Oregon
DAILY EMERALD
Wednesday, November 7, 1990
Kugcnc. Oregon
Volume d,
Issue 51
ELECTION
RESULTS
Here are selected election to
tals as of I a.m.. Wednesday:
STATE WIDE POSTS
Governor
Barbara Roberts (0) 327.B19
l)ave Frohnmayer (R)..291.166
A! Mobley (!).97.178
Fred Oerther (1.) 9.535
(J.S. Senate
Mark Hatfield |KI 381.489
Harry [.onsdale (l)(.332.585
U.S. House Oist. 4
Peter DeFazio (D|.120.339
Tonie Nathan (I.) .. 19.524
BALLOT MEASURES
1 - Metro Districts
Yds 316.409 No 300,914
See page 3
2 - School Districts
Ye* 416.370 No 222.517
See page 3
3 -PERS
Yes 247.537 No 365.417
See page 3
4 - Trojan
Yes 270.137 No 411.693
See page 3
5 - Property Tax
Yes 340 27*1 No 320.464
See page 3
6 - Recycling
Yes 285.215 No 304.352
See page 3
7 - "Workfare”
Yes 376.002 No 287 3*12
See page 3
8 - Abortion
Yes 214.703 No 484.373
See page 4
9 - Seatbelts
Y«* 360.783 No 323.079
See page 3
10 - Parental Notification
Yes 347.528 No 375.245
See page 4
11 - School Choice
Yes 226.937 No 456.574
See page 3
20-01 - LCC Tax-base
Yes 30.960 No 24,621
See uaae B
STATE LEGISLATURE
Senate Dial. 20
Grattan Karan* (D) 14.102
Peter Swan (R) ... H.322
Senate Dial. 21
Larry Hill (I)). .13.120
Half Walters |KI 1.350
Senate Dial. 22
Pe# lolin (l)| 0 <>H2
Haul Holbo (K| 3,996
House Dist. 39
Mm Fdinunxon |D) 7.648
Bob Fauvre (R) 1.140
House Dist. 40
Carl Hostkka [l)| 9.707
Haul* Walsh (R| J. 150
House District 41
David Mix (l)| 5.493
Marie Bell |K) 8.000
COUNTY CITY SEATS
lane (aunty Commissioner
Marie Frazier 3.609
Katherine Sc.hachl J.310
Kugene Citv Council
Ward I
Dick firing* 1.769
Kane!v MacDonald 2.012
Ward 5
Kaye KobimOle. .2.117
Krn TolUma.ir I.07H
See pa*e H
Roberts defeats divided conservatives
By Joe Kidd
Emeiaid Politics Editor
Democrat Barbara Roberts !*•
came Oregon's first woman
governor Tuesday, as the
state’s conservative voters di
vided their support between
two other candidates
In the same election, voters
handed Roberts a property tax
limitation that will cut deeply
into funding for government
services — including higher
education funding without
providing replacement rev
enues.
With 9f> percent of precincts
reporting. Democrat Barbata
Roberts received 4l> percent of
the vote. Republican Dave
Frohnmayer, who appeared to
be the early favorite in the race
for governor, drew 39 percent.
Independent AI Mobley
proved to be Frohnmayer's
Says top priority will be fund crisis
caused by passage of Measure 5
slumhlingblock. attracting 1*
percent of the state's voters.
With Mobley stealing a seg
ment of the conservative vote
from th«- Republican campaign,
an atmosphere of uncertainty in
the gubernatorial race filled the
hours before the polls closed
When asked Tuesday after
noon about her chances of win
ning. Roberts refused to offer
any specific predictions. "I
think the odds are with me, but
1 don't care if it's one vote."
she said.
Now that the governorship is
hers. Roberts said the property
tax limit imposed bv Ballot
Measure T> tops her agenda The
measure, which Roberts be
lieves will result in a "crisis
situation" for all levels of gov
eminent, will limit property
taxes .it 1.5 pen out. requiring
the state to make up most of the
lost funds while providing no
replacement dollars.
Measure 5 was passing with
52 percent of the vote after 85
percent of the state's ballots
had been tabulated
Holier!s said she would move
quickly to solve Oregon's long
standing problems of bigb
property taxes and public
schools' dependence on those
funds, regardless of the out
come of Measure 5
"My specifit plans for prop
erty tax relief and school fund
ing art? the same whether Meas
ure 5 passes or doesn't." she
said Tuesday "We're still go
ing to move to put a measure
an tlit- ballot. <111(1 got Oregoni
<ms lo either rovers*! the Meas
ure fi decision or lo move for
ward with <i plan for school fi
nance and property tax relief
It's the same program; we're
going to do it either way."
Hut liei ausc any property tax
alternative would take months
to lie implemented. Measure fi
will result in at least a short pe
riod of "a crisis situation" lie
fore replacement funds can
start flowing, Roberts said
"There is no way to make up
the revenues." she said
" There is no way to make up
what Measure fi would do to lo
cal schools and local govern
ments and the state budget. In
cluding higher education "
The State Hoard of Higher
Kducatiou has estimated that
the measure will take $120 mil
lion from Oregon's universities
Turn to ROBERTS. Page 4
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Photo b> S*«n Hnttnn
Barbara Roberts came to the University with US. Rep. Peter Dehasio for some last-minute campaigning Tuesday before she went
on to win the race for governor.
Hatfield survives challenge, wins re-election
By Joe Kidd
Emerald Politics Editor
Despite a roller-coaster political race in
the polls. Republican Sen Mark Hatfield
will return next year to serve his 25th year
as an Oregon senator.
Bend businessman Harry Lonsdale, a
Democrat with no political experience, ran
neck-and-neck with Hatfield, even exceed
ing him at one point in the polls. Neverthe
less, by the time 95 percent of the pre< incts
had reported their tallies. 53 percent of Ore
gon's voters choose Hatfield over Lons
dale's 47 percent
But Hatfield's 53 percent in this race of
full bon* — and at times muddy cam
paigning was a sign of Lonsdale's healthy
rai l- against him Hatfield's toll was well
below the Republican senator’s last two re
election percentages of t>7 and t>2 percent
Iamsdale's campaign claims he lost "pri
marily because Harry came out of no
where." said campaign field coordinator
Mike Berdan. "I guess he had to have some
where to come from to actually win "
Despite the fact that Lonsdale had "a
name recognition light from word go. ' ttie
Democrat was able to come from a to point
different e in the {Kills in August to ovcrtak
mg Hatfield by a slight lead two weeks ago.
Berdan said.
" I hey said il was impossible, but we al
most did d.” Berdan said.
However. Hatfield's campaign didn't see
lamsdale's attempt in such a bright light
"We knew all along that Mr lamsdale's
support was soft, although il was very diffi
cult to predict all along how strong that
support was," said Hatfield aide Mill Cal
der "Hut we feel it rveaked a week ago."
A poll last week put Hatfield bat.k on top
with a It) point lead, after trailing lamsdale
earlier by as much as six points.
As for the issues. Lonsdale staked out
several clear areas of debate with I bitfield
Turn to HATFIELD Page 8