Show 4A The Salt lake Tribune Thursday Wt-nibc- lie Takes 10 10 1988 r Lottery Foes Banger ter Defied Odds of Many Vow lo Fight On in Idaho By Bob Tick Associated Press Writer forces who BOISE — outspent lottery proponents 200-were smarting from their narrow loss in Idaho Wedneselection-daday But they vowed to regroup for a new attack on the proposed state-ruenterprise they say will only lead to gambling and the social ills it brings "We won't rule out anything at this point" said Kandy Furniss diumbrella rector of the group Consider After losing the second round with voters on a legalized lottery by less than 4 points on Tuesday Furniss said a court challenge could be mounted as well as a new legislative assault on the proposition Implementing legislation is already on the books creating a commission and lending it $1 million — at 10 percent interest — to get a lottery going It takes effect once the vote is certified w hich must come by Anti-lotter- d s Ooo°0 anti-lotter- — Tribune The huge war chest the opposition accumulated had its impact A 1986 lotteiy initiative which was eventually voided by the courts was approved with 60 percent of the vote carrying 32 of the state's 44 counties But after Consider s intense campaimedia blitz only 52 gn-ending percent of the voters backed the proposal on Tuesday and it was defeated in 19 counties Despite that erosion in 1986 support however Furniss admitted the tale was told in the state's most populous county — Ada — were the amendment passed with nearly 64 percent of the vote The two political parties taking no lotactive role in the tery campaign that was the most heated of the year both had victories to claim but the Democrats were jubilant about their gains Idaho gave the nation's next president Republican George Bush its four electoral votes by nearly a margin Veteran Republican Congressman Larry Craig cruised to a fifth term by an even greater margin than Bush state Rep Jeanne drubbing two-terGivens of C'oeur d'Alene But the Democrats were basking in the victory of Rep Richard Stallings 48 Voted Lowest Since 1924 WASHINGTON lAP) — Voter turnout in Tuesday s election was the lowest since 1924 because the electorate felt little enthusiasm for either presidential candidate and de cided the "rational" choice was to stay home a political researcher said Wednesday "The American people will vote if they have something to vote about Curtis Gans director of the Committee for the Study of the American research Electorate a and public policy organization said But in George Bush and Michael Dukakis the U S electorate found nothing to motivate them toward the polls Gans said "We had an unprecedented mini her of voters who said they didn t Not voting he hke either candidate said became a rational act By the time the counting t tided fm the day Wcdnesdav the unofficial total presidential vote was 88 962 Hal with 487 of 184 680 pt cincts yet to report final figures I h Census Bureau estimated thete wi re about 182 628 0U0 Americans of vnt ing age which would mean a turnout of about 48 percent Thete s been a dedre of sunn 20 percent smie the I960 elei tion a Cans said There sharp slide bitwten this vear and 1984 and there was also a slide hi tween 1968 out 72 '1 he low turnout wn caused bv a of factors but the primary varety reason was the conduct of the candidates the (overage of the campaign and tin use of it vision ad i r i g he said re-ele- ct r i ! Oy Steve Wison Utah Republicans Back in Bangerter Line As Wilson’s Team Analyzes Blunders The Rise Continued From A-- l the final weeks "So we always felt we had a good chance to bring the Republicans back home" he said There were demoralizing times When strong lifelong Republicans expressed a loss of confidence in the governor and questions arose last spring about his ability to even win the Republican nomination the governor would not give up according to those closest to him "When things seem tough he gets more energized" said the governor's wife Colleen Bangerter "He becomes more excited and more competitive He has always been competitive" The toughest time was when industrialist Jon Huntsman a strong lifelong Republican and staunch Bangerter supporter in 1984 said in March that he would run for the Republican gubernatorial nomination against the incumbent because he didn't think Gov Bangerter could and he wanted to win keep the seat from reverting back to the Democrats Still the governor's campaign seemed hopeless throughout most of the year He trailed Mr Wilson in The Tnbune poll in March 1987 before both were formally announced candidates as late as last He was down 59-2March and his situation seemed even more desperate when perennial candidate Merrill Cook bolted the Republican ranks and declared himself an independent gubernatorial candidate claiming the governor could not win and he did not want Mr Wilson and the Democrats to w in the race Even though Mr Wilsons numbers began to drop in the polls in the following months Gov Bangerter could not seem to get off the 30 percent level while Mr Cook began to climb The gov ernor began to mov e in the polls in the latter part of October mov ing to 32 percent Oct 24 35 percent Nov 1 and finally to a 2 percent v ictory on Tuesday "Norm Bangerter does very well in debates' said Dave Buhler the governor's campaign manager We tried to get as many debates as we could early on Finally we were able to get several debates near the end with two of them on television That helped us a great deal Most people told us the governor won those two debates on television just a week before the election " While the go' ernor s showing in the polls dropped significantly after he proposed a record tax increase in The Fall THE RACE FOR GOVERNOR Continued From l was always over 60 percent which meant the incumbent