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By Sarah Lewis
Daily Staff Reporter
Four of the five Ann Arbor City Council
seats up for grabs went to Democrats in the
election race last night.
Joe Upton, the only Republican to win a
council seat this term, is the only one of the
five who is not a returning council member.
Upton accounted for 82.63 percent of the
votes in his race with 52 of 62 precincts report-
ing in Washtenaw County, while his Libertarian
opponent Kurt Verhoff had 17.37 percent.
Upton said he is optimistic about his term
despite the small number of Republicans on the
council.
"We're going to be a strong minority," Upton
said. "When you're an 8-4 minority, you have
Upton only GOP to gain seat
to be realistic. We won't drive the agenda, but
we will be able to shape the agenda."
Jean Carlberg (D-3rd Ward) won her race
against Libertarian opponent J.P. Denoyer. With
52 of 62 precincts in Washtenaw County
reporting, Carlberg held 89.49 percent of the
vote over Denoyer's 10.51 percent.
Carlberg said she wants to work on afford-
able housing for students and area-wide long-
range planning development during her third
term in office.
"I plan on working more closely with the stu-
dents," said Carlberg, whose ward includes
East Quad Residence Hall and some other stu-
dent housing.
Tobi Hanna Davies (D-1st Ward) ran unop-
posed for her fourth term in office. She said
she plans to solve M-14's traffic problem,
focusing on the Barton Road exit.
Her campaign also emphasized non-violent
student participation in anti-racist movements,
referring to last May's reaction to the Ku Klux
Klan demonstration in Ann Arbor.
Stephen Hartwell (D-4th Ward), also unop-
posed, said having a Republican mayor leading
the Democrat-heavy board will not change the
city council's objectives. Hartwell said he
wants to strengthen the city employee-adminis-
tration relationship during his third term and
work on a "quick-response" problem-solving
team for the city.
"The city needs to be more pro-active,"
Hartwell said. "When something happens, the
citizens shouldn't have to come to us to com-
plain."
The third Council member also winning
without opposition was incumbent Elisabeth
Daley (D-5th Ward). She said she will be
involved in "the whole issue of development
and congestion in Ann Arbor and in the county.
It affects us in a lot of ways."
As a Rackham and Business second-year stu-
dent, she said her presence on campus puts her
in a better position to hear students' problems.
"I'm looking into the way the city enforces
noise ordinances;'said Daley. adding that park-
ing and commuter busing rank among impor-
tant student issues.
LSA junior Elizabeth Emerson said she feels
one of the biggest issues for the Council mem-
bers should be housing.
"I would like them to work on the condition
of low-income housing in Ann Arbor," said
Emerson, citing the local Y[MCA as an exam-
ple. "The facilities are adequate. but they could
be improved."
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Partisan control at
stake in Court race
Taylor and fellow
Republicans looking to
obtain majority status on
state Supreme Court
DETROIT (AP) - Republicans in
yesterday's election hoped to seize
majority status on the state Supreme
Court, a key part of their quest for
dominance in Michigan.
With 66 percent of precincts
reporting, Republican Clifford Taylor
was leading the race for a partial with
53 percent. A Democrat and a
Republican were holding the top two
spots for two full-length, eight-year
terms. That would give the majority
status to the Republicans.
Taylor was appointed to the state
Supreme Court last year by Gov. John
Engler. His opponent, Wayne County
Circuit Judge Carole Youngblood, had
47 percent in the late returns.
Two-term incumbent Democrat
Michael Cavanagh led the race for the
full-term judgeships with 33 percent,
with 66 percent of the precincts report-
ing. Behind him was Republican
Maura Corrigan with 25 percent, fol-
lowed by Democrat Susan Borman at
21 percent.
Borman is a Wayne County circuit
judge, and Corrigan is the chief judge
of the Michigan Court of Appeals.
Republican nominee Wayne Circuit
Judge Jeffrey Collins had I1 percent in
the early returns. Libertarian David
Raaflaub, independent Jerry Kaufman
and Matthew Abel - nominated by
the Reform Party - trailed.
Supreme Court races are officially
not partisan; party affiliations don't
appear on the ballot. But candidates
are nominated at party conventions,
and both parties say the ideological
makeup of the Supreme Court is cru-
cial.
Before the election, Democrats had
a 4-3 majority. Terms of two
Democratic judges were expiring and
state law required appointed Taylor to
run for a seat, meaning the election
would decide the court's political
makeup.
Democrat Patricia Boyle, serving
on the state Supreme Court since 1983,
did not run again.
In 1996, Republicans and
Democrats had three seats each.
Independent Charles Levin, who
retired Dec. 31, 1996, held the seventh
seat. The political makeup of the court
has been fairly even for most of the
1990s and the latter half of the 1980s.
