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THE BANNERGRAPHIC November 8,1990

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Democrats celebrate victories; GOP is bloodied, but not bowed

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - ndiana Democrats believe their election successes this year show their party has risen to parity with the once-mighty Republican Party. On Wednesday, Democrats were celebrating victories in two statewide elections, the gain of one seat in the U.S. House and thenfirst outright claim to the Indiana House in 14 years. THE VICTORIES show that the party’s resurgence extends far beyond the past successes of Gov. Evan Bayh. “I think this election does mean there has been firmly re-established a viable two-party system,” said Joseph H. Hogsett, the winning secretary of state candidate. “People have suggested the last few victories have just been Evan Bayh,” said Hogsett, Bayh’s former campaign manager. “What this election suggests is the party as a whole has resurrected itself.” STATE DEMOCRATIC Chairman Michael Pannos called the election “a marvelous victory. It’s the kind of thing that doesn’t happen that often. It’s a fairly good size sweep.” Asked if Republicans were dealt a severe setback, Pannos said, “That’s my gut feeling, that they’re hurt pretty good. Are they going away? No. Will they be there with a formidable candidate in 1992? I’m sure they will.” Republicans said Tuesday’s election wasn’t a total loss. STATE GOP Chairman Keith Luse pointed out that Dan Coats retained the U.S. Senate seat for the Republicans, the party held control

Hogsett, Hudnut ponder separate futures after bitter race

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - ndianapolis Mayor William H. Hudnut believes his loss in the secretary of state’s race hasn’t foreclosed his options to run for a fifth term or perhaps seek the governor’s office. Hudnut pondered his political future Wednesday as Democrat Joseph H. Hogsett savored his victory in the expensive and bitterly fought contest for secretary of state. FOR HOGSETT, the morning after the long night of monitoring election returns brought a buoyant rally in the Statehouse rotunda, where about 250 supporters greeted him with the chant, “Joe, Joe, Joe.” Earlier, a subdued Hudnut acknowledged his defeat as his wife, Beverly, fought back tears. Hudnut said an anti-Republican vote and the tax issue brought down his candidacy, for which so many in the

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DWAYNE BROWN A Democratic surprise

of the state Senate and two of the party’s four Statehouse candidates won re-election. Luse said Indianapolis Mayor William H. Hudnut’s candidacy for secretary of state revived the party after its 1988 loss of the governor’s office and probably prevented further erosion for Republicans. “It meant a lot to the ticket,” said Luse. “Had Bill Hudnut not been a candidate for secretary of state, I suspect the Republican Party would have fared far worse.” BOTH LUSE AND Hudnut said Democrats benefited from the strong support of Bayh, the advantage of incumbency and the party’s newfound ability to raise money for its candidates. Mary Moses Cochran, a strategist for the GOP legislative campaigns, suggested the pen-

GOP had high hopes. Unofficial returns showed Hogsett with 773,110 votes, or 52 percent, to Hudnut’s 717,085, or 48 percent. The race was so close that Hogsett wasn’t declared the winner by news organizations until shortly before 2 a.m. Wednesday. “I THINK WE fought a good fight and came close to a victory,” said Hudnut. “As my dad said when we were kids growing up, ‘You do the best and you leave the rest’ ” Hudnut, who recently turned 58, said he plans to take some time off to mull over his political options for the future. He said he would consider running for an unprecedented fifth term as mayor next year and didn’t rule out seeking the governor’s office in 1992. “I think there’re options out there, and I’m eager to analyze

dulum of Hoosier politics may be swinging toward the Democrats. “We had a definite financial disadvantage, but I can’t tell you yet what happened. It split so many ways,” she said. “We’re probably looking at an increasingly Democratic state. That’s all I can figure out.” . HOWEVER, LUSE and Hudnut argued that unique circumstances might have been at work this year. They claimed many voters held Republicans responsible for President Bush’s reversal on his no new taxes pledge and the budget crisis in Washington this fall. “I believe Republican voters were sending a message yesterday not so much to Bill Hudnut as to this (Bush) administration,” said Luse. For Democrats, the major gains included: • Hogsett’s victory over Hudnut in the most expensive and most bitterly fought secretary of state’s race in history. Final unofficial returns showed Hogsett winning 52 percent of the vote. • Dwayne Brown’s surprising upset of incumbent Republican Daniel Heiser in the race for state court clerk. BROWN, THE FIRST black to win a Statehouse race, gained about 51 percent of the vote in the closest statewide election of the day. His victory also gave Democrats two statewide victories in one election for the first time since 1974. • Tim Roemer’s upset of fiveterm Republican John Hiler in the 3rd District congressional race. Roemer’s victory gives Democrats

JOSEPH HOGSETT Headed for Statehouse

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an 8-2 edge in the House delegation and a gain of two seats over the last two years. • Indiana House Democrats completing a decade of gains by claiming a 52-48 advantage in the legislative chamber. Four races appeared headed toward recounts but Democrats expressed confidence they would end up with at least 51 seats. • Jeff Modisett’s apparent victoy in the Marion County prosecutor’s race. Modisett, a former Bayh aide, was leading before absentee ballots were counted. PANNOS SAID THE race was important because the party made inroads into Marion County, traditionally a Republican stronghold. Republicans were celebrating a series of victories including: • Coats’ Senate victory by a 54 to 46 percent margin over Democrat Baron Hill. Luse said that was a major accomplishment considering the antiincumbent mood of the electorate and the backlash against some congressional Republicans. • Triumphs by Treasurer Marjorie O’Laughlin and Auditor Ann DeVore, both GOP incumbents. THEIR VICTORIES give Republicans four Statehouse offices. GOP incumbent Attorney General Linley Pearson and Superintendent of Public Instruction H. Dean Evans weren’t on the ballot this year. • Retaining control of the state Senate by the same 26-24 advantage Republicans held the last two years.

