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Show Wednesday, November Hi KIP ' California. So Washington, ready or not, here we come," Feinstein declared. Three women held Senate seats going into Tuesday. Sen. Barbara Mikulski, easily defeated - WASHINGTON The Senate will look a little more like the rest of the country in January when it swears in a self-styl"mom in te'nnis shoes," an Indian artisan from Colorado and the first black 'woman ever elected to the cham- o LVI Republican Alan Keyes. Sen. Nanwasn't up cy Kassebaum, L,tT"i for J!?" and Jocelyn Bur-dic- &- k, who succeeded her ber. late husband Quentin Burdick, were chose not to seek a full to pad their majority term. Jiylene, as Republican hopes of In Colorado, Campbell became gaining strength were dashed in the first senator of American IndiTuesday's voting. an descent elected to the Senate in I Among newcomers who will more than half a century when he Hake the oath in January are Ben defeated Republican Terry Consi-dinNighthorse Campbell, a native American from Colorado; Carol Democrats had 37 holdover senMoseley Braun of Illinois, the first ators going into the elections. They Iblack woman; and Patty Murray of won 20 of the 35 seats up for grabs, IWashington state. All are Demoand Fowler was leading in another. crats. That set up the party to increase its ; Voters tossed out three incumto 58 seats. bents. A fourth, Democrat Wyche strength But Fowler appeared headed Fowler Jr. of Georgia, appeared into runoff with a Republican Paul headed for a runoff. candiy Coverdell after a Women increased their numbers ; date held the incumbent's margin ;in the Senate from three to seven, below the 50 percent rewith twin victories in California as slightly for outright victory. With welt as the successes in Washing-to- n quired 98 percent of precincts reporting, and Illinois. But female chalFowler had 49 percent of the vote lengers lost to incumbents in Pennto 48 percent for Coverdell and 3 ey Cvania and Missouri. ' Senate Majority Leader George percent for Jim Hudson. In Oregon, Sen. Robert said the Mitchell, seeking a fifth would represent "a welwon a bitter, term, come change" for the Senate. race against Democratic Rep. think all institutions need LesAuCoin. ; constant change and renewal, and The only losing Democratic in;to the extent that we're getting this "change, I think it's a healthy cumbent was Terry Sanford of North Carolina, whose campaign thing," he said. ' "This election points the way to for a second term was temporarily sidelined in October when he un:the future," said Braun, a Democrat who upset incumbent Alan J. derwent heart surgery. Democrat-turne- d Dixon in the Illinois primary and Republican Lauch member of Jesse Helms' a Richon defeat to ;went Republican Congressional Club, grabbed the ard Williamson. In Washington state, Murray, a seat. state senator who turned the deriA minority in the Senate since sive term of "mom in tennis the Republicans had high 1987, shoes" into her rallying cry, dea year ago of regaining only hopes feated Republican Rep. Rod Chan-Idlcontrol. for the seat of retiring Democratic Sen. Brock Adams. One Republican veteran to fall And in California, voters sent was Sen. Robert W. Kas-te- n two women to the Senate: DemoHe was defeated by Jr., crats Barbara Boxer and Dianne state Sen. Russell Feingold, who Feinstein. crisscrossed the state in a van and Feinstein triumphed over Reaired lighthearted ads that featured interviews publican Sen. John Seymour, two and an upbeat response to attacks years after losing her bid for governor. Boxer, an outspoken House he called unfair and untrue. liberal, defeated conservative teleThe Senate's other new memvision commentator Bruce are Republicans Judd Gregg bers on his attacks despite her for 143 overdrafts on the in New Hampshire, Dirk Kempth-orn- e in Idaho and Robert Bennett House bank. All three won open GOP " We w i be the Cagney-Lace- y in Utah. , : o seats. of state for the punch, I - f, I '" v r I ; w III l !' 1 1 If i It 1 1 KJ S, A9 1 IT-- liJ Senate race results Up for election were 35 Miillffll D-M- ed .Democrats flVr 1 pdge SenaSe slsciion im rT ' - THE HERALD, Provu. Hah. sonSfii Women, miswities post gains JENNIFER DIXON v.; i.. By i Associated Press Writer , 4, 1992 seats in 34 states: I I I X- - well-posi-3j)h- six-ye- ar 57-se- at QN.H. QtConn. e. Pack-woo- d, e., down-to-the-wi- h, Democrats H,.yy Republicans AP Photo two-ter- - division n TTTrr Democrats Republicans r-- 243 'Pending official vote count 32 S58 AP show. Associated Press Writer "The women who won share a vision of the futdre together," Boxer said on the same program. - tion of women that will get to work from day one to get this country back on track," said Patty Murray, one of four women who captured seats in the Senate Tuesday's election. The victories by state legislator Murray in Washington, former San Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein and Rep. Barbara Boxer in California and Carol Mose-le- y Braun in Illinois mean there in m will be seven women in the Senate, at least temporarily. "That's a big change in a body that is as stolid, sometimes as unmovable, as the United States et Senate," Feinstein said today. "You will see women work together and work for change in a way