Price Busting News! $/a9 Nigh Quality Dry (leaning Each Item Is Only #2.89 Shirts oil A Strange Twist Election-night results yield surprises for local candidates. JENNIFER FINER STAFF WRITER udge Susan Moiseev tried to Republican side, voters in South- maintain a positive outlook field and West Bloomfield spoke on election night. After all, their minds in some other key the first round of vote totals elections. came in from parts of Oakland The West Bloomfield race, one County the judge didn't expect to of the most fierce in the metro De- carry. troit area, came to an anti-cli- But for the district court judge, mactic end Tuesday night. one of four candidates running for With only absentee votes to be an open seat on the Oakland counted, incumbent Jeddy Hood Country Circuit Court, subse- easily beat out challenger Larry quent results would not get any Wasserman for township super- better. visor, despite allegations of anti- As the evening wore on, the at- Semitism against Ms. Hood made mosphere at her parents' South- by Mr. Wasserman in an ad field home was somber. Friends placed in The Jewish News. and family stopped by for brief "I got a lot of support from peo- visits, and much of the conversa- ple who understand the real prob- tion was kept just above a whis- lem in this township," said Mr. per. Wasserman, who also said he j Beautifully Laundered No Minimum Box or Hanger Must Be Paid For In Advance Same Day Service For Only a 9 each If Not Paid For In Advance Judge Susan Moiseev listens to results while campaign manager Alan Feuer checks the numbers. - Excludes: Suedes, Leathers, Formal Gowns, Wedding Dresses And Household Items - All Items Paid For In Advance Are $2.89 Otherwise 50( Extra Per Item THE DETR OIT JE WISH N EWS Same Day Service 10 $)89 IN DRY CLEANERS 26079 Southfield Rd. (at 10 Mile Rd.) Across From AAA Lathrup Village 569-1440 !MIR CAN ExPRESS CARO 7i 01111 . i toc- "In past elections, I ran for re- election (Ms. Moiseev was ap- pointed to her seat), and I was confident I could win. This time, the race was more wide open," said Judge Moiseev, after spend- ing 13 hours campaigning outside a senior center in Milford. "At least next week, when I go back to work, I'll still be a judge." She lost to John O'Brien and Nanci Grant, both of whom will face off for an open circuit court seat in November. "She did extremely well in Southfield, where she was known," said Judge Moiseev's campaign manager, Alan Feuer. "But, moving your message across a county of a million people is dif- ficult. I think fame and money won out." Other races were just as wide open as the one for circuit court. So, when the ballots were count- ed Tuesday night, the results yielded a few surprises. In addition to the close Nichol- son-Romney race and Dave Gor- cyca's upset of Oakland County Prosecutor Dick Thompson on the County Commissioner who re- ceived key endorsements in her race, easily beat her closet con- tender, Carol King. Ms. Quarles faces Republican Roderick Fra- cassi in November. Because the district, comprising Southfield and Lathrup Village, is so heav- ily Democratic, Tuesday's race represented the biggest hurdle to the seat in Lansing. If anyone was encouraged by Tuesday's results, it was Oakland County Prosecutor candidate Steve Kaplan. Mr. Kaplan, a De- mocrat, was uncontested in his race, but in November, he faces off against Mr. Gorcyca. Before the polls closed on Tuesday night, he was fairly certain he would be faking on Mr. Thompson. E.- "I thought the Right To Life would give Dick Thompson the g, support he needed," said Mr. Ka- plan, currently an assistant pros- ?, ecutor in the Macomb County Prosecutor's Office. "I think Oak- land County voters sent a clear message [on Tuesday] that the county is intolerant of prosecutors who waste resources on cases that can't be won." Mr. Kaplan said he was espe- cially encouraged by a Free Press poll which indicated a majority of voters supported Gorcyca as a protest vote against Mr. Thomp- son. Mr. Kaplan said he had a cam- paign plan for both Republican candidates. "If Thompson won, I would have been mining against a man who wastes trial resources," he said. "With Gorcyca, I plan to compare our experience. I've tried more than 150 felony jury cases. He's tried six." Mr. Kaplan, who ran for Oak- land County Prosecutor against Mr. Thompson in 1992, lost that race by 30,000 votes or five per- centage points. Judicial candidate Nanci Grant spent Tuesday night flanked by her family. Ms. Grant, the daugh- ter of Oakland Probate Judge Barry Grant, said she wasn't sur- prised by her victory. "I worked very hard," she said. "I was out every day letting peo- ple know how I feel about mak- ing the courts more efficient, and the voters paid attention." Ms. Grant, a trial attorney, was the only candidate in her race who purchased television spots. "I don't think television was as critical as going out and meeting people. [Meetin people] was what my campaign was based on," she said. CII doesn't believe his ad backfired. Voters also denied places on the November ballot to incumbent trustees Michael Schwartz and Dennis Vatsis. Instead, candi- dates on the slate of a newly formed organization of West Bloomfield residents, called 3Rs (Citizens for Responsible, Rea- sonable & Respectful Candi- dates), won their primary races. The victories included those of in- cumbent trustees Marc Shulman and Ray Holland and trustee can- didates Debbie Macon and David Turnquist. Other 3Rs victors in- cluded Ms. Hood, treasurer Denise Hammond and clerk Sharon Law, who are unopposed in November. West Bloomfield voters helped Kim Small make it out of the 48th District Court primary. She faces incumbent Thomas Brookover in the general election. Less than 20 miles away, in Southfield, voters helped Nancy Quarles write her ticket to Max- ine Berman's seat in the state House. Mara Reinstein contributed to Ms. Quarles, an Oakland this report.