Banner Graphic, Volume 20, Number 56, Greencastle, Putnam County, 8 November 1989 — Page 2

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THE BANNERGRAPHIC Nov.mbtf 8,1989

Wilder, Dinkins, Democrats claim victories

By the Associated Press L. Douglas Wilder of Virginia, celebrating an off-year Democratic surge, claimed a razor-thin breakthrough today as the nation’s first elected black governor. David Dinkins was elected New York City’s first black mayor and said voters had responded “with the voice of hope, here and in Virginia.” The volatile politics of abortion hurt Republicans throughout the campaign and powered an electionday nightmare that extended to New Jersey, where Democratic Rep. James Florio reclaimed the governorship for his party and the Democrats also regained control of the Assembly. JUST AS SIGNIFICANT as the pro-choice political turnout was the extension of black political success in America’s large city halls. Led by Dinkins, blacks also succeeded white mayors in Seattle, Cleveland, New Haven, Conn., and Durham, N.C. The main event of the day was in Virginia, where Republican J. Marshall Coleman trailed Wilder by 7,700 votes of more than 1.7 million cast in the unofficial, final vote

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count. With all precincts counted, Wilder had 889,869 votes or 50 percent and Coleman had 882,137 votes or 50 percent WILDER CLAIMED victory, telling jubilant supporters in the capital of the old Confederacy, “The people of Virginia have spoken.” Coleman did not concede, saying, “The race is not yet over,”

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and he would await a final, official count. Dinkins, like Wilder, waged a soft-spoken campaign that dwelled not at all on race. He replaces the often acerbic Ed Koch and will surely bring a new style of leadership to Gracie Mansion. “This year voters rejected the calls of fear and voted with the voice of hope, here and in Virginia,” Dinkins said in victory. “We passed another milestone on freedom’s road.”

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WITH 99 PERCENT of precincts counted, Dinkins had 898,534 votes or 50 percent, Giuliani had 856,448 votes or 48 percent, and two minor party candidates divided the remainder. Republican Party chairman Lee Atwater offered the opposition a grudging tip of his haL “These were local contests in which the Democrats outcampaigned us and ran better campaigns,” said Atwater. “My hat’s off to them, but I don’t think it makes much difference at all with regards to the 1990 campaign.” Democratic Party chairman Ronald H. Brown saw things differently. HE CALLED THE results “a tremendously positive sign for us as we move into the ’9os. It gives us tremendous momentum heading into 1990,” when 36 governorships, 34 Senate seats and all 435 seats in the House are at stake. A sweep of the governor’s races in Virginia and New Jersey would give the Democrats 29 of the 50 governorships. Coleman Young, 71, won an unprecedented fifth as mayor of Detroit, defeating 40-year-old Tom Barrow. Other mayors re-elected included Xavier Suarez of Miami who won a third term and Kathy Whitmire who coasted to a fourth in Houston. DEMOCRAT John Daniels was elected mayor of New Haven, becoming the first black mayor of his majority-white city, while in Seattle, City Councilman Norm Rice defeated busing foe Doug Jewett to gain a similar distinction. Ohio state Sen. Michael R. White defeated his old mentor, City Council President George Forbes, in a bitter contest between two black DemocraLs to succeed retiring Republican Mayor George Voinovich. The nasty tone in Cleveland was all too typical of the year’s campaigns. Giuliani, a 45-year-old former U.S. attorney, was unrelenting in his attacks on Dinkins, calling the Manhattan borough president

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“unfit” for the office of mayor. But once the outcome was determined, Giuliani called on New Yorkers to unite behind the new mayor with “every prayer.” IN NEW JERSEY, Florio trounced Republican Rep. James Courier to win a governorship held by Republican Thomas Kean the past eight years. Courier never recovered from criticism suffered when he tried to moderate his strong anti-abortion position. With 99 percent of the New Jersey precincts counted, Florio who twice before lost gubernatorial races had 1,356,957 or 62 percent Rep. James Courier had 824,505 or 38 percent. Kate Michelman, executive director of the National Abortion Rights Action League, said Tuesday’s results proved that the recent Supreme Court decision opening the way for states to restrict access to abortion had energized pro-choice voters and that “politics in America would never be the same.” SHE CONTENDED that in the Virginia governor’s race “the issue of a woman’s right to choose was so powerful it overcame all other issues.” Nancy E. Myers, spokeswoman for the National Right to Life Committee, criticized Republicans, like Courier and Coleman, who tried to temper their prior opposition to abortion. “Courier turned off pro-life voters,” she said. As for Coleman, she said, “He probably could have handled the issue a lot better. He could have come out a lot earlier attacking Wilder.” Prominent black politicians hailed the results in Virginia and New York. “If Wilder can win in Virginia, the cradle of the Confederacy, black and other candidates of a new breed can win in Georgia, in Mississippi, in Alabama and elsewhere in the South,” said Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga.

seats were up for election Tuesday, with 20 candidates running. Williams, 35, had 42,645 votes, or 7.51 percent of ballots counted. Political commercials on Cincinnati television during the two weeks before the election showed game films of Williams “working for Cincinnati,” and scenes of him talking to teen-agers about drugs and social commitment. WILLIAMS WAS appointed in June 1988 to complete the term of Arnold Bortz, who resigned.

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The election at a glance By The Associated Press A look at Tuesday’s elections: GOVERNORS • New Jersey: Democratic Rep. James Florio defeated Republican Rep. James Courier. • Virginia: Democratic Lt. Gov. L. Douglas Wilder narrowly leads Republican J. Marshall Coleman, a former attorney general. Wilder would be the nation’s first elected black governor. LEGISLATURES • New Jersey: Democrats regained control of the Assembly, winning at least 43 of 80 seats. ’ • Virginia: Republican gained four seats in House of Delegates. Democrats still outnumber them 59-39. Independents won two seats. CONGRESS • Texas: State Sen. Craig Washington and City Councilman Anthony Hall, both black Democrats, led a field of 11 candidates and will face a runoff election to fill the 18th Congressional District seat left vacant by the death of Rep. Mickey Leland. MAYORS • Cleveland: State Sen. Michael White defeated City Council President George Forbes to succeed Mayor George Voinovich. • Detroit: Coleman Young won a fifth term. • Houston: Kathy Whitmire won a fifth consecutive two-year term. • Miami: The city’s first Cuban-born mayor, Xavier Suarez, won a third term. • Minneapolis-St. Paul: In Minneapolis, Mayor Donald Fraser defeated firefighter Jens Peterson; in St. Paul, City Council President Jim Scheibel defeated police Lt. Bob Fletcher. All are Democrats but Fletcher, an independent. - New Haven, Conn.: Democrat John Daniels, a fiveterm state senator, defeated Republican Aiderwoman Robie Pooley. Daniels will be the city’s first black mayor. • New York City: Democrat David Dinkins, who beat Mayor Edward Koch in the September primary, defeated Republican Rudolph Giuliani. Dinkins will be the city’s first black mayor. • Seattle: City Councilman Norm Rice defeated City Attorney Doug Jewett. Rice will be Seattle’s first black mayor.