European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 6, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Pago 24 the stars and stripes thursday. November 6.1988 despite setback Reagan will stick to goals Washington up president Reagan Refus ing to be daunted by the democratic capture of the Senate intend to press ahead with the Reagan Revo Lution changing his tactics but not Hij goals his chief of staff said wednesday. All but one of the Republican senatorial candidates Reagan campaigned Tor lost. The exception was sen. Steve d. Symms a Idaho. Nevertheless Donald Regan told Abc television the while House is thinking of what would have happened if the president had not gone and vigorously campaigned in the various Stales sometimes two and three Lim in he last several weeks. Regan Taid that the elections revolved mostly around local issues. He said the Republican party takes heart in the number of governorships in won. When told that sen. Robert Byrd the West Virginia Democrat who expects to became the majority Leader in the Senate again has said that Trade legislation Wilt be put on the president1 desk Regan replied he s going to Nave to figure out How he a going to get enough votes 1o override a Reagan has been adamantly opposed to restrictive Trade measures. White House spokesman Larry Speakes said Rea Gan with his relentless stumping had turned Many of the contests into horse he said Reagan would reject the lame Duck Label and his Agenda will re main said the president wound up election Day generally optimistic Anbolt knowing that he had done nil Job and done it be made virtually clean sweep of governor races in in Sun Bell notably Alabama and that Speaks Well for the realignment of the South be added. Gop from Page 1 there won t be milled formally until the legislature meets in january. Republicans last held a majority of statehouse in 1969. Even though they seemed certain to fall just Short of reaching that Bench Mark Michele Davis executive director of the Republican governors association proclaimed the gains that were made an amazing amazing a com this is something we can All stand on the rooftops and cheer about she said. White House spokesman Larry speak is said the outcome of the governor s races Speaks Well for the permanent realignment of the Republican Davis said gop successes reflect the emphasis that president Reagan and his administration have put on promoting can do hands on managers at the male level. Charles Dolan executive director of the democratic governors association said the elections for governors senators and congressmen should be considered together. Overall you can say this was a democratic Day he said. No one Ever said we were going to win among the democratic victories tuesday were nine in which popular incumbents such As new York s Mario Cuomo and Massachusetts Mik Duka Kis swept to Victory. Fifteen of the open posts belonged to the democrats while republicans had Only four vacancies. The cop won i.-. 17 states grabbing control of eight vacant democratic posts and defeating incumbents in Texas and Wisconsin two states where economic issues were a Factor. In Texas former gop Coy. Bill cements ousted gov. Mark White reversing the 1982 election Between the same two men and in Wisconsin legis Lator Tommy Thompson a Republican bested democratic gov. Anthony Earl in a close contest. But the gop made impressive inroads in the West and the South electing Guy Hunt As the first Republican Fco Velmor of Alabama since reconstruction rep. Carroll Campbell in South Carolina Bob Martinez in Florida Harry Bellmon in Oklahoma Carrey Carithers in new Mexico Evan Mecham in Arizona and Mike Hayden in Kansas. All were open posts previously held by democrats. Martinez Democrat Lumen Republican and a former mayor of Tampa is Florida s first hispanic governor and Only its second gop chief executive. He Defeated Steve Pajrick. Hunt viewed As an also ran when he got the historically worthless gop Norci nation in Alabama was helped by a bit Ter primary feud among democrats i which i. Gov Bill Bailey was awarded the party nomination even though he failed to win a majority in a Runoff a la a popular attorney general who maintained an aggressive write in Campaign until just Days before election Day. Two of nation s five most populous ales California and rain ii re elected gop incumbents George Deuk median and James Thompson respectively. But in Pennsylvania Democrat Bob Casey Defeated it. Gov. William Scran ton 111 after three unsuccessful attempts in 1966, 1970 and 1978 democratic primaries. Scranton s acknowledged dab bling with digs and transcendental meditation was an Issue. Democrats also picked up Tennessee As Ned Ray Mcwherter ran a Strong race against Winfield Dunn for the open Post. The nine women candidates did t fare Well with a few exceptions. Kay Orr Nebraska s Republican state treasurer who stressed her ties with Reagan Defeated former Lincoln mayor Helen boo Salis. In Vermont Kunin led in a three Way race but failed to get More than so per cent of the vote and will have to Wail until january for the state legislature to declare a Winner. The legislature tradition aty awards the prize to the top vote getter when there is a Clear advantage and Kunin led her nearest opponent by nearly 10 percentage Points. Assuming Kunin is returned to office there will be three female state executive officers one More than before the elec Tion. Kentucky nov. Martha Layne col Lins was not up for