European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 5, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday novembers. 1992 election �?T92 the stars and stripes b Page 13 the following is a state by state wrap up of key races in the Southwest. The states included in this Region Are Arizona new Mexico Texas and Oklahoma. I Arizona by the associated press Republican sen. John Mccain won reelection tuesday defeating a comeback bid by impeached gov. Evan Mecham. President Bush squeaked by gov. Bill Clinton to win this gop bastions eight electoral votes. Bush wot percent of the vote to a Tony a 37 percent. Ross Perot made a Strong showing with 24 percent. Arizona Hasni to voted democratic for president Mccain since it helped put Harry Truman in the White House in 1948. Mccain raised $3 million and built a huge Lead in the polls Over Liberal Democrat Claire Sargent and Mecham a lifelong Republican who ran As an Independent. It was Mecham a second comeback attempt since he was impeached As governor and removed from office in 1988. He ran for governor again in 1990, but lost in the gop primary. Mccain took 56 percent of the vote Over Community activist Sargent who had 32 percent. Mecham took 11 percent. A measure to create a state Holiday honouring Martin Luther King or. Passed overwhelmingly by a 3-2 margin. The Issue has been a festering political and Public relations sore Here the Only state in the nation without a paid civil rights Holiday. Mecham cancelled a King Holiday while in office. And in 1990, voters rejected two competing proposals a decision that Cost Arizona the 1993 super bowl and an estimated $300 million in convention and tourist business. Democrats added two seats to their single . House seat for a 3-3 split with republicans. First District incumbent John j. Rhodes Iii a re Public Mecham can was Defeated. Democrat Karan English won in the new 6th congressional District. In the new state legislature republicans were holding on to their 13 seats in the Senate while democrats held 12 seats. Five were still too close to Call. In the state House the split was 18 democrats 13 republicans with 15 races still contested. Voters approved a term limits measure for state and Federal legislators. Efforts to ban abortion except to save the life of the Mother failed by a 2-1 margin. Arizona also changed its method of execution from the Gas chamber to lethal injection. New Mexico new mexicans maintained the status quo in the House of representatives this year re electing All three incumbents but went with a change at the top voting for a Democrat for the first time since 1964. With 99 percent of the precincts reporting Bill Clinton had 248,864 votes or 46 percent to 203,010 votes or 38 percent for president Bush. Ross Perot took 88,667 votes or 16 percent. Like Many Western states new Mexico had voted conservatively Over the years choosing a Democrat Only twice before it the past 40 years. Clinton became the first Democrat to win new Mexico since Lyndon Johnson in 1964. The Carter Ford race in 1976 was the Only election in which new Mexico has failed to choose the Winner since it became a state in 1912. All three incumbent congressmen a republicans Steven Schiff and Joe Skeen and Democrat Bill Richardson a cruised to comfortable victories. In state legislature races republicans were struggling to maintain the 15 scats they had in the 42-member Senate. The split was at 26 democrats and 13 republicans late wednesday with three races still undecided. In the 70-Membcr House democrats increased their scats by at least two to a 50-17 split with three races undecided. There were no . Senate gubernatorial or other major statewide contests this year. The gop primary in the Wake of the House Bank scandal. Democratic rep. Glenn English the Dean of the states congressional delegation easily Defeated challenger Bob Anthony. Oklahoma s three other democratic House members Mike Synar Bill Brewster and Dave Mccurdy a also were re elected As was Republican rep. James m. Inhofe. The split of 37 democrats 11 republicans held in races for the state Senate while the democrats picked up one House scat for a 37-11 majority. Voters turned Down a health care provider tax to erase a $23 million shortfall at the state welfare Agency but approved a $350 million capital Bond program and a companion measure to expand legalized Bingo. They also approved limits on property taxes. Texas Oklahoma voters made sen. Don Nickles the first Oklahoma Republican elected to three terms in the Senate choosing him Over former state rep. Steve Lewis on tuesday. The state also continued a longtime trend in going for the Republican presidential candidate. Thanks largely to the Urban counties president Bush had 592,929 votes or 43percent, to Clinton a 472,796, or 34 percent and Ross Perot a 319,878, or 23 percent. A a inc last time we voted for a Democrat was in Nildes 1964. So i am proud because we made George Bush work Vicy hard for Oklahoma a said Betty Mceldery co chairwoman of the state democratic party. Laurie Williams the states Only female candidate in a Maior race lost to Republican Ernest Istook of the House seat that rep. Mickey Edwards lost in lost cause in Las Cruces Dan Sosa takes his Campaign to the intersection of Alameda Democrat was Defeated in his race for new Mexico s 2nd con Boulevard and Amador Avenue in Las Cruces on tuesday. The Gressional District by Republican incumbent Joe Skeen. The Road to the White House did no to go through Texas after All. President Bush won his adopted Home state and its 32 electoral votes despite a Strong Challenge by neighbor Bill Clinton and native son Ross Perot. The Victory made history Clinton became the first Democrat to win the White House in modern times without the support of Texas. With 100 percent of the precincts reporting wednesday Bush had 2,442,279 votes or 40 percent to Clinton a 2,259,946 votes or 37 percent and Perot a 1,343,372, or 22 percent. Texas went from Battleground to burial i ground with Bush acknowledging defeat at a Houston Campaign rally and Perot 1 dancing to Patsy Cliness song crazy at a Swanky suburban Dallas hotel before conceding his unconventional Campaign a but not the movement that spurred it. In the states most watched race Republican challenger Barry Williamson easily Defeated Democrat Lena Guerrero who falsely claimed a College diploma for 12 years for a scat on the Railroad commission which Rogu Latch the states Energy Industry. Guerrero 34, a rising democratic Star and Washington prot dude of gov. Ann Richards lost her fight for political life after admitting she lacked the College degree. With 98 percent of precincts counted Williamson who was Little known before Guerrero a transcript controversy led 53 percent to 40 percent. Democrats won 21 . House seats to the republicans nine up from a 19-8 advantage. Because of population gains the state was Able to increase its delegation from 27 to 30. Among the winners was 18th District incumbent Craig a. Washington who Defeated gop challenger Edward Blum to win a third term. During the presidential Campaign both parties spent dozens of Days and millions of dollars in Texas. The republicans even held their National convention at the Astrodome sending baseball a Houston astros packing on a three week Road trip. But after 10 months of Campaign speeches Bush made the toughest one of All tuesday night when he told a Mournful gathering in Houston that he had telephoned Clinton and offered his congratulations. A i wish him Well in the White House. Regardless of our differences All americans share the same purpose Quot the Defeated president said. Perot s Concession speech was the final event in an unorthodox and self financed Campaign conducted almost entirely through television advertising. To those disappointed by his defeat Perot said his group United we stand could work to influence congressional races. A was Long As we re together nationwide you will have an enormous voice in this country a he told cheering supporters