governor always had less than 40 percent support Even in winning he never had the will of the people" Most of those involved in Wilson's campaign blamed their defeat primarily on the presence of Mr Cook "Cook hurt us much more than he hurt Bangerter" said Democratic State Chairman Randy Horiuchi one of the directors of the Wilson campaign "You can tell that by comparing the governor's race with the at A-- torney general's race" where 63-2- 8 WILSON BANGERTER 1987 it was the disgruntlement that came from that tax increase that may have won the race for him in the end said Reed Searle a former Matheson aide who was brought on as Gov Bangerters chief of staff earlier this year to solve what seemed to be an image problem for the governor He said the initiatives that appeared on the ballot — which were an outgrowth of the SI 68 million tax increase of 1987 — brought more voters home to Gov Bangerter ' People were angry with the governor for the tax increase " said Mr Searle But when they had to decide whether to vote for the initiatives which would have reduced government revenue bv $325 million and they had to go through that thought process they finally determined thev couldn t do it without devastat other vital ing education and vices ser- "Then they understood why the governor went for the tax increase" Mr Searle said "They realized that he had to go through that same process two years earlier and that he had made the right decision Whether it was an energized governor who refused to lose a ' tenacious bulldog" according to longtime friend and political ally Doug Foxley or whether it was Republicans coming home on election day and the coattail effect of George Bush's GOP victory for president it was a stunning comeback observers agree And for Gov Bangerter s final analysis'’ I just like to live by the advice from my favorite Winston Churchill the governor said Never quote give' up Never give up Never give up ' IIoic Ulali ns Voted in Major '88 Races James Gunn President and V Hi Me Ku Auditor 130 973 87 791 Tom L Allen Art Miller I 2nd District ice President 5' '0 of 5 SO Districts Kih ird snt Ign've u 363 688 227 024 'R-In- Treasurer 982 Edward Arthur T Alter Mu: sur I 327 081' 279 264 16 Supreme Court Ac 3'1 Dame! Mewirt 38 N Michael D Zimmerman r Yes V Proposition 1 Rail 1661 of 1661 N"! Senate1 I S 1661 of 1661 Districts t (i W vo V Ini R 428 l'( 4 262 872 A on: s 424 Houe of I S Repreentative t I 6 h Diflriet of 6 1 S Districts Ill ci H I r’ : tricl P' 'p"''i"! !4o 2 Misc Ana ndriu it He cited the defection from the Democratic ranks of the blue collar workers to Merrill Cook and the pull of the straight-partRepublican voters "It's to be expected that many of the dissatisfied Republican voters would return to the Republican ranks in the end " said Mr Rampton "I think you have to figure a 5 percent swing at the end due to the straight-partRepublican voters in Utah " Mr Rampton Utah's only three-tergovernor said that in his last two races he lost 5 percentage points at the end due to the straight party But I already had a big voters enough lead to overcome that Former Democratic State Chairman John Klas however said there were fundamental problems in the Wilson campaign and there are fundamental problems currently in the Democratic Party "There were too many chiefs and not enough Indians" he said of the Wilson campaign "They had so many ideas competing with each other that they never got focused They never developed a central theme and they never defined for the voter just who Ted Wilson is and what he stands for Mr Klas said the existing Democratic leadership ought to lesign fvt rvnno one of them Look at the rc'iilt' They had a good candidate v:’h a well financed campaign run iiiig against an imumbent governor with the highest unfavorable ratings (if anv governor in history And thev sill eouidii t w in ARPlE Colo UPR — The ismm prohiOition in this tinv mountain "w n drew what probablv was the s Miti r turnout m Cnloiudo Tiles M 468 - Democrat Paul Van Dam unseated incumbent Republican David Wilkinson "Normally Paul Van Dam voters are Ted Wilson voters" said Mr Horiuchi "But Van Dam got 40 000 more votes in Salt Lake County than Ted Wilson "We only beat Bangerter by 3000 votes in Weber County Van Dam won in Weber by 15000 Clearly it's the Merrill Cook factor " But others said things were not done in the Wilson campaign that should have been done Mr Horiuchi admitted the Democrats should hav e been more critical of Gov Bangerter s record earlier in the campaign He said they should have run more ads attacking Mr Cook and they should have run ads exploiting the popular Gov Matheson s endorsement weeks earlier than they did We obviously underestima'ed the effect of Merrill Cook's presence in the race" added Rob Jolley Mr Wilson's campaign manager But former Gov Calvin Rampton another popular Democrat who preceded Gov Matheson was more charitable to the Wilson campaign decisions "There were factors beyond their control he said "I don't know that thev could have done anvthing about " (Mr Mr It cal Wilson garnered 38 percent and Cook 21 percent ) was his indirect answer to politi- obituaries being fashioned for Democrats' future fortunes in light of their inability to capitilize in a year when Republicans were caught in crossfire His counterpart Republican State Chairman Craig Moody was also leery of kissing off the Democrats for the future "It was certainly a setback but by no means can we write the opposing party off They were competitive in many legislative races and every election year there's brand new issues and brand new faces " A somber Mr Wilson who returns as director of the University of Utah s Hinckley Institute of Politics said he didn't believe the governor's loss is the death knell of the Democratic Party "They're sturdy