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Wednesday, May 22,2002
Since 1 900 University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
Volume 103, Issue 136
Republican upset pits Mannix against Kulongoski
■Ted Kulongoski wins the Democratic
nomination for governor and will face
Republican opponent Kevin Mannix
in the general election in November
By Brook Reinhard
Oregon Daily Emerald
Democratic front-runner Ted Kulongoski
won his party’s nomination for governor
Tuesday, advancing to face come-from-be
hind Republican Kevin Mannix in the Nov.
5 general election.
Kulongoski led almost every poll for the
past several weeks, and his nomination
came as little surprise. But GOP pundits —
and many polls — had predicted conserva
tive Mannix would lose the Republican pri
mary to more moderate challengers Ron
Saxton or Jack Roberts.
But Saxton and Roberts conceded the race
to Mannix shortly after 10 p.m., when vari
ous media sources showed the conservative
ahead by 10,000 votes statewide. At press
time, Roberts had placed second, leading
Saxton by less than 600 votes.
In a Eugene concession speech, Roberts
told his supporters to rally behind Mannix
for the good of the Republican party. But
Saxton supporters said Mannix’s appeal is
limited to far-right voters, which will practi
cally assure Kulongoski the win.
“Republicans have shot themselves in the
foot one more time,” Saxton campaign man
ager Mike Beard said. “We had an opportu
nity here to elect a Republican who could
actually win the general election.”
Roberts said he plans to pledge his full
support to the Mannix campaign.
“I’ve said he couldn’t win in the primary,
and he proved us wrong,” Roberts said.
“And I think he’ll do it again in November.”
Kulongoski said he isn’t listening to pre
dictions that he is a lock for the governor
ship, and he is planning for a closely-con
tested battle against Mannix in November.
“I’m surprised at the margin of victory I
received” in the primary, Kulongoski said.
“But I don’t look at this as any easier. I have
great respect for Kevin’s political skills.”
Turn to State, page 4
City voters
appear to
pass three
tax levies
■Voterturnout in Eugene reaches
50 percent, the threshold needed
for the measures’ success to count
By Brad Schmidt
Oregon Daily Emerald
While voter turnout in Tuesday’s pri
mary election exceeded the 50 percent
plateau, assuring $116 million of tax
money to Eugene schools for structural
improvements and $19.6 million to con
tinue improvements to the city’s library,
a city measure vying to fund the con
struction of new fire department facili
ties remained undetermined four hours
after the first ballots were counted.
As of 11:15 p.m., 50.6 percent of Eu
gene voters returned ballots, ending
supporters’ fears of not meeting Ore
gon’s double majority law, which affects
all city levies asking for taxpayer fund
ing in primary elections.
Each measure squeaked past the
law’s requirement, which mandates 50
percent of registered voters cast ballots
and, of those ballots, more than 50 per
cent of citizens must vote “yes.”
The focus now turns to the results of
the last-minute votes, which will ulti
mately decide the outcome of city bal
lot measures.
The tallying won’t be complete until
late Tuesday evening or early today, and
there’s no telling when election results
will be made official, election volunteer
John Wilnau said.
Annette Newingham, chief deputy
county clerk for Lane County, said she
has 20 days after the election to certify
the results.
Turn to Measures, page 3
Thomas Patterson Emerald
Incumbent Ward 3 City Councilor David Kelly talks with reporters at the Lane Events Center on Tuesday night after winning
re-election over University junior Maco Stewart by a more than 2-to-1 majority.
Stewart
concedes
city race
to Kelly
■ David Kelly was elected City
Councilor for Ward 3 in Tuesday’s
primary with 71 percent of the vote
By Darren Freeman and Brad Schmidt
Oregon Daily Emerald
Voters in the area surrounding the
University elected David Kelly in Tues
day’s primary election to represent
Ward 3 on the city council.
Kelly defeated his challenger, Maco
Stewart, with more than two-thirds of
voters supporting the incumbent’s
campaign for a second term. Stewart,
a University junior, received nearly
29 percent of the vote in an election
with an 50.6 percent turnout as of
11:15 p.m.
Stewart conceded to Kelly after 10
p.m., and the two rival candidates
shook hands at the Lane Events Center.
Smiling broadly, Kelly later said the
election result was an affirmation of
his first term in office.
“I believe that the voters in my ward
have been pleased with the efforts I’ve
made,” he said. “I appreciate the sup
port. It’s been tremendous.”
When the first round of election re
sults showed Kelly leading by a two-to
one margin, Stewart said he would
likely lose the election and acknowl
edged that his insurgent campaign was
disadvantaged by Kelly’s high profile
as an incumbent.
But Stewart, who said he ran for
office because he felt students were
poorly represented on the council,
Turn to City, page 3
Panel discussion examines effects of Sept. 11 on minorities
■ Professors and community
members talk Tuesday about how
responses to the attacks have violated
fundamental civil liberties
By Mikhael Romain
for the Emerald
In a panel discussion held Tuesday, a
group of six professors and community mem
bers addressed how the Sept. 11 attacks have
allowed the violation of basic civil liberties,
hindered the advocacy of immigrant rights
and silenced the progression of social justice.
“We were taking steps forward last year,
and this year those steps have gone back
ward,” said Jose Alonso of Centro Latino.
About 40 people attended the panel dis
cussion, held in the International Student
Lounge, where panelists discussed how
American responses to the Sept. 11 attacks
have hindered the advancement of minority
organization and defined the apparent racism
in communities.
“The ruling elites in this society, the re
actionary Christian fundamentalists, the
Ashcrofts, the war-mongers have been em
boldened by this event, and they think that
they can silence the rest of us who are in
dissent,” sociology Professor Chuck Hunt
said. “They only succeed if we let them.”
Lane Community College ethnic studies
Professor Mark Harris said he thinks it is nec
essary to go beyond the classroom and main
stream press and look at all cultural perspec
tives to sustain hope and energy in the face of
a conservative power structure.
Bettie Luke of the local Pan-Asian Com
munication Alliance said that because Eu
gene has so many ethnic groups, forming al
liances is crucial to make their voices heard.
Bahati Ansari of the Racism Free Zone said
it is important not to give up the fight for
social justice, because there is no alternative.
“It will make you tired, but stick with it
and soon people will be by your side,”
Ansari said. “Take a quick break, and get
back in the fight.”
Hunt said education is the only weapon to
“fight depression, attack racism and attack
what is wrong with the world.”
Huy Ong, the organizer of the Oregon Stu
dents for Color Coalition, said understanding
the agenda of other organizations will
strengthen the fight for social justice.
Turn to Coleman, page 4