Among the dozen candidates for
the nonpartisan judgeships on the
Michigan Court of Appeals, incum-
bents Myron Wahls and Helene White
were leading in races for two I st
District full-term seats with 58 percent
of precincts reporting.
Wahls and White both had 35 per-
cent of the late returns. Helen Brown
followed with 18 percent, and Daniel
Ryan had 12 percent.
With 58 percent of precincts
reporting, Michael Talbot, appointed
by Engler this year, had 60 percent in
the race to complete the unexpired
term of retired Ist District Judge
Maureen Reilly. Opposing him was
attorney J. Vincent Brennan, who had
40 percent.
In District 2, incumbent Martin
Doctoroff had 51 percent of votes with
44 percent of precincts counted. His
opponent, Pamela Gilbert O'Sullivan,
a Macomb County probate judge, had
49 percent of returns.
Rivers retains
seat in House
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theme of "Rocky," Hickey jokingly began his 11:45 p.m.
concession speech by asking "So, how was your day?"
Hickey, a medical distributor business owner, gracefully
thanked his family and numerous supporters who stayed to
hear his concession speech. "We all can leave with our heads
high and our chest out," Hickey said.
Supporters said the lack of mudslinging in River's cam-
paign was refreshing during the election season.
"I think the campaign was clean until last week," said
LSA junior Elizabeth Emerson, a member of the campus
chapter of the College Democrats. Emerson added that the
only negative campaigning appeared shortly after a campus
debate between Hickey and Rivers.
Hickey said he was proud of his campaign team, noting
its reputation as one of the best campaign teams in the state.
After spending close to $300,000 and thousands of hours
seeking votes, Rosenstiel simply said when it was clear Rivers
was the winner: "We gave it all we got."
Rivers attributed Hickey's loss to his inability to "receive
support across the district."
"The Republican state party put a lot of money into this
race" Rivers said. "He wasn't able to raise money in the dis-
trict, and that reflects the views of the voters."
Barb Fuller, Rivers' campaign manager, said the incum-
bent's ability to relate to students resulted from her own
experience of returning to school and raising a family at age
21.
Social Security and the spending of the national budget
surplus became the most prominently debated issue during
the election, Fuller said.
Hickey "tried to misrepresent what she was doing with
social security," Fuller said.
Rivers' supporter Erik Stalhandske said he backed the
candidate because of "where she came from, and what she's
made of herself."
"She has a strong support of education, and she keeps in
touch with the district," said Stalhandske, an Ann Arbor res-
ident.
Hickey, whose campaign focused on family values, edu-
cation and crime, received a great deal of attention from the
national Republican Party because of his method of using
more high school volunteers instead of adult volunteers.
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Tom Hickey was able to keep his loss to incumbent Lynn Rivers in perspective last night, as he
enjoyed a moment with his son.
Miller holds post with
name recognition
LANSING (AP) - Voters gave Republican
Secretary of State Candice Miller the ultimate job
approval rating yesterday, electing her for a second
term in a lopsided race against Democratic state
Rep. Mary Lou Parks.
With most precincts counted, Miller led
1,142,806 to 565,256, or 66 percent to 33 percent,
while Reform Party candidate Perry Spencer had
only 1 percent of the vote.
"People have seen dramatic improvement in the
last four years, and I'm pleased with what appears
to be a vote of confidence;" Miller said during an
election party in Lansing last night.
EPIC/MRA pollster Ed Sarpolus said Parks was
helped by the union vote. A spokesperson for Parks
said she did not plan to make a public statement.
Miller has held the seat for the last four years.
With name recognition and a major edge in fund
raising, she held a double-digit lead in pre-election
polling throughout the campaign.
Parks is a Democrat from Detroit being ousted
from the House by term limits this year.
Miller said she expected voters would cast bal-
lots based on the faster service and other changes
they have seen at secretary of state branch offices
since she took office.
To further improve service, Miller said she
wants to install public kiosks where people could
electronically reregister vehicles. She also wants to
offer multi-year registrations for vehicles and boats.
Miller's campaign raised $789,695 and aired
several television ads in the last few weeks of the
election.
By contrast, Parks raised $35,950, including
$34,000 from the United Auto Workers. The
Michigan Democratic Party produced one ad for
Parks that was scheduled to run sporadically in
urban markets.
Fund raising was a key issue in the campaign.
Parks criticized Miller for receiving donations from
auto dealers and others that the secretary of state
office regulates. Parks also promised not to take
such donations.
Miller responded that there is no evidence she
has shown favoritism to any of her campaign
donors. She also criticized Parks for her history of
late campaign finance reports. Parks has been fined
more than $1,920 for late reports in state elections.
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from the hip hurt him," Marlinga said.
"But he wins in front of juries because
people have nine or 10 days to listen to
and get to know him.
"He'd be governor if each
Michigan citizen had nine or 10 days
with him," he said.
