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The Homestretch

Still confused about the upcoming election? It is not too late to make a decision.

JENNIFER FINER STAFF WRITER

Planning strategy on
Howard Wolpe's
campaign.

A fter Tuesday, Nov. 8, it will
all be over. No more com-
mercials. No more phone
calls. And no more mail so-
licitations.
By 8 p.m. on Tuesday,
the election polls will be
closed and the voters will have spoken.
A lot is at stake in the upcoming election
where Michigan residents will have the oppor-
tunity to elect a new U.S. Senator, decide if
Howard Wolpe will become Michigan's first Jew-
ish governor, determine whether Sander Levin
gets to keep his job in Washington and vote for
or against Donald Lobsinger, a congressional
candidate who was once at the helm of a right-
wing anti-communist organization.
Voters will also be asked to choose a secretary
of state, attorney general, county commission-
er, justices of the
Supreme Court... The
list goes on.
Confused about ex-
actly what will be on the
ballot or who to vote for?
The following pages
should shed some light
when trying to decide
which lever to pull,
which hole to punch or
which name to draw a
line by.
The chart on the next
two pages lists guberna-
torial, state Senate and
state representative can-
didates' responses to a
Jewish Community
Council survey. The JC-
Council questionnaire
asked the candidates to
present their views on
charter schools and
prayer in public school.
An additional table highlights positions ar-

ticulated by candidates for the
State Board of Education, the
University of Michigan Board of
Regents, the Michigan State
University Board of Trustees
and the Wayne State Universi-
ty Board of Governors.
In other statewide races, Sec-
retary of State Richard Austin,
a Democrat who has held his po-
sition for 24 years, is being chal-
lenged by Republican Candice
Miller. Attorney General Frank
Kelley, a Democrat who has
been at his job eight years longer
than Mr. Austin, is being chal-
lenged by Republican John Smi-
Oakland County
etanka.
Commission
candidate
Only two of the five candidates seeking an
Ronald Zate.
eight-year term as justice of the Michigan
Supreme Court will be elected to the high court.
Incumbent Conrad L. Mallett Jr. is hoping to
keep his position while Donald E. Shelton, Eliz-
abeth A. Weaver, Richard Griffin and George
Killeen are also hoping for a slot on the bench.
Four ballot proposals will ask voters to decide
on issues like holding a constitutional conven-
tion, limiting criminal appeals, amending Michi-
gan's auto insurance laws and establishing an
endowment fund for the state's parks.
And then, of course, there are
the highly publicized races
between Gov. John Engler
and Howard Wolpe, who are
battling for the position of
governor, and the U.S. Senate
contest between Republican
Spencer Abraham and Democ-
rat Bob Carr. Also running for
the U.S. Senate: Workers World
candidate William Roundtree,
Jon Coon, and Nat-
ural Law's Chris Wege. An ar-
ticle on the following pages
tide
Andrea Fischer:
covers this race.
Candidate for

U-M Board of
Regents.

