The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, May 8, 1984 - Page 15
HART NEEDS VICTORIES IN TODAY'S PRIMARIES
Candidates battle for wins
From AP and UPI In the 48-hour period starting with yesterday's
Walter Mondale barnstormed Ohio, Indiana, North Colorado caucuses there were 425 delegates at stake.
Carolina and Maryland yesterday on the eve of In addition none of Texas 169 delegates from last
primaries in those four states that could strike a fatal Saturday's caucuses have been allocated as 40 per-
blow to Gary Hart's struggling Democratic presiden- cent of the vote remained uncountedyesterday.
tial campaign. Mondale, has swept all the big industrial states so
Hart was expected to win the lion's share of the 43 far, but Jesse Jackson, favored to win a heavy vote in
national convention delegates at stake in his home Cleveland, could be the spoiler.
state caucuses last night in Colorado, while Mondale "IF MONDALE does well in Ohio or a couple of
aimed for victories in Ohio, Indiana, Maryland and other states, that may be it," Nebraska Gov. Bob
North Carolina today. Kerrey said of Hart Monday. Kerrey said he is not
SOME HART supporters say he desperately needs about to jump ship and will try to help Hart with the
victories today to ease the impact of recent losses, in- Nebraska primary next week, but "that will be tough
cluding Texas, but the candidate insisted he will fight enough."
for the nomination all the way to the July convention. Hart has rejected any suggestions that he drop out,
in four states
including one from'his Texas campaign manager,
Rep. Martin Frost.
"I respect his judgment, but I am not going to
follow it," Hart said.
"There is more patching up to be done from Mr.
Mondale's side than from my side," he said. "I think
if a hand has to be reached out, it has to be reached
out from Mr. Mondale to me."
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, uplifted by a primary vic-
tory in Louisiana on Saturday, was on the campaign
trail early yesterday, scoring President Reagan and
the Carter-Mondale administration for "sucking the
life blood" out of Ohio's ailing steel country.
Mondale currently leads Hart in delegates, 1,252 to
694. Jackson is third with 235.
Non-presidential primaries to begin soon
From The Associated Press
The best-known names on the ballot to the operation of government. It is an
may be Reagan, Mondale, Hart and North Carolina-senate race effort to wring my neck."
Jackson, but voters in four states will "Nobody else had the guts," respon-
also be choosing nominees for the 99th + -ded Snyder, 63, who has pledged to roll
Congress today as the non-presidential d raw s n atio n a l Sp o t li ht back recent tax increases and seek
primary season moves into high gear. reductions in the state's business inven-
Two governorships are at stake as well. tory and gross corporate income taxes.
The race that has drawn the most challenges in the primaries. Helms is position the governor has Also in Indiana, Rep. Katie Hall, one
national attention is for a U.S. Senate opposed by George Wimbush of traditionally filled. of only two black women in the U.S.
seat in North Carolina, where Charlotte, who says the incumbent does ON THE GOP side, six-term U.S. House, faces a primary challenge from
Republican incumbent Jesse Helms not represent the majority of GOP Rep. Jim Martin, 48, is heavily favored three white opponents who say her
and Democratic Gov. Jim Hunt are ex- voters. Hunt faces Harrill Jomes of over Burke County GOP chairman allegiance is limited to Gary's inner
pected to breeze through preliminaries Gastonia, a civil rights activist, and Ruby Hooper, 59. city and her political mentor, Mayor
en route to a confrontation in Novem- Tom Allred of Greensboro, a vocal In Indiana, Orr has been cam- Richard Hatcher.
ber. supporter of Democratic presidential paigning for a second term as if he Hall, first elected in 1982, represents
HUNT'S BID to ,oust Helms has candidate Lyndon LaRouche. faced no primary opposition, and a poll the First District, which runs along
thrown the governor's job up for grabs, A series of polls has shown a tight released last week gave him no cause Lake Michigan south of Chicago in
and 10 Democrats and two Republicans race shaping up for November, with for alarm. The Indiana Poll, conducted Lake, Porter and LaPorte counties. No
have filed for the primary. Helms having overcome what once was by the Center for Survey Research at Republican has been elected to Congress
In Indiana, Gov. Robert Orr faces a a sizable lead for Hunt. Indiana University, said 62 percent of from that district since 1979.
minor challenge in that state's With Hunt vacating the governor's Republicans planned to vote for the Also today, Cleveland voters will
Republican primary. mansion, 10 Democrats entered the governor, and only 9 percent favored decide whether to bail out the city from
North Carolina has 11 seats in the race in what party Chairman David challenger John Snyder, an insurance its latest money crisis by approving an
U.S. House to fill, and Indiana has 10. Price calls a "free for all." A June 5 executive and former state treasurer. income tax increase from 2 percent to
Maryland has eight congressional seats runoff is likely, since a candidate needs Twenty-eight percent were undecided. 21/2 percent. Mayor George Voinovich
at stake, and Ohio has 21. Neither more than 50 percent of the vote to be Among Democrats, more than 63 warns that the extra revenue is needed
Maryland nor Ohio has any statewide nominated. percent of the respondents were un- to prevent further cutbacks and a return
offices on the ballot this year. A CHARLOTTE Observer poll con- decided. State Sen. Wayne Townsend of to the days when the city was the
HEADING INTO this week's voting, ducted last month concluded that for- Hartford City was picked by 24 percent "laughingstock of the world" after it
only three states have held primaries mer Charlotte Mayor Eddie Know was of the respondents, while former U.S. defaulted in 1978.
that went beyond voting for presiden- leading with support from 24 percent of Attorney Virginia McMarty received 11 Voters in Cuyahoga County, which
tial candidates-Texas, Illinois and the state's Democrats, closely followed percent. A third candidate, retired includes Cleveland, are being asked to
Pennsylvania. But today kicks off a by state Attorney General Rufus Ed- airplane freight worker Donald Man- approve an addition to property taxes
flurry of activity in which 20 states will miston at 21 percent. Others running tooth, drew less than two percent. for a $150 million domes stadium to
vote by June 12. include former state Commerce ORR, 66, CALLED Snyder's entry in- replace Municipal Stadium as home to
Helms, who became North Carolina's Secretary D. M. "Lauch" Faircloth. In- to the race "most unfortunate" and baseball's Indians and football's
first Republican senator in 70 years surance Commissioner John Ingram said, "It isn't based on anything related Browns.
when he was elected in 1972, is an arch- Lt. Gov. Jimmy Green and former state
conservative who frequently takes Sen. Tom Gilmore.__
stands to the right of President Reagan. Among the minor candidates are J.
Hunt, a popular governor completing A. "Andy" Barker, who is the mayor of
his second term, describes himself as a Love Valley, a town known for rock R C ~ T HW O LI
moderate Democrat. music concerts in the 1960s, and Glenn
Their battle is one of several around Miller, a supporter for the Klu Klux Klan. 30 college/university students, drawn from across the
the country in which Democrats hope to In so crowded a field the candidates United States, will circle the world from September 1984
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