Show The Herald Journal Covering Bridgerland Vol71No 266 Logan Utah Wednesday - Northern Utah And Southern Idaho November 5 1980 34 pages 2 sections Twenty-fiv- cents e - Reagan spearheads GOP blowout By Arnold Sawislak UPI senior editor Ronald Reagan easily defeated Jimmy Carter for the presidency Tuesday in a Republican landslide that also toppled several liberal Democratie senators giving control of the Senate to the GOP for the first time in 26 years Reagan promising Americans to “get the government off your back" demolished Carter by carrying the big industrial states that were supposed to be tossups grabbing every state in the president's southern power base except Georgia and running away with the states west of the Mississippi River The Republican candidate managed a slim majority of the popular vote but buried the Democratic incumbent by an electoral margin of almost Reagan won at least 43 states with 483 electoral votes and early today was leading slightly in one other — Arkansas Only 270 electoral votes were needed for election Carter carried just six states — Georgia Hawaii Maryland Minnesota Rhode Island and West Virginia — and the District of Columbia for a total of 49 electoral votes 10-to- President-elec- t Ronald Reagan -l The transcontinental Reagan sweep was a surprise but just as stunning was the Tuesday night massacre of Democratic senators At least nine liberals including veteran Warren Magnuson of Washington and 1972 presidential candidate George McGovern of South Dakota were ousted by conservative Republicans And late reports today from Georgia indicated Sen Herman Talmadge would lose his bid for to Republican challenger Mack Mattingly Talmadge had led in the race most of the night and early today But with 97 percent of the vote counted Mattingly held a nearly 11000-vot- e lead over the incumbent Thus Reagan to take office as the 40th president on Jan 20 will be greeted by a Senate that will have at least 51 Republican members and give the GOP the votes to organize the Senate for the first time since the 1962-5- 4 session The former California governor an active Democrat until converting to the GOP in 1962 will be the oldest first-terpresident in history He will be 70 on Feb 6 He is also the first challenger to oust an elected incumbent since Franklin D Roosevelt did it to Herbert Hoover in 1932 The 9:30 am EST national vote for president with 98 percent (174551 out of 178591) of the well-know- n 36-ye- precincts reported Popular Vote Pet Electoral Carter: 34143808 41 49 Reagan: 4236485851483 Anderson: 5487252 7 0 Republican Sen Harry Goldwater in Arizona was involved in a close race but even if the Democrats beat him and kept Talmadge they would be unable to muster the 51 votes needed for control A tie in the Senate is decided by the vice president who will be Republican George Hush The Democrats lost more than a score of House seats but retained control there They lost a couple of governorships in the 13 races across the country but still held an edge in control of statehouses The presidential election was over early: a subdued but bravely smiling Carter went to a Washington hotel about 10 pm EST and announced 50-5-0 (Continued on page 2) m UTAH Matheson si McKay no - Ronald Reagan carSALT LAKE CITY (UPI) ried Utah by the biggest margin of any presidential candidate since 1896 — in a sweeping Republican landslide that ousted veteran Democratic Rep Gunn McKay Sen Jake Garn and put the GOP in control of dozens of other state ed offices Only Democratic Gov Scott Matheson and a handful of state legislators survived the conservative onslaught Matheson beat Robert Wright a former chairman of the Utah Republican Party by a comfortable 6 percent margin Reagan received 74 percent of the Utah ballots cast in the presidential election to pick up the state’s four electoral votes It was the biggest vic 54-4- tory margin since Utah went 80 percent for William Jennings Bryan the year the state joined the union Carbon County was the only one of Utah’s 29 counties to give a majority to President Carter Overall the president won 21 percent of the vote and John Anderson had 5 percent Garn buried Democratic challenger Dan Berman capturing 75 percent of the votes in the Senate race — the largest victory margin any Utah candidate has ever received in a statewide race Republican James Hansen of Farmington the speaker of the Utah House of Representatives Democrat who held upset McKay a five-tercommittee powerful assignments where he could m oversee legislation affecting the state's defense bases Hansen was endorsed heavily by Reagan who appeared in his campaign ads The tactic worked and the insurance agent beat McKay by 15000 votes in the First District McKay carried only five counties The victory gave Utah a representation in Washington for the first time since 1959 Second District Congressman Dan Marriott easily won a third term beating Democrat Art Monson