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Show I it' !l)A s ,t Um Nourr.brr Tribun- 7. IW4 13 th Governor Norman Bangerter Becomes Utahs -- y 1 Dniinutd Front Page On, U'l.n.1 r,t to be governor for ail the ; el lie 7 h.s has been a campaign that has , i ed to idenMfy the prior me-- for the Mr liangerter. a of essfol building (onractor and 1,1 I e jj evta'. developer 'I hope as uid h re that k,t t my priorities ( ' lah 'a,d '.( 1 la-g- , moi ra'ii .v j'c ( hair man Pat-r. v pow-the s(,t J all long political the Hepublican sweep. rae for r t v state ask forces to ied r por' jrds on GOP perfor-,- i e rial' h.rg rhetoric He called we f j r v rebu.lding and added, Di - -- i , ( ' ,r 1 ,un eventually f or and just . JU-- I because our equally uere on the brink of returniof both control executive and legng islative branches of state government to the Republican Party, a situation last seen in 1963, when the late GOP Gov George D Clyde, in the middle of his second term, dealt with a Legislature where Republicans held sway by a margin of 34 to 30 House seats and 13 to 12 in the Senate Voters Democratic-ton-trolle- 1 Legislature conThe last time Republican trolled all five state elected executive offices was 1957 to 1961, when there was a GOP governor, secretary of state, attorney general, auditor and treasurer. The secretary of state position later was titled lieutenant governor, and this year, for the first time, the position was filled through tandem election with the governor from the same party. The voting results reported were unofficial tallies of the Utah Election Service, pending the official canvass beginning next week in each of the state's 29 counties. Mild weather throughout the state s But given control in the Lig Mature, which has been the situation the last four years, the Republican position would" be likened more to the Democratic dominance of the 1940s, when former Democratic Gov. Herbert B Maw wielded appointive and policy power sanctioned by an two-third- .a ha. most of the eUr.,r. 7 n or dated a re.dt.vt-- . out In Salt Lakee.." n 1' - ! a i.rt out for extra voting b. ' voters farmed outi- - 0 j .! (' " before they opened alia m Xg.i n .r the evening after wcri v ter- - wa.ed for election booths to a; en .n V e ternary late crush of voters closed at 8 p m In or.e snafu reported eager vuers couldn t get inside the poil.ng piaue at Salt Lake s Robert Frost Ll men tarv School because there was r.o Key to open the doors in the early morning darkness Republican strength in two of Utah's three congressional districts seemed so apparent even before the election that a couple of the prmei, cr.-n t.i ; . per tu. 1 pugn.ng iutmts or tonfi- Idaho for a colleague, Congressman George Hansen Speaker Bangerter, completing 1) years in the Legislature, came to the campaign end still leaving an unclear picture as to his specific legislative a point of critiaims as governor cism by his Democratic foe, who implored him to lay out some specific initiatives. But the Republican leader reserved his options and skirted most attempts to tie him down to specif. c funding goals, except to push a major a pledge nc tenet of his campaign to advocate tax increases for two years That position was at least tenable m the face of a state government financial surplus estimated at more than 5100 million at the end of the current fiscal year, the largest in the state's history, which will be avail able to the Legislature in crafting the 1985-8fiscal year budget when it convenes in The most Speaker Bangerter conceded is that he would seek to direct a portion of the surplus into expenditures for education, such as supplies, libraries and computer equipment Both Bangerter and Owens campaigned on general themes of expanding economic development and improving education resources. Mr Owens, for his part proposed a plan of returning some of the surplus through a reduction in local school district property taxes, and he sought to tap Utahns' disposition against federal government location of a nuclear waste repository near Canyon-landNational Park, portraying foe against himself as a hard-lin- e Speaker Bangerter s uncertain approach For the most part, it was a re- cai uf - . 1 - lo r ard I. strict, dominated by He; uh.iv an r., h Utah County LVmu-i- - - m Btv Baird lawyer sai: Lake City saw no point m nt.nu.ng pursuit of Congressman Nielson, formerly of the Brigham ' Young University faculty If you can teil me how to make up a u.fference in the polls in one day 1 11 !.- i.' ' do it he told a news reporter with a populaIn the 1st Distra tion center in Weber and Davis coun-t.es- - . two-terCongressman Hansen of Farmington took his family pheasant hunting Monday, and late last week took time out to campaign in Returns Show GOP Likely to Keep Strong Grip on the Utah Senate In firm grip Rep .6 .1 an Pan;, tab Slate Senate remained vait I u''da n ght though early re- ,rn-- . showed poised to ri k up seat in the Weber County irt rl Vo'e totals as compiled by Utah l.,u 'ion .Service .vere too mconclu-,1- ' pre- -' i.n.t to clearly pinpoint .1 r or io'ir' Hi- - I r, ; Senate is currently under a 24 5 Republican domination, with two Democratic incumbents not up for re dec non, a third running unopposed and the remaining two un-l- i r contest On the Republican side, three cantwo of them incumbents didates due to no were assured of opposition, while a fourth also appeared a sure winner with only r-party opposition surfacing. Following is a rundown of the 14 