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Kulongoski, Packwood take Senate race Emerald phcio Ted Kulongoski Tuesday’s Senate race held no sur prises, as both Republican Bob Pack wood and Democrat Ted Kulongoski won landslide victories. Packwood, a 12-year veteran, gar nered 62 percent of the vote, finishing ahead of runner-up Brenda Jose, who took 15 percent. Kulongoski’s main opponent, Charles Porter, was second with 21 percent of the vote, while Jack Sumner of Hepner finished third at 14 percent. “Ted’s feeling is that it is going to be a real horse race between him and Packwood,” said Marv Fjordbeck, Kulongoski’s press aide. "It’s going to be a close race.’’ Packwood was surprised at his large victory margin since he spent little money on primary campaign advertis ing, according to Craig Smith, Pack wood's campaign manager. After his victory was guaranteed, Kulongoski challenged Packwood to seven debates around the state before the November general election. Smith said Packwood will debate, but de clined to say when and where the sen ator will take on Kulongoski. "I believe that holding the debates throughout the state would best facili tate voter decisions in all regions of Oregon,” Kulongoski said. Smith said Packwood's first goal for the primary election campaign is to "get the issues out early.” Jose and Huss, Packwood’s stron gest opponents, accused the senator throughout the campaign of liberal vot ing in the Senate. Packwood is best known for his support of abortion rights. Kulongoski and Porter, both Eugene attorneys, agreed on almost every issue during the campaign. Packwood holds positions on the Senate finance and banking commit tees. He has raised more than $1 million to finance his campaign — a state record. Weaver, Fitzgerald take party primaries Incumbent Jtm Weaver sailed to victory Tuesday over weak opposition from self-proclaimed “workers’ candidate” John Newkirk in the Democratic 4th Congressional District primary. Republican Mike Fitzgerald also easily defeated his opponent, Rutledge Jay. With 94 percent of the precincts counted Weaver, a three-term Congressman, gar } MARK HAMILL • HARRISON FORD • CARRIE FISHER BILLY DEE WILLIAMS • ANTHONY DANIELS 70 MM AND DOLBY STEREO PG TIMES 11:00 AM -1:30-4 :45-9:30-12:00 AM LOOKING FORA ROOMMATE? Start with ODE Classified Advertisino Pag* 4 Section A nered 74 percent of the vote to Newkirk’s 26 percent, while Fitzgerald scored 77 percent to Jay’s 23 percent. “I am grateful, first of all, to the people who turned out to make our campaign success ful," Fitzgerald said at his Rodeway Inn election-night headquarters. “And I want to thank the voters who turned out in such great numbers.” Fitzgerald predicted he would face stiff opposition from Weaver in the general election. "You bet I’m going to have a problem with Mr. Weaver,” he said. Fitzgerald accused Weaver of presenting himself as a conser vative in the 4th district while voting as a liberal in Washing ton. Fitzgerald also denied that his extensive ties with the timber industry would hurt him in November. “This is a timber economy here, and it needs to be repre sented in Congress,” Fitzgerald said. Weaver, a traditional liberal, was unavailable for comment. His victory was no surprise, since Newkirk, a political unk nown, waged only token oppo sition. Fitzgerald, a Curry County commissioner, is a former advertising executive from San Diego. With 463 of 493 precincts reporting, Weaver led Newkirk 59,054 to 19,856, while Fitzger ald led Jay 41,596 to 12,541. The economy and unem ployment should be the predominant issues in the gen eral election campaign. voters approve Lansing, Myers in treasurer race In Tuesday’s state treasurer primary race, Republican in cumbent Clay Myers and Democrat Jewel Lansing deci sively beat their respective op ponents, Republican George Wingard and Democrat Jason Boe. Myers beat Wingard by a vote of 123,990 to 87,799. “My race is going great," Myers said in a telephone inter view before the final results were in. "I had been predicting between 53 and 59 percent to Bob Packwood as we sat in the whirlpool, listening to the elec tion returns.” Of his defeat, Wingard said, "I tried to get across the point that he wasn’t a good (money) man ager, but the people just weren't responsive.” But Wingard doesn’t feel his race was a total failure. "I don’t know if my campaign failed or Myers’ was just suc cessful,” he said, adding that Myers had 90-percent name familiarity to his 27 percent. Wingard will continue his two-year term as state senator and says he is “looking forward to new leadership in the Sen ate," now that Jason Boe is no longer senate president. Myers will face Democrat Jewel Lansing in November’s general election. Lansing, Myers’ opponent in the 1976 general election, Tuesday received 00,000 votes to Boe’s 00,000. Alyse Lansing, Jewel Lans ing’s daughter and press aide, said her mother was “really tickled and excited” about the results and “feels much stronger now” than she did in 1976. Her background as a certified public accountant and as five year Multnomah County Auditor qualify her for the state trea surer post, she said. Because all Oregon’s land and mineral rights come under the state land board's jurisdic tion, Lansing said serving on the board is one of the Insurer's primary responsibilities. She proposes creating an agency to coordinate federal and state policy on state lands because “so many of the lands fall between the cracks” of state and federal agencies. 8ecause of the speculative nature of Myers’ controversial stand-by committments, Lans ing would change the adminis trative regulations to disallow those types of committments.
