| Show 2 The Herald Journal Logan Utah Wednesday November 7 1984 Cache party leaders discuss Election 684 ByPafMcCutcheon staff writer JT-kni- t Tarbet said K2lk“ifor"i111 the presidential race helped Republican fabric that makes Iectorte came through SeS2CrLS0uat7 °” Iooe thread 'Republicans and incumbents von handily in loeal races but GOP opposition did nothelp ®mocrtic upport may not lure 'a‘bim & iScLtZSSEEL counri? ?“ three-memb- SZ33 even-memb-er &aSuntSSf Cmi IJe Caehe County alixut c com- - er ?l'Ure to from geographical districts wm Republican Party came out change a move which £T0avss Besides it may surprise all ofus” attrihuted the of the government change to voters passage following the leads of who initiated and supported the Jurors Republican victories in aU loeal and state re the result of the "conservative “abMP” of the county Tarbet The tact that the Democratic ! &r the L tab Legislature ail had ties tocandidates education bUrt Demoerata 10 those races Se ” !bUt Mii The GOP victories should not be attributed to bring oat a high percentage of Cache County voters sbe said but did not make the difference in any local races If any coattails cast a shadow over Cache County Tuesday they were from the national Democratic Party and they were not necessari- ly welcome An important part of Cache County Democrat “Chairwoman Bobbie Coray's efforts have been to by and convince local voters that County Democrats were different than their national counterparts and not much different than their Republieen neighbors Many voted for Republican candidates without people really knowing who they were voting for she said Cache “I think people voted far the national Republican ticket and made the assumption that Cache Democrats fed the same way as the “ 0x7 eoaXr ukL KSftW'r' 8 ?aa'a ffetery bad ahsdntely nothing to do with the results Democrats lost by the same percentages this year as they have in the last five elections" Coray discounted any negative impacts of having candidates that were educators Successful Cache County Commission euntidato a7 Honson is an educator while unsuccessful commission hopeful Ed Johnson is net she said Though the county Democratic and the Democratic Cache County platform Commission candidates supported the proposed government ? wort together to make R the best cJSJs CommiMk Chairman Dean S?7 he was — and is stffl — opposed to Prototype possible Continued from page 1 because there are too many nnfinjdial parts of the proposal- Smfthsaid ttepropos1 eliminates some of R"11 100 ®“b power ta a?Hf7to5o£Sea' of the comity executive and wiR cmrttaapayers much more to operate switch from the commission form to the counenmsyor form there were tensions and litigation between the council and mayor MSISat12£?tio5lhow51fer' there hare been Mn25 litigations In other Utah which followed Logan's lead Cache County wiR serve as a Prototype to be foDoved by other counties in the sute Bccinw of that he said all concerned Nanqr Hammond a member of Citizens tor Better Government said the Republican Party Crystal gazing begins early in Salt Lake City By Kristi Glissmeyer staff writer SALT LAKE CITY — Pre-uMti-en trie-visio- - wide-marg- in Stallings grabs By Robert Merrill SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) One of Utah's closest and most roofaiiug races ever has left Republican David Honson and Stallings leads Brad JustadHeraio Journal Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wayne Owens (left) with Dale Carpenter IKSk POSTMASTER: Address changes to The 75 West 3rd North Herald Journal Logan Utah 84321 SHBSSSSf SS-SK- S wetiin uSEr “When I met with Cache Valley supporters said Hansen many of them said ‘I know what he (Abrams) JocmT tike about you but I don’t know his position on the issues” Hansen maintained that Farley’s television advertisements pointing to the alleged transgressions of Honson hart rather than helped her chances Hansen supporters began congratulating him hoars before any totals were tallied but the representative re- - Grondahl voters down sat before a trievi-to- u set an hour before pdRs “It's tike our vote really dosed and began his permadoesn’t count after the first nent marker on poster board tow broadcasts” be said predictions The rid in future-seein- g A bystander watching the years ago cartoonist cautioned: “Better when "Dewey Defeats hope that’s not tike Dewey Truman” headlined a news Wins’" Grondahl stay announcing the outcome from bis work andlooked up of the IMS presidential dec- replied: Hondale better not win a IIM M mLL now” His premature but Democrat Harry S Truman to e faetnaiiv rim became obvious 3C soon-to-b- 3 w Hey it's not over yet” he tout one advocate who gave him a hearty handshake “I’ve got my concession speech waiting in this pocket just in Political cartoonist Calvin said televised predictions let media bad experted1Awari h m2? Partially buried in a Utah case" Continued from page 1 “Just don’t get the pockets mixed up” his supporter advised Confident Republicans and early predictions irritated at “asl ®n reBy participant a Democrat from £m West alley City who watched Before audiences throughout the campaign Bangerter’s election ends five terms of Democratic role to the stotehouse Hatheson held the seat for two terms and former Gov Calvin was in the office three terms Bangerter’s election also means Republicans control every major office in the