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Show OPINION AAL2 Sunday. N " GOP Managedto Avoid 12-Year Curse in 2002 Elections not succeed, was seen as a ct slap at the Legislature tiat usatior hat elected lawmaker ; \ aw tthe onset BOs mi ° . $ ROLLY ppose c App indicate appear Jot. There i 8 ibernatorial or It was the first time since 1954 that the 12-year yele did not curse the political vernor party holding the hair and majority of the lative wats, This time the Re publicans gained ground But in 1990, the last time the eyele came around, Demoerat Hill Orton pulled off the most hocking upset inthe United States by least $1 million. He succeeded and then The initiat o caused Gov tate public ry me hicense Mike , the r vote 3 ion, ni s will not be g prcmined at 5 promised hey expected the ve to avikkey provide acer full daieck > face retaliation from legislators peeved be tha ture of the toxic waste. It’s happenedbefore,” said Utah Education Director Susan Kuziak. She referred to the endaiatl tab an initiative tn get epushto ast a UEA’s yn the ballot that would ban al) the Legislature passed ° law making it more difficult for Democrat seminars and other | sponsoredevents. a anew pena . : shocking upset in the classroom to attend training a law, law now pending in. the courts, that barred twachers other public employees and licensed olders, vutomatically from their pe checks for donations to politi concealed The petition drive, y from having deductions a which Orton teachersto be excusedfrom the uns from schools and church. echading ‘hokey In 1990, the last time the cycle came around, Bill pulled off the most io United States by H 3 beating Republican Karl Snow. cal PACs, Introducing maximum-strength tree checking. pre sce. Normally. when the he ticket is occupied by congressional candidates, the party in power loses ground in the Legislature and in county contests Not this year. fe onset the Ampeg us Semnani campaign butions, have been wheel when it comes to taxing for not passingits own gun-ban aw. After the petition drive beating, Republican yw in Utah's 3rd Con jonal District, considered the safest GOP. congressional fistrict in the United States. It ime despite a last minute fump on behalf of Snow by then Vice President Dan Quayle (or perhaps because of the last minute tump by Quayle) Utah Democrats also main tained their bold on the 2nd District and picked up two seat from the Republicans on the Salt Lake County Commission They made moderate gains in the Utah Legislature In 1978, the Democrats in, power, were with Gov BANK ONE Scott Matheson in offiee and a ma jority in’ both houses of the Legislature. Republicans swept the state that year, gaining ma jorities in the House and Sen ile, whieh they have never since relinquished. ‘They also knocked several Democratic incumbents from office in the Salt Lake County election Another cycle affected Dem oerats even more forcefully in 196 when Gov ton held office Calvin Ramp and enjoyed Democratic majorities in the Legislature. ‘They had swept the state on the coattails of President Lyndon Johnson's. landslide victory in 1964 Democrats passed a tax in crease in the 1965 session and. that may have contributed toa torrent that dislodged legisla tive control, They retained just a third of the Senate and House eats. Lack of a statewide of ficer on the ticket contributed: to the Democratic descent Rampton, however, dis agrees with the theories that the tax ineresse or the 12-year cycle led to the We Democrat won in 1964 because Johnson beat Barry Goldwater in a landslide and we lost in 1966 because Johnson went into Vietnam,” Rampton once said in response to the 12 year eyel question, “Both elections wert tied to national trend: 4 Winners and Lasers There were two winner from last week's vote on Initia tive 1, the proposal to impose higher taxes waste disposal on radioactive and use the money to fund education and homeless programs. Winner No. 1 was Khosrow Introducing the power of Bank One Free Checking?’ Where you enjoy no minimum balance. Semnani and his company, kn virocare, which has a monop the lobbyist who dreamed up No monthly service fee. No transaction fees. No charge for Bank One Online» Banking and three months offree online bill payment. 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