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 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