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ELECTION ’96 00 00 I— LU O S = °5 O Q Peter DeFazio 74% John Newkirk 20% Tonie Nathan 2% William Bonville 1% 29 percent reporting CO O ► Phil Keisling 64% Stan Ash 27% Elizabeth Ashbrook 3% Mark Furman 2% 29 percent of Lane County reporting Jim Hill 58% BevCIarno 37% John Meyers 2% 29 percent of Lane County reporting <C CD ► Hardy Meyers 59% Victor Hotter 32% Karl Sorg 4% Thomas Cox 3% 29 percent of Lane County reporting 12% oj votes statewide counted A«| Would amend Oregon ^ | Constitution’s free speech ___ amendment. Currently failing with 57 percent no and 43 percent yes. Would authorize $750 million for the South/North _ light rail project in Portland and some rural transportation projects. Failing with 53 percent no and 47 percent yes. 0% m Would repeal the hunting ££§ ban — using dogs to hunt ___ cougars and bait to hunt Hufli bears — passed in 1994. Currently failing with 59 percent no. OO Would prohibit livestock in streams that don't meet __ state water-quality HiUH standards due to grazing impacts until livestock plan is approved by state agencies. Private land would not be affected until 2002. Failing with §f\percent no. M Would amend the Oregon Constitution to bar insurance companies and HiidH others from discriminating among categories of health practitioners that provide the same or similar services. Failing with 59 percent no. m Would amend the Oregon Constitution to give crime victims a greater role in Hisfl court proceedings against defendants. Would expand kinds of evidence admissible in criminal trials. Passing with 53 percent yes. Would change the way public information on state employees is reported. Failing with 68 percent no. Would amend the state constitution to require annual testing of public school students in grades four through 12 on math, verbal and possibly other skills. Requires state to issue a report with test results by school and grade. Failing with 68 percent no. 42 m Would raise retirement age 4|*1 for new public employees, except for police and HkUH firefighters, and would bar medical benefits for non-disability retired public employees. Retirement age would change from 58 and 60 to 65 and 67. Failing with 67 percent no. m Would require approval by £§Q more than 50 percent of registered voters to HIM approve a tax increase. Counts non-voters as a ‘no’ vote on tax measures. Failing with 89 percent no. m Q Would instruct state and £|Q federal legislators to support congressional term HIM limits. Currently failing with 56 percent no. Clinton by a landslide Republicans maintain control of the US. House and Senate, while Lott vows to investigate the president By John King The Associated Press President Clinton won a landslide re election and political redemption Tuesday night as Americans optimistic about the economy brushed aside Bob Dole’s chal lenge to his character. Voters hedged their bets by keeping a GOP Senate, and Repub licans were on a path to hold the House, too. Clinton polled strong ly in every re gion for a coast-to-coast victory that made him the first Democra tic president reelected since Franklin Roo sevelt. It was a dramatic re bound from the 1994 midterm elec tions that delivered Congress to the Re publicans. “They have affirmed our cause and told us to go forward,” Clinton said of voters who returned him to office. Still, it was a victory without coattails and Clinton ac knowledged that Americans were bent on splitting the balance of power in Washing ton. “They are sending us a message: Work together,” Clinton said. Fireworks erupted after the president addressed a crowd of thousands jamming the streets of Little Rock, Ark. Vice Presi dent A1 Gore called it a “glorious evening” and indeed the numbers were very good for the Democratic ticket. Clinton was on a pace to match if not exceed the 370 elec POPULAR VOTE Division of popular vote according to CNN news as of 1 a.m. PST. | | Clinton ■ Dote §§ Perot Nader MATT GARTON/Emerald fit They have affirmed our cause and told us to go forward. They are sending us a message: Work together.” — President Clinton -99 President Clinton was reelected by an electoral landslide. He spoke at the University during his 1992 campaign. > ■ EMERALD toral votes he won in 1992, and he was close to the majority vote that eluded him in 1992. vVith 75 percent of the national vote counted, Clinton was at 50 percent, Dole 42 and Perot 8 percent. The president asked his Little Rock rally to applaud Dole and running mate, Jack Kemp, and they did so. “I wish him well and I pledge my sup port,” Dole said in conceding the race, hushing supporters who booed Clinton’s name. Dole and other Republican leaders took solace in returns suggesting that vot ers would keep the Congress in GOP hands even as they gave Clinton four more years. Turn to TURNOUT, Page 4 Outcome still uncertain for Smith. Bruaaere Thousands of absentee ballots will determine the results of the U.S. Senatorial race By Tamyra Howser and Doug Irving Oregon Daily Emerald No clear winner emerged in the U.S. Senate election by 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, and results will probably remain unclear until Friday, when the absentee ballots are counted. Both Democrat Tom Bruggere and Re publican Gordon Smith were at a dead heat at 48 percent. However, at least 730,000 Oregonians were voting by absen tee ballots, according to the Secretary of State’s office. “We’re going to win,” said Jess Stuckart, an aide to the Bruggere campaign. “The re sponse that we’re getting is just tremen dous.” However, Republicans also saw the elec tion running their way. BRUGGERE SMITH “It’s close but we’re not worried,” said Marie Bell, a spokeswoman for Smith’s campaign. “The momentum was certainly in the right direction.” Republicans said they thought Smith would win the race because of past gov ernmental experience. "He's going to make good decisions,” said Bill Royle, executive director of the Lane County GOP. “His decisions are not from the far right, not from the far left, but from common sense." “Both Bruggere and Smith said they support higher education,” Bell said. “But Gordon had a record showing he had sup ported it.” Smith supported an increase in that budget. However, he remained conserva tive with the increase, keeping in mind other budget matters, Royle said. However, volunteer Julie Novkov of the local Democratic party said Bruggere rep resents Oregon’s spirit and opinions better than Smith. For example, Bruggere’s business, Men tor-Graphics, has consistently been voted a family-friendly business. You know where he stands,” she said. The positions are much more representa tive of what Oregonians think.” President Clinton’s runaway victory may have also helped Bruggere, said Joel Bloom, a volunteer coordinator with the local Democratic campaign. That could play to our favor,” he said. We re hoping that maybe some [local] Re publicans stayed home.”