state as well as better than majorities in both houses of the Legislature Owens attempted to make balance an issue "Apparently the majority of Utahns didn't go for that argument” the defeated Democrat said Rampum two-thir- Svin9over Hansen inenmbent an SALT LAKE CITY -S- Jake Garn said today he has been chosen to ride the space shuttle in what he describes as a normal part of R-Ut- ah his duties overseeing ment programs govern- race thoFarley-Honso- n tnroagbont the campaign The election results seesawed bad and forth tor nest of Tuesday night with Honson grabbing about a lead when the final taRy was tabulated But Bindley said the race was “far from over" because he tfflhsd some absentee votes to count “Fast experience says the nshwity of the absentee votes will be Republican” said Bindley who noted it could be a week before the eligible ballots are received and counted by his office- - Any absentee ballot before Nov 5 would be valid Honson 3 the state’s "“tenant governor who ran his 143-vo- te post-mark- ed campaign on President Computer problems in Bon- dose election I’m not throwing neville and Bingham counties in the towel until the final delayed vote results from there official count Is known I knew until around 4:30 am today this would be a close race hot After aU 446 precincts had beat hoped It would not be this counted StaUings’ lead had dose” he said “We’re opvirtually disappeared timistic that the final count wfll Hansen battling tor his polit- show that I won the election ical life and trying to overcome Bnt well just have to wait and the stigma of a felony convicee” tion for federal financial disMeanwhile officials at closure violations wiR wait for Stallings headquarters in the official vote count to be Pocatello said a tabulated before demanding a totals they have count of vote compiled shows recount their candidate with about a lead "If official figures show us to be close within 400 to 500 votes “We’re very optimistic shoot we wiR ask for a recount” he the eventual outcome No matsaid ter which one of us wins it wiR "Just a few errors in a few be dose less than one precincts could change the en- percentage point” according to tire outcome of this very very StaUings 400-vo- te Sen Jake Garn selected to ride on space shuttle (UPI) said he en Democrat Frances Farley as to who wiR represent the 2hd Congressional District Honson led Farley by 143 votes today but Salt Lake Chanty Clerk Dixon Bindley said about 200 absentee baBoto postmarked before Nov S most atiR be counted and the eventaal winner may not be known rnttfl next Tuesday The final tally be tween the two bitter rivals underscored the heated controversy that has pmetaated n-certa- in proclaim himself the victor c- am to 12:30 pm Saturdays race still undecided 1 60-vo- te Herald Journal 8 "so it can be palatable to everyone" Republican Party Chairwoman Joyce Tarbet agreed saying she believes the transition wiR work fine if afl involved dedicate themselves to making s smooth transition” Democratic Party Chairwoman Bobbie Coray said while sbe is very positive about the change b todde did sot aecessarRy consider it a victory tor the Democratic Party bet tor the mayors and others who had worked tor its passage Support of the change was part of the Democratic Parly's platform t heavily-Republie- Service SUBSCRIPTION RATES ohm CneM Carrier SSOt One Year Carrier Uo00 One Year Mail $7500 Subscribers not receiving delivery of their Herald Journal please phone before 7 pm week nights or 1 am Sundays OFFICE HOURS: 8:00 am to 5:00 pm weekdays 8 30 wfcieh came out in opposition to the change has no reason to "be down in the mouth" over losing the one issue adding those opposed to the change now seed to work toward amending it fcr Hi011- - seeking his 8th term of office received 2367 votes to Republican George Hansen in Democrat Richard Stallings the southeastern Idaho district StaUings’ 1457 Hansen jumped out to an the apparent winner in Idaho's by a mere 60 votes with all closest Congressional race ever precincts reporting Stallings early lead statewide Tuesday said this morning he feels good unofficially received 101092 night as about his support across the 2nd votes to Hansen’s 101032 rural areas began reporting District but is not yet ready to Stallings said he would demand vote totals Hansen maintained a recount while Hansen will a lead of about 6000 votes or wait until “official” totals are four percentage points during released before deciding to most of the evening Bat StaUings began closing the gap demand a recount or noL USPS ?41g 00 Officials said the “com- when populous Bannock and W R Paul PubliWr plicated and tedious” process of Ada county vote totals were a recount could take up to a reported PlMMied every evrnng Mcnray mru week to complete and At midnight Stallings took Sunday morning q Cdch Friday Because of the closeness of the lead Valley PUjlisnmg Co 75 est Vo Norm for the first Logan UtanS437i po Box 487 the race neither candidate was by the time totals fromtime and 757 Bannock 2!2l Tdepdone too willing to discuss Tuesday’s Second class pottage a traditional DemocratCounty events paid in Logan Utah ic had tallied MEMBER: In Franklin County Hanfen thestronghold had been a 300O-vot-e Audit Bureau of Circulation challenger defeated StaUings handily edge - 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United Press Interna NEA Mews Franklin Co