district races across the state' District 2. encompassing the Ro;C Park area, where incumbent Democratic Sen Wilford (Rex) Black is contested by Republican candidate Richard D Harding, a computer programmer. Randy U'. Cates, a Libertarian. also ran Sen. Black was the r in early polling. - District 5, the South Jordan T area, has incubment Republican Sen. Dix Holt McMullin, opposed by Democrat Milton R. Bissegger Jr., a former CIA agent and sales representative Sen McMullin was leading. District 6, the West Jordan area, pitted incumbent Republican Sen. Brent C. Overson against Paul His-kea Democrat who is a gang foreman for Union Pacific Railroad. - n mino- front-runne- Biff Baker, an repair technician, is also A. ;,e audio-vide- o running Sen. Overson was leading. District 8. areas surrounding Murray, has incumbent Republican Sen Fred W. Finlinson leading against former Democratic Rep. Elgin S. Hokanson District 14. in Utah County, with incumbent Republican Sen. Paul Rogers, Orem, opposed by Democratic candidate LaVon Wilson Laursen, and Libertarian Victor C. Austin. Sen. Rogers was leading. District 16, Utah County, with auto dealer C.E. (Chuck) Peterson, a Republican former speaker of the Utah House, leading Democratic challenger Maurice P. Marchant, a Brigham Young University librarian professor, and Libertarian Sharon H Bird, a Provo housewife. District 17, Utah County, with - - - - - Wilford Rex Black District 2 Dix Holt McMullin District 5 $A ' 4 Brent Overson District 6 I Democratic incumbent Sen Eldon A Money, Spanish Fork, challenged by Republican Don R Lankford, a psychotherapist by profession Sen. Money was leading, according to partial returns. District 19, Ogden area, with incumbent Republican Sen. Bryce C. Flamm. opposed by the man he ousted in 1980, former Democratic Sen. Darrell G. Renstrom Both men are attorneys. Also running is Bryan Swenson from the American Party Mr. Renstrom held an early lead District 20, Weber County, has incumbent Republican Sen. Lowell S Peterson opposed by Democratic candidate Ed Ryan, a former two-terWeber County Sheriff. Sen. Peterson held the early lead District 23, Davis County, with incumbent Republican Sen. Jack M. Bangerter, opposed by Libertarian Vera Edwards and American Party nominee Reldon C. White. District 25. Cache, Rich and Summit counties, has Logan Republican Rep. Lyle W. Hillyard running unopposed to the seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Charles W Bullen. also a Republican. District 27, Carbon. Grand. San Juan and Emery counties, has longstanding Democratic Sen. Omar B Bunnell of Price, running unopposed. The area is a traditional stronghold for Democratic candidates. District 28. Juab. Sanpete. Sevier, Millard, Piute, Wayne and Beaver counties, with incumbent Republican Sen. Cary G. Peterson, a Nephi rancher, running unopposed District 29, Washington. Garfield. Iron and Kane counties, where Cedar City rancher Ivan M Mathe son, the incumbent Republican. i also unopposed Electoral College Free to Vote as It Wishes Fred Finlinson District Paul Rogers District 14 8 Darrell Renstrom District 19 Eldon Money District 17 Peterson District 16 C. E. Lowell Peterson District While most Utah voters lined up for Ronald Reagan or Walter Mondale, they might be surprised who they actually voted for under the nation's electoral college system of presidential selection. The voters were choosing five electors, who subsequently cast their votes for president. The presidential electors are free to vote as they wish, but, in practice except for isolated cases they cast their ballots uniformly for the candidate gaining the most popular votes on the general election ballot. The Utah Republican majority chose as their presidential electors Charles W. Akerlow, the state GOP chairman, and Cathy Arentz. William A. Stevenson, Doug Bischoff and David Fowers. Those marking the ballot fur the Democrat Walter Mondale were actually voting for Louise Henson. Jo Brandt. Eric Sanders. Dem-- e I.ind-berand Bub Greenberg 8 y one-tim- Returned To Office GOP Lt. Governor strained gubernatorial campaign 24 of 54 IF g Tom Allen New Republican Auditor Edward T. Alter Treasurer Re-elect- Cable Plan Proving Flop In Voter Opinion Tallies Continued From Page One That, coupled with the existence of a state statute nearly identical in tenor, created battle lines and eventually placed the measure in a different sphere, one distinctly different from a yes no proposition Bob Magness, chairman of Telecommunications Inc, which owns most of the cable systems in the state, called the vote a victory for "the people of Utah who treasure their right of choice " has been serving this state almost 20 years we. our employees and their families, are part of this society and its standards "We are vigorously opposed to pornography and obscenity, and we've become the nation's largest cable operation while banning it from our systems But we, like the majority of Utahns on Tuesday, reject attempts to censor other fare in the name of subjective 'decency.'" Mr Magness said own - the ca ble system in Salt Lake. Dav is U eber and Utah counties, among others - Our company viewers in 39 District Jack Bangerter Distrii t 2 Lyle Hillyard 5 District 2.5 Omar Bunnell District 27 of 47 Brent Overson (R Paul Hiskey (Di A Biff Baker (L) of 68 Districts 5 of 53 6 8 v8 V' District Cary Peterson t, 28 Ivan Matheson District 29 4. Why, just why. has election day been always at this time of sear? Just two years before the pioneers