Oregon Daily
WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 4. 1992
EUGENE. OREGON
VOLUME 94, ISSUE 46
1
ELECTION '92
El act on results arc incomplata wtth
50-60 pare ant of precincts reported.
U.S. PRESIDENT
George Bush (R) - 34.349.04t
132 electoral votes
Bid Clinton ID) - 38,960,569
349 electoral votes
Ross Perot (I) - 16,835.474
0 electoral votes
U.S. SENATOR
Bob Packwood (R) - 527,785
Les AuCoin (D) - 468.970
HOUSE REPRESENTATIVE
Richard Schulz (R) - 54.525
Peter DeFaxio (D) - 137,421
SECRETARY OF STATE
Phil Keisling (D) - 382,752
Randy Miller (R) - 303.784
STATE TREASURER
David Chen (R) - 340.676
Jim Hill (D)- 365,583
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Ted Kulongoaki (D) - 445,597
Rich Rodeman (R) - 240,205
STATE REPRESENTATIVE
•41 st DISTRICT
Mane Bell (R) - 6,695
Cynthia Wooten (D) - 8,571
MAYOR OF EUGENE
Ruth Bascom -17,606
Mary Burrows - 16.090
CITY COUNCIL
•WARD 3
Etieii Dobsuti - 1.644
Kevin Hornbuckle - 2,182
BALLOT MEASURES
• 1 Bonds for state parks, recre
ation facilities
Yes - 335.992
No - 436,726
• 2 Fuel tax increases for state
parks
Yes - 203.695
No - 568,970
• 3 Term limits for Oregon
legislators. U S. Congress
Yea-617,493
No - 270.763
• 4 Ban permits for tnple-truck
trailers on Oregon highways
Yes - 336.346
No - 532.729
• 5 Ban Trojan nuclear plant
operation until waste site is
licensed ,
Yes - 334,203
No - 532,752
• 6 Ban Trojan nuclear plant
operation until earthquake stan
dards are met and permanent
waste storage site is available
Yes - 353,477
No - 504,092
• 7 Spirt-roll tax
Yes - 188,359
No -586,860
• 8 Selective fishing on lower
Columbia River
Yes-288.017
No - 469.627
• 9 Should government discourage
homosexuality and other listed
"behaviors?*
Yes - 405,584
No - 495,296
EUGENE MEASURES
• 20-01 Shall we restrict East
Alton Baker Park to passive
recreational uses?
Yes -51,000
No - 32,000
Clinton wins big over Bush
□ Democrat looks to new
"beginning" as president
elect of the United States
LITTLE ROCK, Ark (AF) President
elect Bill Clinton late Tuesday laid claim
lo a landslide victory ho called a "clarion
call" for the country to "face the chal
lenge of the end of the Cold War and the
beginning of the next century ”
"My fellow Americans, on this day.
with high hopes and bravo hearts, in
massive numbers the American people
have voted to make a new beginning."
said the 46-year-old Arkansas governor,
with 44-year-old running mate Al Coro at
his side.
Clinton said his mandate was So "re
store growth to our country and opportu
nity to our people "
The first Arkansan ever elected prosi
rji;nt will also become the third youngest
president, the first baby boomar to win
the White House.
With 76 percent of the precincts re
porting nt press time, Clinton hnd 42 per
cent of the popular vote to Ceorge flusli's
:t:t percent Independent candidate Ross
Perot gurnered 25 percent of the vote
Clinton easily heat fUi'sh. with a c lear
majority of the dec isive elec toral College
votes
A crowd of 40,000 filled the streets of
Little Rock. as Clinton ended a roller
coaster campaign in triumph He
thanked the residents of this small
stale." a humorous reference' to criti
cisms of Arkansas hy President Rush and
Ross Perot In return, the crowd chan tod
"landslide, landslide" to spotlight his
commanding vic tory
Clinton thanked President Rush for his
service to die country and for his grace
ful concession He also applauded Perot
and his candidec v
Tht> scene outside Arkansas' Old Slain
Mouse was a picture of the young admin
istration coming to Washington Clinton
and his wife. Hillary; their 12-year-old
daughter, Chelsea, and the Gores, the
senator, his wife. Tipper, and their four
children
I accept tonight the responsibility you
have given to me, to is? the leader of this,
the greatest country in human history,"
Clinton said. "This is a remarkable coali
tion for change I ask you to keep that
commitment .is we move from the ele<
lion to governing
Of (lore, lie said "We have established
a partnership in this campaign that we
will continue in this administration "
Clinton promised to choose from the
Ih'sI, Democrats and Republicans alike,
to fill the ninks of the first Domocratir
administration in 12 years since Jim
Turn to CLINTON, P.iyw 4
Ptwao by .Mff I'aMr
Sandy StUrlay (laft) and Jaan Marchant hug attar taarrung that Ballot Uaaaura 9 wat
dataatad.
Measure fails,
but fight may
not be over
j Opponents and advocates
of Measure 9 believe strug
gle will likely continue
By Daralyn Trappe
E mar aid Assooato E ditor
Members of Oregon's gay and lesbian
community celebrated the dufual of a
statewide anti gay rights initiative, hut
f>oth opponents and proponents of itellot
Measure 9 agreed t Ira I the buttle is fur
from over
With 00 portent of the vote counted,
Oregonians were rejecting the measure
Eel to 4f> percent, a closer call than recent
polls predicted It to Ixi. Hut several poli
tical experts had sold they expected a
significant number of people to support
Measure <1 In the privacy of the booth,
even while indicating otherwise to poll
sters.
Turn to MEASURE 9. Page 6
Packwood-AuCoin race still ‘nip and tuck’
□ Nothing for certain yet in race for U.S.
Senate seat between two political veterans
PORTLAND (AP) — Republican Sen. Bob Packwood held a
steady lend over Democrat Lt» AuCoin us ballots wore counted
curly Wednesday, but Ixith tamps said the outcome of the race
might not be known for some time.
With 76 percent of precincts reporting, Puckwood hud
493,493 votes, or 53 percent, to AuCoin's 431,942 voles, or 47
percent.
Packwood. suying the race is “nip und tuck." declined to de
clare victory despite holding the lead throughout the evening.
"All I can do Is moss my fingers." Packwood said at The Ben
son Hotel, where he and supporters were monitoring results. "I
think most people will havo gone to hod before wo know any
thing definitive."
AuCoin noted that u lot of votes remained to bn counted in
populous Multnomah County, where he was running strongest.
AuCoin urged supporters to "keep the faith."
"We're guardedly optimistic,” suid Jenny Wilson, contacted
early Wednesday morning.
"When we left there was a very large amount of votes not in
from Multnomah county, which Ik
obviously our strong suit,” said
Wilson, assistant press secretary
for the AuUoln campaign AuC’.oln
is the: U S. representative for the
Multnomah (k>unty area
i'ackwood said he believed the
nice might not be decided until all
absentee ballots are counted. Ab
sentee ballots must bo counted by
midnight Nov 6.
"It may be a couple of days be
fore we know." he said.
i’ackwood, a four-term Incum
Ixint, raised a record SH million,
spending much of it on a TV ad
. vcrtising campaign attacking Au*
L#* AuCotn (loin's character
AuColn, 50. an 18-yenr votoran of tho U S Mouso, responded
with ads blaming I’ackwood and other Republicans for a sag
ging economy.
i’ackwood, 00, held a tenuous lead in most late polls, hut
most observers considered the race too close to call as Election
Day approached.