But Engler
said Fieger's
campaign "He prove
style, which
he claims of a mena$
attempted to
skew the OWn camp
Engler cam-
paign to a per- on Democratic ch
sonal debate,
proved more
hurtful to the challenger's campaign
than his own.
"He proved to be more of a menace
to his own campaign," Engler said.
"Maybe that's the discipline that expe-
rience brings."
And Michigan GOP Chair Betsy
DeVos said Democrats were hurt by
the weak head of the ticket.
"Clearly having Fieger at the top of
the ticket had more impact than any-
l
hal
thing nationally!' DeVos said.
Oakland University political sci-
ence Prof. John Kelly said a strong
Engler victory would not have a dra-
matic effect on other Michigan
Democrats running for office.
He said 20 to 25 percent of voters
split their tickets and predicted a
Democratic victory in the state House.
"Americans want divided govern-
ment," said
Kelly, a
K t be more Democratic
candidate
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Wayne State
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lenger Geoffrey Fieger Governors.
"They like
the interplay
between the parties."
LSA senior Donnie Tigay, who
worked on state Republican cam-
paigns, said the governor will return to
office with a strong mandate from the
people, but not much more than in past
years. She said the Republican Party
maintained Engler's strength.
"We have a very good organiza-
tion, very good grass roots," Tigay
said.
REGENTS
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said at 2:45 a.m. "I've been patiently waiting for the results
ever since the polls closed"
Brandon said he is pleased with his party's success in the
state.
"I'm proud to be running as part of the Engler ticket,"
Brandon said. "I'm glad I'm with Gov. Engler, particularly
from the higher education perspective. If I'm going to be a
part of all this, that's great."
Candidates focused on several issues during this campaign
year, including lowering the cost of tuition, increasing the
amount of technology coming out of the University to raise
revenue and affirmative action in light of challenges to the
University's use of race in the admissions process.
Power, who turned into bed before midnight, said he was
not discouraged by Engler's landslide, He said the governor's
race in Michigan generally is not the tell-tale sign of how
regents fair.
"I'm cautiously optimistic because of how well (attorne
general candidate) Jennifer Granholm ran," Power said.
Like Brandon, Dalman remained strongly supportive of
her campaign stances hours after Engler gave his victory
address.
"Tuition will always be the big issue," Dalman said.
"Tuition and cost containment. I think it is for most parents,
too.'
She said that although Engler's victory made her feel more
comfortable, she knew it would be a close race.
"This race is more closely tied to a victory of the
Republican party," Dalman said, adding that she intended to
remain awake until early in the morning to hear the fina'
results.
Dalman's race for a spot on the board follows 10 previous
political campaigns, all successful.
As a state representative, Dalman served on two higher
education committees, and is leaving the House because of
term limits.
Power owns and operates more than 40 newspapers in the
state of Michigan and has served on the board - once
appointed and once elected - for I1 years:
Each candidate, except White, attended the University.
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Michigan State Medical Society.
Opposition came from Kevorkian, who said he has attend-
ed more than 120 deaths but considered Proposal B too restric-
MAYOR
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It is extremely important to have someone that can
do that in our city," Putman said.
Putman said Kolb attempted to give voters the
picture that Sheldon "hasn't done anything" during
her three terms as mayor.
"She's done everything the mayor of Ann Arbor
is supposed to do,"he said. "She has kept her finger
on the pulse of what everyone in Ann Arbor wants,
and she's best suited for the job as it is now"
Kolb's campaign manager Paul Heaton attributed
the loss to Ann Arbor residents who are satisfied
with the way the city is run and ignore what
Sheldon has not done.
"A key issue is a real lack of awareness of the
potential that exists for Ann Arbor," Heaton said.
"My concern is that neople were a little too com-
NATIONAL
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Gingrich and other party leaders could
be challenged in the GOP caucus.
A GOP majority would mark the
first time in 70 years they had held the
House three straight terms. But any
Democratic inroads would contradict a
post-World War II trend of an average
of 27 losses in mid-term losses for the
party of a sitting president. Not since
1934, when Franklin Roosevelt was
president, has the party in the White
House won seats at mid-term.
Davis aside, Democrats celebrated
other statehouse victories, ousting a pair
of Southern governors and electing a
governor in Iowa for the first time since
cally the chair of the Republican
Governors' Association. Alabama
Republican Gov. Fob James was
defeated as well.
Democrats also kept the Georgia
governorship in their hands, when Roy
Barnes won his race to succeed Zell
Miller.
The most intriguing race of the night
was in Minnesota, where former pro-
wrestler Jesse Ventura, running as a
Reform Party candidate, won a shock-
ing victory over his two major party
rivals in the race for governor.
In one of the nation's most closely
watched Senate races, Republican Rep.
Jim Bunning edged out Democratic
Rep. Scotty Baesler in a long count in
Kentucky.
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