folks Theyve come back before It's always been an uphill struggle for Democrats in this state" he said Ho posed the irony of the Republican-turned-ind- candidate ependent hurting him more than the governor in the long run "I think Merrill Cook hurt me because he pulled off some traditional Democrats that came on board the Cook campaign because of his tax limitation ideas " Democratic Gov Former two-terScott Matheson added there's always the tendency to prematurely dismiss election losers but with resiliency and patience "your turn comes " "In the 1960s in Goldwater times Now was the the "C its the Things and attitudes change After all Gov Bangerter squeaked through on the coattails of a 2 to 1 Republican voter for president ' Its not what Id call a mandate Mr Matheson said Mr Cook heartened by garnering significant voter support but frustrated at GOP tactics to label him disloyal suggested he may become involved in forming an Independent Party and offered tax limitation leaders as possible candidates "We paved a few trails this year and maybe we can learn a few things and maybe get a few people elected in the Legislature Maybe we can even have Mills Crenshaw take on Wavne Owens for example Watch out Jake Garn in four years maybe Greg Beesley or Lee Allen might give you a run for your money" he said The independent was particularly scornful of Sen Garn's role in the Bangerter campaign I w as very disheartened to see the United States Senator from this state who has been spending precious little time back there and a hell of a lot of time here being a campaign manager stand up and take shots at both opponents while the governor hid in his skirts he said The complete but unofficial returns tabulated by the Utah Election Service showed Gov Bangerter w ith 259 339 votes Mr Wilson with 247720 votes and Mr Cook 136 441 votes A tty (Jen Wilkinson at a news conference in wake of his loss pledged his cooperation in helping Mr Van Dam make the transition to his inaugural Jan 2 Mr Wilkinson said he may have lost the (lection because he wasn't "pragmatic" enough but he credited the Democrat for running a and campaign "Obviously things were done by my administration during the last four years that alienated some of the voters" he said "Perhaps I was too willing to fight my fights to the bitter end when I should have given up earlier " Litigation of He legislative-passecable television indecency bill was one such fight he said think I did the right thing but politically pragmatically perhaps I did the wrong thing Mr Wilkinson "L"-wor- ' 1 said In recap elsewhere blah races in other major was almost routine vv hen all w as counted Vice President George Bush won 66 pci cent of the vote about 9 peicent below the 1984 percentage for bis mentor President it Reagan The vue president carried all counties except rock ribbed Democrat Carbon County and Tooele County In federal races Sen On in latch won six more years m Washington with 67 percent of the vote— 10 percent more than garnered in 1982 against then Salt Lake Citv Mavor Ted Wilson ('ongressiuual incumbents GOP Rep James Hansen 60 pel cent Democratic Rep Wavne Owens 57 peicent and ilop K p Howard Nielson 67 peicent I otlict stale offices State Auditor inning a second lei in 62 petrent and state leasmci Ed A1 tei eaptmmg a Hind liun 54 per cent 1'om Allen w I Prohibition Issue Ends With Tie Tote Propositions Amendment ' v Star bringing the state back together on an agenda that will move us into 1990s” Norm Bangerter promUtah Gov ises early Wednesday morning to ‘‘start out-spe- issue” 00 Oq0°°g 20000 a Nov 23 Lottery proponents overcoming a opposition that them by more than 200-to-- l were optimistic Idahoans who have been spending tens of millions of dollars on lotteries in bordering Oregon and Washington will be spending that money at home by spring "1 think the optimum time would probably be June or July if everything goes as planned" said Sen Michael Blackbird the chief legislative proponent of the lottery but he speculated tickets could go on sale much sooner The debate was so heated that the election drew the third highest number of voters ever to go to the polls in Idaho over 408000 More people voted on the lottery proposition than cast ballots for president A Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints official acknowledged Mormon Church members were critcamical elements of the paign "The church didn't put a penny into this campaign" said Gordon Thatcher the regional representative for Bonneville County "Not 1 cent But a lot of church members put money into the campaign as citizens because they felt it was a moral Continued From l chance of winning in deadlocked public opinion polls the weekend before the election politicians reasoned the independent candidate's comparative loss of support on election day showed the more uncommitted conservative core responding to the more viable Bangerter run for office The governor had fashioned his own emotional squeeze play come home to a repentant winner Demorather than elect a crat Gov Bangerter said "I had a meeting with Jake his campaign manager Sen Jake Garni a year ago and he said You're going to have to wait until election day to win this You're going to be behind all the way but you can win The governor never led in public opinion polls for two years it was only the polling place where he came out on top "There's no question Merrill Cook was the spoiler" grumbled Democratic state Chairman Randy Horiu-ch- i "It's clear 60 percent of the people voted for a new governor and" it s disappointing it didn't happen A-- Plan Parked Despite Wealthy Opposition high-stake- of Vote f dnesdiv lot a supplv lnpiot to sell lu' Mountain iew Inn tiuln t sold anv bon e suit e Si p( uibei tie ' Oise of t lie out ov i s in el tile is AA i A I i |