re election. But Carolyn Warner Arizona s demo cratic school superintendent lost in a three Way race and Norma Paulus Ore gon s Republican sex Secretary of slate lost to Neil Goldschmidt Jimmy car Ter s transportation Secretary. Connect Cut s incumbent democratic gov. Wil Liam o Neill easily Defeated challenger Julie Belaga. Independent Sherry Huber lost to re publican John Mckean in Maine. My Keman a gop congressman will take the vacant democratic Post. New democrats also held on to their party s governorships in Colorado Maryland and Wyoming while incumbents retained Arkansas Georgia Michi Gan Ohio Minnesota and Nevada. Republican incumbents were re elected in new Hampshire Rhode Island and Iowa Ond George Mickelson held the governorship for the gop in South Dakota. More germans working Nuernberg a West Ger Many s unemployment Rale edged Down Ward again last month As the country Job Market continued a slow improvement. Federal labor office presi Dent Heinsch Franke said tuesday. The number of unemployed dropped in octo Ber to 2.026 million or a Rale of 8.1 per cent the lowest rate in four Yean Franke told a news conference in Nuernberg. Senate from Page 1 Larry King show Fahrnkopf was asked by King what he would do differently if he had the Chance. Maybe you d pick a Little better candidates he replied. He said voters made their decisions based on local issues and on what they saw As the relative merits of opposing candidates. Paul Kirk democratic chairman said the reversal of political fortunes Means Reagan will have to be in a position of either accepting what toe Senate and House Send to him compromising with them to get a result or putting himself in sort of a Captain veto said retiring House speaker Thomas p. O Neill or if there was a Reagan revolution it s Over. It will be the Art of government by Compromise. H has happened Many limit in the past and it s not that it s going to be contentious no doubt about it said rep. Jack Kemp r-n.y., a possible 1988 presidential contender. But Kemp insisted that the election was not a referendum on Reagan. Democrats across the country were not campaigning against Ronald Reagan. In fact a lot of them sounded like Ronald Reagan. In the South. Democratic gov. Bob Graham Defeated sen. Paula Hawkins in Florida. In Louisiana rep. John Breaux kept the Senate seat of retiring Veteran Russell Long in the democratic column by defeating gop rep. Henson Moore. Georgia democratic rep. Wyche Fowler ousted one term gop sen. Mack Matingly. Former North Carolina gov. Terry Sanford put Amend to the Brief Senate career of gop sen. James t. Broy hut Broyhill was appointed to the position earlier in the year to replace sen. John East also Republican who committed suicide. In Maryland rep. Barbara Mikuls swept conservative Republican Linda Chavez a former Reagan aide out of the Nee for the seat being vacated by retiring gop sen. Charles Mcc Mathias. South Dakota Republican sen. James Abdnor went Down to defeat at the hands of democratic rep. Thomas a. Daschle. Former transportation Secretary Brock Adams unseated Republican sen. Slade Gorton in Washington. And in a close race in Nevada democratic rep. Harry Reid Defeated gop rep. James Salini to Tike the Republican seat being vacated by sen. Paul Lutali. One of the few Bright spots in in otherwise gloomy night for the gop was the Victory in Missouri of for Mer Republican gov. Christopher s. Kit Bond Over it. Gov. Harriet Wood for the democratic seat vacated by retiring sen. Thomas f. Eagleton. Democrats fought Back a Strong Republican Chal Lenge in Colorado for the seat of democratic sen. Gary Hart and democratic rep. Tim Wirth Defeated gop rep. Kenneth b. Kramer. In California three term democratic sen. Alan cranium Defeated rep. Edward Zichaus. The last democratic Victory was assured at midday wednesday when the final votes were counted in the North Dakota race for the Senate and showed Ken Conrad democratic stale tax commissioner a Winner Over first term Republican Mark Andrews. Waite from Paft. 1 few Days ago Waite Stul remain at this Point hopeful and cautiously optimistic he said. But very frankly the rumours an misinformation circulating in the last Days Haven t helped. This kind of misinformation u dangerous be cause it ii a further risk to the live in Lebanon. There Ere a lot of people trying to make political use of the negotiations trying to sabotage and muscle in on the efforts for reasons Only they know he i the reality of the Middle East although Waite London office said wednesday he would be returning to London he would not give de tails on his immediate travel a news conference tuesday Waite bad declined to comment on reports of a Deal Between Iran and the United stale in which aircraft part and other Mili tary hardware reportedly were exchanged for the re lease of Jacobsen. On wednesday however Waite Taid i know Noth ing of alleged . Negotiations. My work is done Independent of any government Waite Laid freeing the hostages remain very very difficult i am committed to them. I m committed to getting then air Force spokeswoman said late wednesday that medical tests on Jacobsen were Complete and that the former hostage had no specific health Pramme stemming from his it Moneta in Doc Lon recommended routine follow up examinations when or. Jacobsen returns to the state she said. Jacobsen and his family spent wednesday afternoon touring Wiesbaden she Laid. She bad no information on when the family would leave Germany
