Show Page 8 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Wednesday November 8 2000 BBcsflScm 2000 Vouchers rejected medical pot OK’d Record number of women governors By Tara Copp By Jessica Wehrman Scripps Howard News Service Scripps Howard News Service A record five women will be governors with female candidates victorious in Delaware Montana and New Hampshire Before Tuesday's vote only 16 women had ever served as governors and only four had served simultaneously In Montana Republican Lt Gov Judy Maitz made history by defeating Democratic state auditor Mark O’Keefe Martz fought back from early poll returns that showed her losing Delaware elected its first female governor- Democratic Lt Gov Ruth Minner and New Hampshire Democratic Gov Jeanne Shaheen won as that state’s first female governor Two sitting female governors Arizona Republican Gov Jane Dee Hull and New Jersey Voters in 42 states spoke Tuesday on a slew of social issues and the messages they sent were: Vouchers no Medicinal marijuana yes Gay rights no Measures to establish vouch- er programs in California and Michigan were defeated while campaigns to allow medicinal marijuana in Colorado and Nevada passed A Nebraska initiative aimed at defining marriage as only heterosexual unions between men and women passed as did ' APphoto a similar measure in Nevada Unidentified workers search through stacks of Florida voter registration files as they verify absentee ballots at a counting facility jn Fort On the other side of the specLauderdale Fla early Hi is morning Florida election officials prepared for a recount after the margin between George W Bush and A! Gore trum a Maine measure that shrank through the night Would outlaw bias on the basis pf sexual orientation remained too close to call early Wednes- Florida begins vote recount Republican Gov Christine Todd Whitman were not facing In 1991 and 1994 the United States had four female governors said Democratic Gover- ' TALLAHASSEE Fla (AP) — Florida election officials were ordered to begin a recount of nearly 6 million votes today with this stunningly close presidential election between George W Bush and A1 Gore in the balance Florida's secretary of state said the recount should be finished by the end of the day Thursday Both national parties: were sending teams of lawyers to monitor At last count Bush led Gore by 1655 votes in the unofficial Associated Press count with all Florida precincts reporting ' but an unknown number of absentee ballots yet to be counted Some votie counts had the margin slightly higher or closer The vote totals shbwed Bush and Gore with roughly 49 percent apiece' and Green' Party candidate Ralph Nader with 2 percent The pressure on the recount was intense because Florida with its 25 electoral votes will decide the winner of the presidential election Election supervisors in the state’s 67 counties were ordered to start the recount as soon as possible Wednesday With the ' vote difference less than 05 percent an nors Association executive BJ Thomberry Thomberry said Shaheen’s victory sets her up as a rising 'star in the party “Absolutely There's no doubt about that She’s just won her third term and I really think she exemplifies all the best in an elected official’’ Thornberry said With all 1 1 gubernatorial races decided Tuesday the baldirector ance of power remained unchanged Republicans still control 30 governorships Democrats 18 and independents! Delaware Democrat Min- ner defeated former state Chamber of Commerce president John Burris the Republican candidate She replaces Democratic Gov Thomas Carper who ousted 79-ye- See WOMEN on Page 9 automatic recount was triggered under day Forty-tw- o states voted on 204 statewide ballot measures Tuesday according to the Ini- tiative and Referendum Institute in Washington DC of those were iniSeventy-ctn- e tiated by the people 133 by state legislatures Education was a key issue South Carolina approved a lottery with proceeds to go to education and Virginia voted to give local jurisdictions lot- Senior Democratic officials also said a state law team of three lawyers including Democ“They've been tip all night so they ratic Party counsel Joe Sandler was on might not get to work right at 8 am” the way to Florida to observe the final said Clay Roberts director of the state canvass Florida’s attorney general Democrat Division of Elections “We think it’s important that the people of Florida have Bob Butterworth was on national televian answer as quickly as possible But also sion commenting on the situation we think it’s important that we do this Wednesday and the Republicans weren't happy about his involvement right” In each county a can“My advice as a lawyer to either side vassing board made up of a county judge' ' would be I’d be q little hesitant about givtery money for education the chairman of the county commission ing an acceptance speech right now" said North Carolina approved a and the local elections supervisor recount Butterworth who also was Gore's Florida $31 billion bond issue to the votes The makeup of the canvassing campaign chairman improve higher education Ariis “We don’t need the attorney genual to zona meanwhile approved a board supposed to insulate the process from politics ‘Roberts said tell us how to follow the law’’ Roberts measure that would aid bilinIn Tallahassee the state capital the said He said the job of overseeing elec- gual education there results would be certified by Gov Jeb tions “falls solely to the secretary of Shaun Bowler a political Bush brother of the GOPmominee science professor at the Unistate” Meanwhile Jeb Rush headed back to versity of California-Riversid- e Republican Secretary of State Katherine Harris and Roberts also a Republican Tallahassee Harris met with Roberts and said the failure of the two other election officials voucher programs will lead to appointee national both Jeb Bush called elections officials from more moderate education pro- -' of Representatives parties were headed to the state The Gore camAustin twice in the middle of the night visions in the future paign said former Secretary of State Warasking for information Roberts said fhe “Next is chatter ren Christopher was in charge of their governor had spent the evening watching schools” hestop said “There will effort election retums with the Bush faipily be lots of them on the ballot” ' ’ three-memb- - er - - Senate seats for dead man first lady V Lance Gay: Scripps Howard News Sendee By - The Senate teetered on the edge of a 0 deadlock Wednesday after a his- election saw grieving Mis-souri voters elect the first dead man ever to the Senate and Hillary Rodham Clinton become the only first lady to win elective office on her own The final political balance of the new Senate 7- - now 54 Republicans and 46 Democrats — depends on the outcome of the presidential race and the vote in Washington state where GOP Sen! Slade Gorton held a tenuouis 3 lead over high-tec- h executive Maria Cantwell who spent $10 million of her personal fortune on the race Based on final but unofficial counts the new Senate will have at least 50 Republicans and 49 Democrats — and at least 12 women senators an 7: record The Washington election could take a week to resolve because of absentee V 7 'APphoto' 7 7 '' ballots yet to be counted but another First New' Senator-eleHillaliy Rodham Clinton! left celebrates with York US lady and factor influencing the makeup of the ' President Clinton right and their daughter Chelsea during her victory rally in New York new Senate is the presidential election on Tuesday Mrs Clinton defeated Republican Rep Hick Lazio to beoode the first presi- in which Sen Joe Lieberman dential spouse elected to Congress is running as A1 Gore's vice presidential ! election bid while nominee If Gore is declared the eventuseaf Michigan Democrat al winner Lieberman would be expect-- ' - But as the Senate is the ultimate judge 7 Rep Debby Stabenow won a narrow ed to resign his Senate seat leaving it to of its own membership the Missouri victory over Republican incumbent Sen " Connecticut’s Republican Gov John race is expected to tie it up for weeks Spencef Abraham Rowland to name a Republican to sue- -' 7 There is no precedent for a candidate TV networks at one point declared ceedhim: " winning a Senate seat posthumously 7 Gorton also was a loser but his There’s also a raging controversy but there have been at least three occa- tion bid was revived and put in the involving the Missouri race where ' sions when politicians have been elect-- ! category early Wednesday incumbent Republican Sen John ed to the House after their deaths pending a count of absentee ballots that : Ashcroft lost In the other history:making contest could take another week to resolve narrowly to Democratic Gov Mel Carnahan who died in an Oct Hillary Rodham Clinton won the seat of Republicans scored upsets of their 1 6 own in Virginia and Nevada capturing plane crash but whose name retiring Democrat Daniel Moynihan remained on the ballot“Thank you New York” Clinton seats formerly held by Democrats In Virginia forma’ Republican Gov The election was marked by other told supporters Tuesday night idler her irregularities A Missouri judge ordered Republican opponent Rep Rick Lazio George Allen handily defeated St conceded “I will work my heart out for Democratic Sen Chuck Robb His 1ms polls in Democratic-dominate- d Louis kept open Tuesday night because you for the next six years’’ v means there are no Democrats holding lines of voters were still long at closing Lazio was unable to generate enough : statewide office in the home state of time Sen Kit Bond- R-protested votes upstate to offset Clinton's strength Thomas Jefferson founder of the the action “perpetrated the biggest in New York City Republicans contend Democratic Party In his victory speech fraud ori the people of die United States Clinton wants die seat as a springboard Allen declared himself wedded to' we’ve ever seen” An appeals court to the White House in 2004 “common-sens- e Jeffersonian philosoordered the polls shut after they had Democrats scored four other major phy” been kept open for 45 minutes victories They picked up' a seat in FloriThe major upset early in the evening Missouri Gov Roger Wilson' who da and scored a significant upset in came in Delaware as Roth a took office upon Carnahan’s death has Delaware by defeating powerful Senate Veteran lost to' popular Democratic promised to appoint Jean Carnahan the ' Finance Committee Chairman Bill Gov Thomas Carper who has repeatedcandidate’s widow and she Roth In Minnesota incumly run and won statewide races since the has said she would take her husband’s bent Republican Rod Grams lost his re-- 1970s : 50-5- tory-maki- : - ' APphoto ng - 200-vo- shakes the hand of a wellwishef with Rep James Rogan his twin daughters Dana far left and Claire right and his wife Christine left rear at election night headquarters on Tuesday in Glendale Calif Rogan trails Democratic state Sen Adam Schiff ' iif te all-ti- : onto : - ct By Stacey ZoltScripps Howard News Service ' Reps Brian Bilbray and Sam Gejdenson lpst by slim margins ' rin Wednesday morning with 7 Democrats’ hopes of Conquer- - of 1998 surprised political Ving the chamber dashed even as a handful of races remained analysts once again holding on by less than 60 votes after undecided polls initially showed him los- -' ' A handful would not be ing to' former GOP Rep Dick enough as Republicans hit the ' Zimmer Democrats needed to gain' mark of seats' required to hold the House reigns eight seats to regain control of ' House and elect “House Republicans made the 435-sehistory last night” said Rep : their leader Rep7 Richard chairman Gephardt of Missouri! to the Tom Davis R-v 7 of the National Republican speaker’s throne Early today the officially Congressional Committee “For the first time in decades called contests shbwed : : - at Va - : - America has ed House Republican majority for four consecutive elections” Davis said Democrats “lost Democrats with 21 1 seats Republicans with 220 and independents holding 2 seats Before the election' Democrats held 209 seats to the Republi- their chance to wiiback control of cans’ 223 2 were held by ' the House” and he hinted that independent's and 2 were the GOP is already in discus- - vacant A Voting glitch in New sions with conservative consider-are Mexico : revealed who Democrats early ' could Wednesday morning ing switching parties Only two incumbents were See HOUSE on Page 9 defeated onefrom each party on - - ‘ D-Co-nn Democrat Rep Rush Holt who won New Jersey’s 12th District seat in the sleeper race Republicans held :on to their narrow1 majority in the House ' - : re-ele-c- : ' - two-ter- : five-ter- one-ter- m m - |