European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 13, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Elections �?T90 Jesse Jackson works in his office the Day before winning a a a Shadow Senate seat. Right j. Fife Symington a with his wife Ann a thanks arizonans for electing him  voters reject Mecham s comeback bid by the associated press impeached former gov. Evan Mecham of Arizona failed in his comeback try and Jesse Jackson won his first primary race for something other than the presidency As voters selected nominees in 10 states and the District of Columbia. Jackson a Victory tuesday in Washington ., was in a democratic primary for the purely symbolic Post of a Shadow senator a created to lobby for statehood for the City. Democratic party chairman Ronald h. Brown said the party has nominated a a Strong Field of candidates for the november elections that he said will hinge largely on Domestic issues mishandled by the gop and the Bush administration. Quot american people want to know who a going to clean up the savings and loan mess who is going to get this Economy moving again and who is going to provide the leadership to get these budget deficits under control a Brown said. A a in be got to feel optimistic about november a he said. A i wish the general election was  Republican National committee spokeswoman Leslie Goodman was equally upbeat about the Gopas lineup hearing into the fall. A a we re very confident of our candidates Quot she said. Minnesota s democratic gov. Rudy Perpich whose eccentric habits earned him the nickname a governor goofy a won a closely contested bid for renomination to another term after 10 years in office. With 94 percent of precincts reporting Perpich had 55 percent to 42 percent for former Commerce commissioner Mike Hatch. In the Republican race to oppose Perpich businessman Jon Grunseth Defeated stale auditor ame Carlson and a third candidate. Perpich said he got the opponent he wanted. A this makes it much easier for us because we be got the Middle ground Quot Perpich said. Other incumbents had an easy time on the biggest primary Day of the election year and one which nearly completes the fall election lineup. Three Republican governors easily won renomination Judd Gregg in new Hampshire Edward Diprete in Rhode Island and Tommy Thompson in Wisconsin. Democratic gov. William Donald Schaefer coasted to renomination in Maryland. One former governor who was making a comeback try Vermont a Richard Snelling easily won his Republican primary and will face Democrat Peter Welch in the fall. Snelling served four two year terms before retiring in 1984, and was succeeded by Democrat Madeleine Kunin who decided not to run again this year. Mecham lost to Phoenix Developer j. Fife Symington in the race for the gop nomination for Arizona governor. Former mayor Terry Goddard of Phoenix son of a former governor swamped his opponent in the democratic primary. With 99 percent of precincts reporting Symington had 44 percent to Mecham a 24 percent and the rest was divided among three other candidates. A a in la support Fife a Mecham said. A even hell be better than Goddard. As in be said Many times Goddard will be a 100 percent disaster. Fife will Only be an 80 percent  Mecham a former car dealer was impeached in 1988 after two tumultuous years As governor in which he stirred controversy for his outspoken opposition to establishing the Martin Luther King Holiday and Drew charges of financial wrongdoing. Democratic gov. Rose Moford who inherited the Job when Mecham was forced out decided not to run for a full term. In Washington ., Sharon Pratt Dixon who had been an also ran in pre election polls scored a surprising Victory in the democratic primary for mayor to succeed Marion Barry. Barry convicted on a single drug count in August is running As an Independent for a City Council seat in november. A the Bottom line now is to close ranks a said Dixon a f9rmer Utility company executive and democratic National committee member who was making her first bid for elective office. She will face former police chief Maurice Turner a Republican in a City where democrats outnumber republicans 9 to 1. Jackson the two time presidential candidate who last year moved from Chicago to the City heavily populated by Blacks had 57 percent of the vote in a five Way race for the two unpaid a Shadow senator posts. The posts carry neither voting rights nor floor privileges. Nonetheless it was Jackson a first time on any ballot other than in a presidential primary. In another  Race Eleanor Holmes Norton narrowly won nomination for the City a non voting congressional Delegate despite a weekend disclosure that she and her husband had failed to file City tax returns Over an eight year period. Norton said she thought her husband had filed them. She is seeking the Post Given up by Delegate Walter Fauntroy who ran last in the democratic mayoral primary won by Dixon. In a closely watched congressional race rep. Roy Dyson a Maryland Democrat won renomination in a democratic primary Over state legislator Barbara Kreamer and two others. He was considered one of the most vulnerable of congressional incumbents and had been shaken by the recent disclosure that he avoided military service As a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War a a contrast to his hawkish stance on defense issues in Congress. Dyson won 54 percent of the vote against three opponents. He will face Republican Wayne Gilchrest who narrowly lost to Dyson in 1988 and Defeated seven opponents for the gop nomination. In Rhode Island 70-year-old Democrat Bruce Sund Lun won a Tough three Way primary for the nomination to oppose Diprete defeating Providence mayor Joseph r. Paolino or. And Warwick mayor Francis x. Flaherty. Diprete has Defeated Sundlun in the last two elections but the Republican governors popularity has sunk with the states beleaguered Economy and democrats believe he is vulnerable this time. A a it a Dejavu Here we go again a Diprete said. Sundlun called Diprete a an opponent from whom i expect the worst a and said a governor Diprete showed last time that he will Stop at nothing to win an election and we have no reason to believe that he has changed his  in the race for new Hampshire a open Senate seat rep. Bob Smith Defeated Thomas Christo and two others for the Republican nomination. Former new Hampshire sen. John Durkin won the democratic nomination in his bid for a return to the Senate. The retirement of conservative gop sen. Gordon Humphrey after two terms is leaving the seat vacant. Lowering his sights Humphrey 49, won the Republican primary for a state Senate seat a Job that pays $100 a year. Former new Hampshire democratic party chairman Joe Grandmaison won his party a nomination to Challenge gop nominee Gregg in the governors race. Minnesota sen. Rudy Boschwitz had no trouble against Token opposition in the Republican primary. He will face Paul Wellstone a political science professor who won the democratic primary. Connecticut a governors race rep. Bruce a. Morrison a Democrat Defeated state legislator Williamj. Cibes or. The retiring incumbent William o Neill is also a Democrat. Morrison goes into the three Way general election As an underdog largely because of the states poor Economy and record setting tax increases of the past two years. He will face Republican rep. John g. Rowland and the front runner former sen. Lowell p. Weicker a Republican running As an Independent. In a test of abortion As an Issue two Veteran Maryland state senators were handily Defeated by abortion rights candidates. Pro Choice forces said the defeat of state Sens. Frank Shore and Margaret Schweinhaut helps them achieve a filibuster proof state Senate. Abortion rights activists were galvanized by a bitter anti abortion filibuster last March that prevented passage of a Liberal abortion Bill