which is unparalleled," she predicted on NBC's "Today" 1 1 "I By W. DALE NELSON With an WASHINGTON unprecedented victory behind them, Democratic women and their supporters promised today to push a congressional agenda expected to include health care, education and workplace reform. "You are going to see a coali- hn '. Democrat victory Republican victory Results not available Change of party Women lawmakers promise to stress health, education is. people-on-the-stre- Post-electio- Carol Mosely Braun hugs her son Illinois' newest Senator-elec- t Matthew as she appears before supporters Tuesday night in Chicago. Braun becomes the first black woman ever elected to the Senate. er ! party division Pre-electi- i Fair-clot- .. I k re -- Alaska V third-part- new-come- hf ' S sense the hopes and prayers, the pains and fears of my ancestors. And I also sense their jubilation and joy," said Eva Clayton, a North Carolina educator elected to the House from a predominantly black district. "New priorities, domestic agenda, really having a America. There is a kinship. I think you'll see us move togethpro-fami- ly There are now a record three Barbara women in the Senate Mikulski, Tuesday; Nancy Kassebaum, strengthened Voting Rights Act to capture their first House seats since the 1800s in Alabama. Florida, Virginia and North and South Carolina. n. , not on the ballot again uniil 1996; and Jocelyn Burdick, filling in temporarily for her late husband. Women also made substantial gains in the House. Most of these victors, like all four of the senator- Their victories, along with those of others elected Tuesday, bring the number of blacks in the House to 38 a gain of 1 3 . "This is clear evidence of the enhanced power and political in- are Democrats. s-elect, of disunder a Blacks took advantage trict lines redrawn she said. er," we stop them from dividing us along race and gender lines." she told her supporters. Hispanic winners included Ny-di- a Velasquez of New York, w ho will be the first Puerto Rican woman in Congress, and members-elect from California. Florida. Illinois. New Jersey and Texas. "It's the end of the beginning like to think it will mean that women will flavor the priorities toward health care and education and more favorable work- "I ing conditions for everyone," said Harriet Woods, president of the nonpartisan National Women's Political Caucus. Blacks, Hispanics, and American Indians also made historic gains in the congressional voting. Asian-America- of political anonymity for the Hispanic community." said Raul Yzaguirre. president of the National Council of La Raa. an Hispanic activ ist group. won at least five of the record eight seats they Asian-America- contested fluence of African Americans." said Rep. Edolphus Towns, chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus. Braun, the Cook County (Chicago) recorder of deeds, is the first black woman ever elected to the Senate, which has not had any black members at all since Sen. left Edward Brooke. office in 1979. "It shows what we can do when we come together, when for the Seriate and House. One lost and two races were too close to call from in- complete returns early today. California Republican Jay Kim. became the first Korean-borAmerican elected to the House. In Colorado. Democratic Rep. Ben Nighthorse Campbell became the first American Indian to win election to the Senate. Wisconsin's Ada Deer, however, failed in her bid to become the first American Indian woman in Congress. n one-tw.' 14-- House vets returning in droves mood despite Democrats take 8 of 1 2 governor seats 1 By LAURA KING m Governors Associated Press Writer Bucking a trend of triumphs by female congressional candidates, all three women running fn gubernatorial races went down to defeat. Democrats won eight of the nation's dozen races for governor, for a net gain of two gatehouses. Republicans said that in light 'of Democrat Bill Clinton's resounding win in the presidential race, the gubernatorial contests 1 had not turned out badly. I "We were going against the I ; political grain," Chris Henick of n the Republican Governors said today. "A net loss of jttwo with the adversities of the I I presidential election I'll punch Irhat dance card any day in this I pol it ical env ironment . ' ' As in the presidential campaign, pocketbook issues dominated most of Tuesday's duels for governorships. two Democrats and I Women ran losing races 4 Republican in New Hampshire, Montana and Rhode Island. Each would have been her state's first female chief executive. Democrats had an advantage going into the governors' contests they fielded four incumbents, all of whom won handily. For the first time this century, no Republican incumbent was run- L!tfJ anti-incumbe- nt 9 race results By ALAN FRAM Associated Press Writer Twelve governor's seats were up for election - X , . V A ! . r..j. x , Y Asso-ciatio- ning. The winning Democratic cumbents were Evan Bayh by a record margin in Indiana, Howard Dean in Vermont, Gaston Capcrton in West Virginia and Bruce Sundlun in Rhode Island. Democrats picked off governorships previously held by Republicans in North Carolina, Missouri and Delaware. But the GOP gained back a statchouse in North Dakota, where businessman Ed Schafer won out over Attorney General Nicholas ;Spacth