| Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Wednesday November 8 2000 — Page 7 v BBoqflcgm mm i 2000 i Dems fail to dent G0P hold on Senate SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Continued Aran Page 6 left power with Republicans already holding a 34-2- 1 Republicans in control of the House and Senate A longshot Democratic bid to gain four seats to take over the Senate collapsed and in fact the Republicans gained two seats for a 31-- 9 advantage in the Instead Democrats could only hope to undermine the House Republicans’ majority The entire House was up for election and 14 of the Senate’s 29 seats Incremental gains from past elections left Democrats hoping to threaten the Senate’s Republican majority Democadvantage veto-pro- two-thir- of ds 73-se- at Senate' In a night kind to incumbents Sen Joseph Hull was the only senator to lose his seat — by 16 percentage points to Republican Scott Jenkins Democrats also lost a seat left open when Senate Minority Leader Scott Howell decided to run against US Sen Orrin Hatch Howell lost '&$: 'Yy quickly assimilate and give the government-- guideline on how to handle foreign languages Gov Mike Leavitt his chal- -' lenger Bill Orton Sen Orrin 'i governor Party ''Republican Utah Gov Executive Director Todd Tay-domlor says Utah’s inance is wearing thin on the public leaving Democrats in an improving position one-par- ty replace Howell Republicans barely managed to keep a seat left open by retiring Sen Robert Montgomery North Ogden Republican Dave Gladwell won that race by just 19 votes out of 24329: Scott Simpson the state - Republican executive director acknowledges Republicans - could remain on die defensive because their overwhelming'' dominance gives Democrats nowhere to go but up - Republican Shurtleff strolls to AG position SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Ultimately Mark Shurtleff’s victory as Utah’s next attorney easier than he had general-waNow he says comes expected diehard work ' (Shurtleff a Republican won term Tuesday capa four-yeundecided voters for a turing runaway victory over Democrat1 Reed Richards and Liber-" Andrew tarfan W “They heard my message They were worried about crime They want to feel safe in their neighborhoods’’ Shurtleff plans to reorganize the office held for eight years by Democrat Jan Graham Shurtleff hopes to establish tougher penalties for criminals who use weapons when breaking the law start a statewide database for tracking dealers and manu- facturers crack down on ar MGCullough With 88 percent of precincts reporting Shurtleff had 38 percent of the vote Richards had 39 percent and metham-phetami- ne Internet pornography and nt ' mandate from die ‘ implement a statewide ship program and his wife Jackie right make their way through supporters his victory speech on Tuesday at Utah Republican Headquarters in Salt Lake City Leavitt defeated Democrat Mike Leavitt left William Orton Leavitt wins third term salt Lake city (AP) — Gov Mike Leavitt said he’ll spend his third term improving schools and turning Utah into a satellite of Silicon Valley Leavitt said his reputation for fueling Utah’s hot economy and upping education funding helped him beat people of Utah” Shurtleff said late Tuesday s following Hatch and Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson woe among those opposed to the initiative Anderson called it racist The Utah Transit Authority said the increase in the transit tax will fund Sunday and holiday bus and rail service a commuter rail from Ogden to has (he experience’’ said Salt Lake City and additional Anna Backus of Orem light rail lines Some of those against pro“I think he’s doing an OK let’s so him back” job bring posal contended improved said voter Cozette Ackermann transit should not be tied to sales tax 46 of Salt Lake City As for the property forfeiture Orton said he was disapAP photo Utah Democratic : Carlene M Walker will “ItWretf Supporters contended it would prod immigrants to rats aspired for bargaining power with the House and ah McCul-lodghpepie- Drug Dealer Profits spent just $14352 fighting the initiative One of the most contentious ballot measures was the official English initiative the pro- ' posal to prohibit — with' some exceptions — state and local agencies from conducting government business or printing information in any language except English Democrats were more likely to pick up’a few seats in die Utah House of Representatives but not enough to snatch Republicans maintained power in the Utah Legislature Tuesday’s election Vote Democrat Bill Orton in Tuesday’s election He promised more of the same “I see a state that will be known as a h center a high-tec- capital for entrepreneurship and the new economy with schools that are preparing an abundant work fence with col- leges and universities that American Party candidate Jeremy Friedbaum who staged a y hunger strike in order to get into a debate with the mainstream candidates In coming back for a third term Leavitt follows in the footsteps of Calvin L Ramp-to- n who won in 1964 1968 and 1972 But yoters weren’t as enthusiastic about Leavitt this year as they were in 1996 when he was g with a 74 percent of the vote “Leavitt might not be perfect but he’s trying and he 39-da- record-breakin- pointed with the loss but have doubled the number of computer science and engineering graduates” he said Tuesday night “I see a state that has built the infrastructure the highways and the bandwidth necessary to pros- - 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