Cameron Heeg.
Kansan staff writer
A collective sigh of disappointment for Bob Dole's loss to Bill Clinton lasted only a few moments last night at the Republican election celebration in Topeka.
The disappointment quickly was soothed by actual victory for Republicans in the Kansas U.S. Senate races.
Pat roberts defeated Democratic candidate Sally Thompson for Nancy Kassebaum's former Senate seat after Thompson conceded victory early in the evening. When Roberts addressed the crowd, he spoke of Kansas staying strong in Washington.
"This election has been about what kind of individuals Kansas would choose to fill the seats of Senators Kassabeum and Dale. Their shoes are big." Roberts said. "With Pat Roberts
in the U.S. Senate, Washington will listen when Kansas speaks. Hear this, Washington: Kansas is big. Kansas is back. Deal with it."
For members of KU College Republicans, Roberts' victory was a sure thing.
"The Roberts race was one that we knew was a victory going into the elections," said Ryan Kauffman, Overland Park junior and chairman of the club.
Sam Brownback won Bob Dole's former Senate seat against Democratic candidate Jill Docking. The race was close, with Brownback's lead estimated at only 2,000 votes.
After a quick high-five with Roberts, Brownback thanked his local support and promised to stick to his "three-R" policy of reducing government, reforming government for the people and returning to family values. He stressed accomplishing this by working together.
This victory is about us as the people of Kansas," Brownback said. "If we work together, we have the chance to make this the greatest time in history."
"The defeat in the presidential race hurts, but we can make up for it in Congress," Williams said. "The important thing about the election is that people showed a real interest in politics. If this keeps up, we might all turn out to be winners."
Despite the presidential bid by Dole, many at the Ramada Inn, 420 S.E. Sixth St. in Topeka, including Shawn Williams, Topeka resident, said the elections were a success for everyone.
By Lindsey Henry Kansan staff writer
Traveling instructors to complete projects for University funds
Overseas faculty face new requirement
A new provision added to the University of Kansas faculty travel fund is making several instructors say adios to the idea of traveling abroad.
The University's international travel fund partially finances faculty's travel expenses when they are selected to present their papers, research or dissertations in foreign
But a committee of faculty members, formed to increase the University's decreasing number of international students, added a clause to the use of the fund. The clause states that a faculty member may be required to do a side project while traveling for the University, said Andrew Debicki, dean of the graduate school and international programs.
countries.
The side projects would include meeting with alumni or foreign university officials to strengthen the University's international contacts and student exchange programs.
"To me this is kind of an insult; it isn't enough that you work here," said Robert Minor, professor of
religious studies. "The idea that this is a requirement makes me question if this is even worth it. This assumes that I don't have anything else to do in my life."
The travel fund pays 60 percent of a faculty member's flight expenses, with an $800 limit. Debicki said about 60 faculty members used the fund last semester.
Minor said he was concerned about the added responsibility to perform a service project, in addition to covering 40 percent of the air travel and other accommodations.
"It is something for which we'd furnish materials, by mutual agreement, and we'd cover any expenses," Debicki said. "This is a fairly flexible thing. We are spending money to help travel abroad. They could help us,"
"I don't have any objections to doing this," Minor said. "But I would have liked to have been asked—not told."
Minor said the addition of side projects while traveling abroad assumed faculty members had all kinds of free time.
"I don't imagine that this would be a problem; they would have to do, at the most, one project," Debicki said.
TODAY
Lloyd Sponholtz, chairman of the Senate Executive Committee and associate professor of history, said Debicki had been invited to address Tuesday's Faculty Council meeting to personally explain and answer any questions the faculty may have.
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