by a comfortable 59 ,:, pcr- - V k Pre-electi- Democrats Republicans Others party division Post-electio- X2B Jim Hunt defeated Republican Lt. Gov. Jim Gardner to win back the office he left in 1984. With 99 percent of the vote counted, he took 53 percent to Gardner's 43 percent. Delaware elected its first Democratic governor in two decades Thomas Carper, a congressman. Carper scored a victory over Republican real estate executive B. Gary Scott, piling up 66 percent to Scott's 33 percent. The Democrats posted another lopsided win in Indiana, where Bayh notched a record margin to defeat Republican Attorney General Linley Pearson. With 99 percent of the vote counted, Bayh, the nation's youngest governor at 36, outpollcd Pearson 7 percent to gain a second term. 63-3- m . division n J Democrats Others cent to 41 percent, with 94 percent of the vote counted. In North Carolina. Democrat V Democrat victory Republican victory Change of party Republicans f 220 five-ter- in- -; ; - 213 3 30 Q2 In another decisive win, Missouri's Democratic Lt. Gov. Mel Carnahan beat out Attorney General William Webster, who won a U.S. Supreme Court case thiit allowed states to restrict abortion. With 98 percent of the vote counted, Carnahan had beaten Webster 59 percent to 41 percent. In the GOP stronghold of Utah, Republican Mike Lcavitt beat out millionaire independent Merrill Cook and Democrat Stewart Hanson Jr., a former judge. With 99 percent of the vote in, Leavitt took 43 percent and Cook and Hanson polled 34 percent and 23 percent respectively. The women seeking governorships were state lawmaker Democrat Deborah Arnescn in New Hampshire, Democrat Dorothy Bradley in Montana and Republican newcomer Elizabeth Leonard in Rhode Island. high-profi- le House vetWASHINGTON erans are returning again in droves despite voter anger at incumbents, and the chamber remains in the firm though slightly loosened grip of the Democrats. Capping a year of public ire over the House bank and post office scandals, 24 lawmakers lost bids on Tuesday. That meant that about 93 percent of the 349 incumbents seeking reelection were on their way back to the Capitol. That fell below the 95 percent and better success rate incumbents enjoyed in recent years, but it also was short of the tidal wave of 40 or more defeats that some politicians and analysts thought might occur. "I'm quite satisfied we're going to (be) ... working together with the Clinton administration," said House Speaker Thomas Foley, looking ahead to the presivictorious Democrat Bill of dency Clinton. Among the casualties in Tuesday's election: Rep. Thomas Downey, a member of the post-Wa- t- Incumbents n Ran in general election 349 - 325 27 Total 24 Senate seats: 100 -- Rep. Mary Rose Oakar, tainted by 213 bad checks and moved into an unfamiliar suburban district outside her Cleveland base. Democrats won or led in the fight for 259 seats, while the GOP captured or was ahead in the battle for 175 others. The House's lone independent, socialist Bernie Sanders of Vermont, was That was enough to let Demo- Total House seats: 435 House overdraft candidates The 25 present and former House members who wrote the greatest number of overdrafts at the House bank. RetireclX r Skr g Lost in Primary yif Former members Nine were AP House for the 39th straight year. And despite some predictions that some of the House's members might be in trouble, few were toppled. Minority ApWhip Newt Gingrich. propriations Committee Chairman Armed Jamie Whitten, Services Committee Chairman Les House Whip Aspin, and David Bonior, House Democratic campaign chief all survived. Vic Fazio, Although the big picture was little changed, the House that convenes in January will be a truer reflection of the nation's diversity than any before it. better-know- n Record numbers' of women, blacks and Hispanics were being sent to the chamber. The changes were driven in part by popular distaste for the Senate's Clarence Thomas hearings last year, and the creation of new districts dominated by minority voters. n women either won or were leading, surpassing the 28 Forty-seve- A.' ELECTIONS crats retain domination of the There will be 105 new faces in the body . House Senate ergate class of 1974 but w riter of 151 overdrafts at the House bank. Rep. Nicholas Mavroulcs. indicted on racketeering and other charges in August. Rep. Ron Marlcnce. defeated by Rep. Pat Williams. in one of five incumbent-vs- . incumbent races forced by now in the House. Thirty-eigh- t blacks were victorious, bettering the 25 now serving. And 17 His- panics were winners, increasing current their number from the 1 1 members. On their wav to Washington a were Aicce Hastings. black who was stripped by Congress of his federal judgeship three a years ago; Bobbv Rush, Black Panther leader turned city alderman; and Carrie Meek. a state senator and daughter of a sharecropper. u-N- D-li- l., D-Fl- Joining them w ill be newcomer MichaerHuffington. The millionaire Republican from Santa Barbara, Calif., outspent all other House candidates: $4.4 million, including $4 million from his own pocket. Defeated were George Wallace Jr.. an Alabama Democrat and son of the state's former governor, and Republican Dick Rutan of Rancho. of the first plane to Calif., the around world without fly co-pil- |