the Salt Lake County treasurer Republican Lt Gov David Monson earned a second term beating former State Senate President In addition Utahns elected a veto-proRepublican State Legislature The GOP needed to win only one Democratic seat in the State Senate to give it a majority enough to override a veto by the governor At least three Democrats lost their scats including Minority Leader Thorpe Waddingham who was ousted by former State Rep Cary Peterof two-thir- ds son (Continued on page 2) Moroni-Jense- David Wilkinson kept the GOP in control of the attorney general’s office handily defeating Democrat James McConkie Republicans Val Oveson and Ed Alter were elected auditor and treasurer I a 4 Cache: A S By Bob Findlay i associate editor i i i i i M Ini one-part- COUOTY y Ronald Reagan’s “coattails’’ reached deep into Cache County in the Tuesday election and transformed an already-stron- g Republican grip on area politics into a virtual stranglehold Cache County Republican Party workers were fairly dancing jigs on the sidewalk last night as they shuttled between the Hall of Justice (where votes were being tallied) and their boisterous headquarters in the Emporium “It’s a great night!” one shouted system For Democrats however their defeat and gloom ran deep No Democrat not even popular Gov Scott Matheson outpolled a Republican among Cache County voters And come January no Democrat will hold any elective office in the county The defeat of Democratic incumbent county commissioner Robert Chambers by the late Republican entry Owen Yeates surprised observers in both parties Chambers was thought to be popular and Yeates had little time to mount an effective cam paign Polls taken just before the election showed Chambers with a solid lead but also a large number of undecided voters The same polls showed Democrat Charles Johnson with an even chance to defeat Republican Charles Shelton for the other county commission seat But it wasn’t to be The county's Republicans mounted a massive campaign that combined with Reagan’s pull swept their candidates into office One measure of the effect of that campaign is the number of straight party Republican ballots cast Tabulations show that an average of 21 percent of the voters in Logan districts and 23 percent in all other county districts punched the straight Republican slot on the ballot The straight well-organiz- ed Republican votes ranged from 14 percent of all voters in Logan District 20 to 33 percent in Trenton (The figures must be taken with a small grain of salt: a voter could punch a straight party ticket yet still vote for individual candidates of the other par- i ty) Reagan’s influence could not be precisely measured but Republicans and Democrats alike agreed it was strong much stronger in fact than expected “Nobody predicted Reagan would win as much as he did” noted Rep Evan Olsen one of many local Republicans returned to office by the voters The county’s 26034 voters (705 percent of the 36898 registered) also soundly defeated ballot initiatives A and B I i I r i The Church service is over BOISE (UPI) — Rep Steve Symms squeaking to victory in a nationwide Republican typhoon bounced Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Frank Church from office Tuesday Church 56 first elected in 1956 was the last major Idaho Democrat to fall under the guns of the1 Republican onslaught succumbing to Symms by percent of the vote US House seats and strengthened their already secure grip on the Idaho Legislature in addition to watching presidential winner Ronald Reagan easily claim the state’s four electoral votes Symms 42 a staunchly conservative four-terrepresentative who was aided by various political d action groups in his nearly two-yeThe Republicans won both m multi-pronge- ar attack against Church captured about 50 percent of the vote to Church’s 49 percent With votes tabulated from 873 of the state’s 874 precincts Symms had 217238 Church 212922 and Libertarian Larry Fullmer 6594 In the 2nd Congressional District with all 440 precincts reported GOP Rep George Hansen had 115983 votes 59 percent and Pocatello Democrat Diane Bilyeu had 81195 41 percent was the 1st State Sen Larry Craig District victor getting 115597 votes 54 percent with all but one of the 440 precincts yet to report Boise Democrat Glenn Nichols collected 99630 46 percent Reagan snared 67 percent of the Idaho vote while President Carter got 25 percent and independent (Continued on page 2) Franklin vote Church 1026 3260 Symms weather Inide today About Cache Almanac Jack Anderson Births Classified ads Comics 4 Crossword 30 Obituaries 31 Food 1’ Outdoorsenvironment 22 2 32 30 Horoscope Dr Lamb 31 Sports 31 Theaters Landers News of record 31 2 Weather 2 Ann Utah-ldah- o 16 8 31 roundup 3 4 The weather founded is dumb- aghast and perilously uncertain Look for some change but whether it's for better or worse is not up to me 4 t BIBBBWfllW 8Pu igtf J8BWliiXltB5LWipWiaW Jt' |