settled Salt Lake Valley, the nation decided on a uniform national day of election to end the practice of state's voting on different days to elect their presidential electors In 1845 Congress established that national election day the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November because it fell about 30 days prior to the date at that time when electors were to assemble to cast their ballots for president. It also enaed a practice of wagonloads of "vote shoppers" traveling across state boundaries when elections were held on different days Tuesday was chosen as election day to permit people who had to travel some distance to the polls to do so on Monday rather than Sunday, reserved for religious worship He placed blame for the lopsided defeat on what he called his own "ineffective leadership" in mobilizing support and resources "It's a reflection of a failure on my part rather than a valid reflection of w hat the people of this state wanted." he added - Mr Harmer said opposing factions, led by cable companies, successfully duped the Utah public through an advertising blitz that misportrayed the governmental intervention issue We found that prior to the advertising blitz, we had an easier" time finding people to support us He called the Tuesday vote little more than "a lost battle in an ongoing or. 16 - An ultimate sexual act. normal or perverted, actual or simulated, or, - Masturbation or. 51 of 56 Districts C. E. (Chuck) Peterson (R) M P. (Mike) Marchant f D) Sharon H Bird(L) k District 14 of District . Ballot Peculiarity A e the human male or female genitals. public area, or buttocks with less than a fully opaque covering, or the showing for prurient appeal purposes of the female breast with less than a fully opaque covering or any portion thereof below the top of the nipple; 59 Districts Paul Rogers (R) Lavon Wilson Laursen (D) Victor C. Austin (L) V Election Day . gan or function, or. A state of undress so as to Districts District . programming "Indecent material" had been defined as A human sexual or excretory or- Fred W. Finlinson (R) Elgin S. Hokanson (D) 54 . The proposition called for the jailing or fmirg of cable company execute, es who knowingly allowed "inde-o- i nt material" to be shown via cable Districts District 13 mandate? I really don t think so I've found, without exception, that the people who had seen the actual type of material or excerpts shown on cable those who saw what the initiative was designed to accomplish 90 percent were supportive. I really have to feel that what happened Tuesday is the result of an uninformed vote." Mr. Harmer said "A 1 13 of 49 Districts Dix Holt McMullin 1R1 Milt Bissegger (D) 25 Reasons Behind Date of night. can assure you, categorically, that it will be an ongoing effort. If anything, the result of this defeat will be to instill a lot greater effort in the people to support this Out of this will come a coalescence of broader effort. Mr Harmer said 19 Richard D. Harding (R) W. Rex Black (D) Randall W Cates (L) District Whether the vote has produced a mandate for intervention is conjecture, though the initiative's chief architect, John Harm-er- . remained unconvinced Tuesday war District 2 Districts where civility was stretched only when Mr. Owens characterized his opponent as a timid leader too cozy with a secrecy-pron- e Legislature Speaker Bangerter studiously avoided criticism of the outadministration, going Democratic where Gov. Scott M. Matheson leaves office after two terms characterized as the state's most popular major officeholder in public opinion surveys But civility was strained almost daily in the 2nd Congressional District race, where Mrs Farley cried distortion over opposition pamphlets which catalogued her votes in the state Senate on legislation dealing with such issues as abortion, the ERA. homosexual marriages and drunken-drivinrestrictions. Lt Gov Monson cried smear at publicity given private business connections, stating he was victimized by conjecture of impropriety when there was no conflict with his public post. As the campaign polarized, supporters of each harshly attacked the other. Mrs. Farley turned to late campaign advertising alluding indirectly to the Republican's business dealings, championing herself as separating public and private business organized for their own media campaign against the e Democrat for her position deal-makin- Stale Senate District e s Tally on State Senate Votes 20 l Flagellation, torture, or other violence indicating sadomasochistic sexual relationship " It is precisely that definition -grouped under the heading "indecent that has elicited constitu Moil ll questions 17 65 of 72 Districts D R (Don) Lankford (Hi Eldon A Money iD ' f- - I Problem for Spanish Voters Due to an election ballot peculiarity, the Spanish-speakinvoters of Tooele County were counseled in ballot instructions Tuesday to vote for uno," and. lo and behold, there was the name of judicial candidate Raymond S Uno on the ballot A federal civil rights law requires that voter instructions shall be bilingual in counties where there is a minority population of more than five percent. The Spanish-speakinpopulations of Tooele and Carbon counties were sufficient to trigger this law. So in Tooele County, the ballot directed vote por uno" (vote for one) in the 3rd District Court race featuring Fifth Circuit Court Judge Uno against the incumbent, Judge Ernest F. Baldwin Jr That judicial district encompasses Summit, Salt Lake and Tooele counties g 4 .) |
