European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 10, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18  and stripes elections 94 thursday november 10,1994 r voting in ozarks town is Kitchen table operation from the associated press Chadwick to. Louise Hampton treat voters like guests in her Kitchen because that where people living near this Remote ozarks v Community cast their  1984, Hampton has opened her Home on election Day to the 89 voters living in Lead Hill township. Three of Christian county s polling Ela Cesare in Homes because no schools Community buildings or even a country store Are available. Weve used Homes for years and years an years said county clerk Junior Combs. Preparing for elections in t difficult Hampton said. The Day before she sets up two cardboard voting Booths near the  Kitchen table is where election judges do Pur work said Hampton who also hands put Coffee and snacks to voters. Interracial schools of d Charleston . A state ban on racially mixed schools was dumped in West Virginia 40yearslate. Despite a 1954 . Supreme court ruling that separate but equal schools were discriminatory Testate Constitution had read White and coloured persons shall not be taught in the same  s ballot amendment asked voters to repeal that Section. It s something that should have happened years and years ago said James Tolbert president of the state chapter of the National association for the advancement of coloured people. State lawmakers previously had refused several times to put the repeal up for a vote for fear it would fail in a state that is 96 percent White. Guam goes with Democrat Agana Guam the Republican tidal wave this election Day did t make much of a Ripple in Guam. Democrat Carl Gutierrez Defeated Republican Thomas Tanaka on tuesday in the race for governor of the .  s running mate for lieutenant governor Madeleine Bordallo is the widow of Ricard Bordallo a former two term governor. He committed suicide in 1990 As he was about to begin serving a four year prison sentence for witness tampering and conspiracy to obstruct  will succeed Republican gov. Joseph Ada who had served the maximum two terms. . Gets Black Democrat new York Democrat h. Carl Mccal bucked a Strong Republican tide to become state comptroller and new York s first Black statewide officeholder. But Democrat Karen Burstein lost her bid tues Ayio become the nation s first openly Gay candidate elected to statewide office. She was Defeated by Republican Dennis Vacco for state attorney general. Mccall eat Republican Herbert London. Official Back for 1 oth term Baltimore anti incumbent fever May be ravaging the country but Louis Goldstein seems to be immune. The longest serving statewide officeholder in Maryland history was elected tuesday to a 10th term As state  81-year-old Democrat had asked voters for one last term to oversee the consolidation of his office computer system. Georgia and William ram Selof Towson both registered democrats said they voted mostly Republican ticket this year because they wanted a change. Except for Goldstein William rams a said. He s been in there for years and As far As i know he s done a Good  Virgin islands face Runoff Charlotte amalie . Virgin islands it was a no win situation in the Virgin islands. No candidate captured the majority of votes inthe gubernatorial or congressional races tuesday. Voters in the . Territory must return to the poll nov. 22 for a Runoff. Democrat Eileen Petersen got 33.9 percent of the votes cast for Delegate to Congress. She will face Independent candidate Victor Frazer who received 33 percent. In the race for governor top finisher Roy Schneider an Independent will face democratic it. Gov. Derek Hodge. Schneider got 43 percent of the votes to Hodge s 27.4  Winner will replace gov. Alexander Farrelly retiring after eight years in office. Athletes and by Scripps Howard news service Washington luminaries from the world of sports and entertainment tried tuesday to Trade their stardom for political office with varied Success. Part time actor Fred Thompson a Republican who recently played supporting roles in the movie hits in the line of fire and the Hunt for red october won his race to represent Tennessee in the . Senate. Thompson who also is a Washington lobbyist an former counsel to the watergate committee easily beat rep. Jim Cooper a six term Democrat who authored leading alternative to president Clinton s health care reforms. Winning with moire than 60 percent of the vote Thompson will fill the Senate seat once held by vice president Al  the polls brought an Early electoral Fumble for Jack Mildren a for Mer All american foot Ball Start the University of Oklahoma who lost his bid to be Oklahoma s gov  about 47 percent of the vote Republican Frank Keating handily won the three Way Rac Largent against Mildren the cur rent democratic lieutenant governor and Independent Swatkins. Another former Gridiron great in Oklahoma where football is sacred won his political trophy. In Norman former sooner quarterback . Watts Wen with about 51 percent of the vote enough to beat Democrat David ferryman. The win makes Watt the second Black Republican in the . House. Watts who twice was voted the most valuable play Erin the Orange bowl when he Quarter backed University of Oklahoma victories in 1980 and 1981, currently i chairman of the state corporation commission which regulates Oklahoma s Oil and Gas Industry. Also in Oklahoma Steve Largent a seven time pro bowl wide receiver with the Seattle sea Hawks won the open congressional seat in the Tulsa area. A Republican businessman after he left pro football in 1989, Lar gent surpassed Democrat Stuart Price by about a 2-to-Lmargin. " ". /. A. In the. South the election proved to be curtains for congressional comeback for Ben Jones who played cooler in the old to series Dukes of  was a two term democratic representative play former entertainer Sonny Bono a Republican celebrates tuesday after winning a . House seat to represent some of California s desert resort communities. Former University of Oklahoma football player . Watts won his race to represent Oklahoma in the . House. He will be one of two Black republicans in the chamber. From Georgia until he lost in 1992 after his suburban Atlanta seat was re distracted. This time he was trounced by rep. Newt Gingrich who is the front run Ner to be House speaker now that the republicans have taken Over control of the  won with More than 60 percent of the vote. In Florida drag racing legend Don big daddy Garlits a Blunt talking conservative Republican spun out in his Challenge to rep. Karen Thurman a fresh Man Democrat from the Northern part of the state. Thurman won with 57 percent of the , whose name was synonymous with hot rods and souped up cars for four decades made Waves during the Campaign when he said a Small percentage of Blacks Are responsible for most of the nation s crime. In California two tvs Creen stars Sonny Bono and Sheila Kuehl who played Zelda under the name Sheila James on television s the Man loves of Dobi Gillis waged campaigns. Bono who became famous decades ago singing with sex wife Cher already has been mayor of Palm Springs calif., and was an unsuccessful gop candidate for the . Senate in 1992. But this year Hewon and will represent the desert resort communities of the Coache Lavalley in to Hells. House. Kuehl a Harvard Law school graduate and Fem Inist activist is running As a Democrat for a state Assembly seat from the los Angeles area. She would be the first openly Gay person to serve4n the California legislature