University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, November 9. 1988
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Kansas House Complete official results
44th DISTRICT
✔ Branson (D) ... 7,859
McGhee (R) ... 3,378
45TH DISTRICT
✓ Solbach (D) ... unopposed
48th DISTRICT
✔ Charlton (D) ... 3,785
Norwood (R) ... 3,142
Kansas Senate
2nd DISTRICT
✓ Winter (R) ... 19,304
DuPree (D) ... 9,624
County Commission
2nd DISTRICT
3rd DISTRICT
✓ Amyx (D) ... 4,919
Pyle (R) ... 4,219
McEthaney (R) 6,505
Stoneback (D) 4,084
SHERIFF
✔ Anderson (R) ... 22,030
Pinegar (D) ... 8,618
Lawrence to keep its incumbent delegation
Bv Mark Faagan
and Debbie McMahon Kensan staff writers
Lawrence yesterday sent its incumbent delegation back to the Legislature in Topeka.
State Seen, Wint Winter Jr., R-
Lawrence, and State Rep. Jessie
Branson, D-Lawrence, were over-
whelmingly re-elected by their
northeast Kansas constituencies.
But State Rep. Betty Jo Charlton,
D-Lawrence, reclaimed her seat
by a only narrow margin.
Charlton defeated Republican Bernie Norwood and 7,785 votes to 3,142 votes in the 46th District, which is mainly eastern Lawrence.
"I'm relieved, I suppose," Charlton said after her victory. "I'm just glad it's over. You're always glad when it's over."
Charlton said the race was closer than she expected.
"I thought people were kind of fed up with (Norwood)'s negative campaigning," she said. "Apparently, it did influence some votes."
Norwood, Charlton's opponent, is a Lawrence paralegal.
"This is no bad deal." Norwood said after his defeat. "It's been a super effort. I was satisfied with the voters' choice, because it's their choice. I expected to win; it wasn't just wishful thinking."
just what Charlton was elected to her fifth full term in the state House of Representatives on a platform of support for the Margin of Excellence, open admissions and opposition to Washburn's entry into the Regents system.
Winter defeated Democratic candidate Mike DuPree 19,304 votes to 9,624 votes in the 2nd round, which includes Lawrence and Toebe.
Winter was elected to his second
term in the Kansas Senate on *m* platform of support for theMargin and equal education opportunities for all Kansas children.
Branson defeated Republican Renee McGhee 7,859 votes to 3,378 votes in the 4th District, which encompasses of KU and western Lawrence.
Branson was elected to her fifth term in the state House on a platform of support for the Margin, improved health care and more money for public education.
"I can tell you it feels very good and I'm very excited." Branson said. "But when you're re-elected, you must be ahead of job ahead of in the next term."
"I have hundreds of thank you notes to write, and a lot of constituent mail to get out. And there are those yard signs to take down."
McGhee, Branson's opponent, is
Bernie Norwood, Republican candidate for the Kansas House in the 46th District, his wife, Vern, right, and daughter-in-law Shannon, left, await the final totals. Norwood lost the election to incumbent Betty Jo Charlton, D-Lawrence.
a KU graduate student who has served in Student Senate. She said she would fight for increased salaries for classified employees and faculty. She also supports the Margin.
in other race races, Joan Flower defeated State Rep. Robin Leach in the 47th District; State Rep. Robert Miller of Baldwin City was re-elected in the 43rd District; and State Ed. Reilly defeated challenger Stevi Stephens.
Margin McGhee could not be reached for comment.
Anderson elected sheriff in landslide County voters select Amyx, McElhaney for commission
By Deb Gruver Kansan staff writer
Douglas County residents decided to vote for experience yesterday as Republican candidate Loren Anderson won the election for sheriff, capturing about 72 percent of the ballots.
ballots.
Answers, who will make the step from undersheriff to sheriff, ended up with 22,003 votes in his landslide victory over his Democratic opponent Gale Pinegar. Pinegar had 8,618 votes.
"They had the opportunity to select someone totally new," Anderson said. "So I did not expect it to be such a large margin."
The sheeriff's race had the largest margin in the county races. The final results for the Douglas County polls were in about 10 p.m.
Anderson's platform included improving the 911 and HELP
emergency systems. During his campa-
ign, Anderson prided himself on his more than 20 years of experience in law enforcement.
In the other county races, voters chose to have Louie McElhaney and Mike Amyx as their new representatives on the Douglas County Commission. Both will serve four-year terms starting in January.
MeEhlaney, the Republican candidate for the 3rd District, won 61 percent of the vote. MeEhlaney won the back of the 6,585 votes to I.J. Stonehack's 4,084.
"I'd hoped that I would do even better," McElhaney said. "I broke my foot, so I wasn't able to get out and campaign as much as I would have liked to. I just kept an eye on what IJ. was doing."
Throughout the campaign for the 3rd District, Stoneback and McElhaney differed on whether to keep the
position of county administrator. Stoneback, who served as a commissioner from 1973 to 1976, said that if he was elected, he would move to eliminate the county administrator a position now held by Chris McKenzie.
McEhlaney, who will serve in his first public office and replace commissioner Warren Rhodes, said earlier that he would look into McKenzie's job description but would not eliminate the position.
The race between Amyx and his Republican opponent Tom Pyle for the 2nd District was closer. Amyx won the election with 4,919 votes, or 53 percent, to Pyle's 4,319, or 47 percent.
Amyx said that he wasn't surprised by the margin.
"I was telling Bob Moody just last night, 'Look, Bob, it's going to be close,' Amyx said. "We worked
hard right up until Monday night. I guess I feel almost numb."
Moody was Amyx's campaign manager.
Both Amyx and Pyle had public office experience. Amyx entered the race with six years of Lawrence City Commission experience and Pyle was in his fourth term of the Eudora City Council.
Amyx will have to resign from the city commission in January to begin his term for the county. He will replace David Hopper.
Several unopposed candidates won re-election easily. They included Republican Jim Flory, district attorney; Republican Patty Jaimes, county clerk; Republican Nancy L. Welsh, county treasurer; and Democrat Sue Neustift, register of deeds.
Kansas reporter Mark Fagan contributed information to this story.
Amyx wins race, leaves city politics
Bv Deb Gruver
Kansan staff writer
Democrat Mike Amyx's victory in the county commission race will leave the five-person Lawrence Commission one member short
But Amyx said he never meant to leave city politics prematurely.
Although his term as a city commissioner is not officially over until April 1989, Amyx will be leaving city work in January to begin his four-year term with the county commission.
Amyx defecated Tom Pyle, his Republican opponent in the 2nd District race, by 600 votes yesterday. He will fill the seat vacated by Commissioner David Hopper, who decided not to run again because of medical reasons.
"I of course, always intended to fulfill my city commission term." Amyx said in October. "But I decided to move on, and the city has to get new blood."
Buford Watson, city manager,
said the procedure would be for
Amyx to serve as a city commissioner
until January. Yesterday,
Amyx said that he would definitely
stay on until his county seat
started.
Watson said, "The commission can choose to leave his seat vacant until April, or it can choose to have it filled."
If the commission decided to fill the seat, Waston said it would appoint someone, rather than hold a special election.
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