staff writer issue-oriente-d Shea was confident Farley would outshine Hanson She was to be the surprise that would keep Democrats cheering through the long evening of election predictions and actual results Shea said that It was "detrimental for the media to make definitive predictions” while polls were stifi open When Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wayne Owens conceded to Bangerter later in are as expected of any major election part and would-b-e political gypsies os both partisan aides began crystal gazing early Tuesday evening in Salt Lake City A early as 5 pm in the Little America Hotel two supporters of Republican gubernatorial candidate Norman fTfbJ Farley's race for Bangerter walked out of the the 2nd Congressional District ballroom on their way to hny pot in the US House of campaign signs Representatives stood as the bis is going to be over lone flower in a graveyard before 7:30” one predicted “Our highest hopes are with ”°ls serosa America were not Frances Farley” Owens said to close until Spm he Democratic Party wffl Based on the attitudes of not fade away there is resurboth Republicans and Demorection after death” Prediccrats who waited for election tions that Parley would indeed results before win kept the Democratic heart at their respective raUies it would seem that the pumping As Reagan’s national battle tor Democratic repremomentum began to claim op sentation in Utah ended before to 80 percent of the Utah vote itbegan the question was asked: How If emotions can serve as long are Ronald’s coattails? future-seein- g tea leaves howRep James Hansen attributed ever Democrats did "fed” part of his own they had one bright tight at the victory over Hilton Abrams in end of a dark tunnel — the the 1st Congressional District possibility thst former state to Rfaan’ popularity and Sen Frances Farley would added that he hoped the presiPrevail over LL Gov David dent’s tails were long emwigh Honson to carry Honson While televisions in the Salt As hnrriesned Lake City Hilton Hotel throughReagan Utah he would pick np broadcast ongoing results of some Republican candidates what promised to be a landHansen said slide victory for Ronald "I wouldn’t be surprised if Reagan Utah Democratic the president didn’t go through Chairman Patrick Shea stood Utah and wipe out quietly watching he said Although everyone” he added Asked how he felt about the that even without a Reagan Reagan sweep and how it slide “many candidates would might effect Utah results make it on their own merits” Shea replied: "I’m just watAccording to Hansen there ching” Then he turned with a was more than a natmuai smile "There may still be a Republican glissade few surprises in Utah” tor him and Hocsonworking Both big-scre- en change Coray refused to claim that vote as a victory Democratic Party support may even Lave hart the proposal she said "I tod very positive about that vote" she said "not as a Democratic CP arty) victory hut aa one tor those who worked hard to pass it espedaRy the county's mayors" tor the local Coray did not sound a destb-tsef- l Democratic Party Though she admitted it is “always difficult to get local candidates to ran as Democrats Coray said she was most impressed by the "support enthuriasa and involvement of local Democrats this election "Ye did a good job We ran good candidates and enthusiastic fra campaigns We’re not dead Wehivejost began" Garn 52 was inGarn in his 10th year as a US space efforts formed by a letter from the senator said he was “This is not different than oar National Aeronautics and Space chosen because of his experiAdministration that he wiR be ence as a oversight capadty except it is fighter pilot in the a little different being in able to ride the shuttle into nd because he is space” Garn told reporters jJi?7 space on a flight which has yet to be picked on an airline appropriations before subcommittee that oversees flight forleaving Washington L-- S Reagan’s coattails appeared to be ta the best position according to Hadley's calculations to oeceed four-terSep Dan Harriott who chose not to seek a fifth term Parley u a former two-terstate senator was attempting her second shot at the seat aftCT nanowly losing to Harriott in m R-Ut-ah 1K2L "bo® the count was earfrr today Honson had 104J47 votes to 101704 for Farley The confusion began when two Salt Lake City television stations using exit poOing to reach their condosioas aired “totting Projections of the ultimate outcome of the race KSL-Thad Honson SM Percent while winning KUTV topped foe winner with eom-Ptot- ed V difference a£FroPercent go lot of fences huHt to Honson said after the Initial KSL exit poll was "The closeness of the note indicates I need to work on my relationships with various entities In the district” Farley meanwhile was giving her own victory speech Derate going home and to bed with the race stiR very mnch in as-onne- ed doubt “Je with hard work tojt honesty” she told a cheering erowdof supporters Honson and Farley battled in one of the most heated and bitter campaigns in recent memory Honson thrust what he called Farley’s "liberal” Positions on abortion the Equal Rights Amendment hm gnn control before the voters while Farley inlaisted she was the most prepared and levelheaded of the candidates Fariey has been in favor of a woman’s individual ehoiff to hm an abortion supported the ERA and advocated some measures gun-contr- ol |