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WILLIAM HUDNUT Headed for a beach

HE ALSO SAID the governor’s race might not be out of the realm of possibility, noting that politicians such as Indiana Sen. Richard G. Lugar and newly elected Ohio Gov. George Voinovich won statewide races two years after major defeats. Hogsett said he was “proud of our effort and momentum” that allowed him to overcome a 30-point deficit in public opinion polls in just a two-month period. Asked about his future plans,

Birchers warn against new world order

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Coats and Hill look to repeat showdown for ’92

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Democrat Baron Hill says with another $500,000 to spend he would have defeated Republican incumbent Dan Coats in the U.S. Senate race. Eyeing another try for the seat in 1992, Hill said he would first make sure enough money was forthcoming. “I WOULD LIKE to run,” he said. “But there are some things I need to evaluate before I make that decision.” Coats won two more years in his appointed seat with a comfortable 53.6 percent of the vote. He admitted, however, that Hill staged a stronger challenge than expected for the seat vacated by Vice President Dan Quayle. Flanked by his wife and three daughters, Hill stood in front of a campaign banner as he publicly conceded the race Wednesday morning. The “0” in 1990 had been removed from the banner, leaving a space where a “2” could be added. ‘THERE’S GOING TO to be a great deal of competition for contributions in 1992, so I need to evaluate whether or not the money’s going to be there,” Hill said. He noted that Gov. Evan Bayh is expected to run for re-election, and national campaign funds will be spread over several important races. He declined to criticize the state or national Democratic parties for failing to spend more on his campaign, however. Coats, who by Oct 17 had raised $3.8 million to Hill’s $1 million, would not speculate

Hogsett said he intends to serve the full four-year term as secretary of state, an office he first gained by appointment when Evan Bayh left it to become governor in 1989. HOWEVER, HOGSETT wouldn’t completely rule out running for an office in 1992. Political observers already are speculating Democrats might turn to Hogsett to challenge Sen. Dan Coats that year. Hogsett helped fuel some of that speculation in his speech to supporters when he referred to his desire to provide leadership on issues such as education, economic development, drugs and crime topics generally outside the province of the secretary of state. “I hesitate to rule it (running in 1992) out only because opportunities might be presented to me that I would consider,” he said. “But the point is and I think the important point is, I have been honored to serve as secretary of state.” BOTH CANDIDATES agreed that Hogsett’s persistent attacks on Hudnut’s record of 27 tax increases played well with the voters. “I think my message of frugality...struck a responsive chord,” said Hogsett, a 34-year-old attorney. “The message my campaign tried to represent was in

residents about the dangers of a “new world order.” Organizers said the Fort Wayne conference Saturday called “America’s Role in the New World Order” has nothing to do with Birch Society fears of one-world government. John F. McManus, the Birch

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BARON HILL Will walk with more money

how his opponent would have fared with more money. HE SAID HILL benefited from an anti-Congress fervor sweeping the country. “Baron’s message was simply that Washington is not responsive, so throw them out,” Coats said. Hill failed to clearly outline his positions on the issues, Coats charged. “If he did run again, I think we’d then focus much more on who he was and what he stood for, what his policies were versus what mine were, and it would be a much clearer distinction,” he said. Hill said he was pleased with his campaign strategy. “I’M NOT SURE I’D have done anything different. I think if we could have raised a little more money, we could have done it,” he said.

keeping with what people want to see in their government in the 19905.” Hudnut said, “He took it to me on the weakest ground that I have, which was the tax issue.” WHILE DEFENDING his record on taxes and each increase during his 15-year tenure, Hudnut said Hogsett’s criticisms and general voter discontent over President Bush’s reversal of his no-tax pledge hurt his campaign. “There was an undertow of frustration and discontent that was crystallized” around the tax issue, said Hudnut. Hudnut also said Hogsett benefited substantially from Bayh’s support, Hogsett’s advantage of incumbency and Democrats’ ability to raise more money than Republicans could. THE TWO CAMPAIGNS expected to spend a total of $3 million to $4 million on the race. Although each candidate complained during the campaign about misleading television commercials, Hogsett and Hudnut played down the negative aspects of the pre-elec-tion advertising blitz. “Clearly, it was tough. Clearly, it was competitive and hard fought, but I think we kept it on the issues,” said Hogsett.

Society’s national spokesman, scheduled a news conference today in Fort Wayne to let the American people know the historical use of the phrase. “What they (Birch Society) claim to perceive in this phrasing is totally alien to anything any of us involved have any interest in or knowledge about,” said Larry Hayes, editorial page editor of the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, which is sponsoring the conference along with Indiana University-Purduc University at Fort Wayne.

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