European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 25, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday september 25, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 7 Man convicted of wife beating to go on ballot Little Rock Ark. A the gop must put Back on the ballot an attorney general Candi Date convicted of beating his wife the state supreme court ruled Fri Day. Dan Ivy sued the state Republican party after it voted sept. 10 to strip him from the ballot. He was convicted sept. 7 of third degree  " v the High court said Pulaski county circuit judge Chris Piazza erred when he upheld a gop Deci Sion to bump Ivy the party could have sued to remove Ivy but should not have taken the action itself the court said. I m totally delighted Ivy said. We re going to hit the Campaign Trail hard again. We Are going to go from town to town telling the Dan Ivy  state Republican chairman Asa Hutchinson said after the Raling that he would not vote for Ivy. Any Good Republican would have stepped aside he said. Ivy 41, a Fayetteville lawyer was unopposed in the primary. He will face democratic incumbent Winston Bryant on nov. 8, Ivy was sentenced to 60 Days in jail with 30 suspended for beating his wife july 24. He maintains his innocence and has appealed to Washington county circuit court his wife has filed for divorce. A North winning opposition Over by the Washington Post Washington George Hubbard has struggled Over whether he will sup port Oliver North for the . Senate. The Virginia Republican activist fought to deny North the gop nomination and remains uncomfortable with North s role in the Iran Contra scandal. But after some soul searching Hubbard will give his vote to North on nov. 8. Right after i came Home from the re publican convention in Junei was t sure what i was going to do said Hub Bardi 65, a retired administrator at the giant Newport news va., shipyard. About All i can say is i came to it gradually with the passage of  North has handled himself Well As a candidate and he clearly won the debate i watched a couple of weeks ago. If i were running North s Campaign i would do my damnedest to stay away from the past. That s the chink in his  Hubbard s conversion May be grudging but it represents a significant Victory for the North Campaign. A number of politicians and analysts say North has had unexpected Success Woodrig voters who harboured grave doubts about him. It is Why he has pulled slightly ahead of the incumbent Democrat sen. Charles Robb in several recent polls and Why analysts agree his chances of Victory in november Are stronger than Ever. Analysts say North has eroded Public scepticism about him by dominating the television airwaves with commercials that portray him in a favourable Light. Mean while the analysts say Robb has done Little to remind voters of North s link to the Iran Contra affair in which Reagan administration officials sold weapons to Iran to win the release of . Hostages then channelled the proceeds illegally to Contra rebels in Nicaragua. North also has focused attention on the travails of president Clinton Robb s fellow Democrat a tactic that appears to be hurting Robb. The obvious indicator of North s Prog Ress has been his slow but steady ascent in political polls. In june when both North and Robb secured their parties nominations most surveys showed Robb comfortably ahead of North. But several polls taken in the last two weeks showed that North s standing has improved while Robb s has remained stagnant. The most recent poll conducted last week by the Richmond times dispatch showed that the withdrawal of Independent l. Douglas Wilder did not appear to boost Robb s fortunes. Indeed North remained ahead of Robb even when the remaining Independent Marshall Cole Man was not considered. Candidate s private woes spotlighted Denver a first it was disclosed that Republican Bruce Benson had two arrests for Drunken driving. Then he. Admitted he was unfaithful to his first wife. And divorce papers depict him As threaten ing the woman and lavishing Money on his Lover How his second wife. Suddenly character is an Issue in the Colorado governor s race. " i Don t think infidelity is an Issue Benson said wearily near the end of a news conference at which he admitted cheating on his first wife. Benson a millionaire oilman trying to unseat two term democratic gov. Roy Vorher met with reporters thursday to explain his 1993 divorce from his wife of 30 years Nancy. Earlier in the Day their divorce papers were unsealed by a judge after Kusa to sued to obtain the documents. 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