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Democrats take control of U.S. Senate
By The Associated Press
Republicin U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter handily
defeated his opponent yesterday, but the
thrill of his victory was dampened as his
party lost its six-year hold on the Senate.
Democrats, picking off GOP seats around
the nation yesterday, broke the Republicans'
six-year hold on the Senate and served notice
to President Reagan that this midterm elec
tion means his last two years in office will
require "the art of government by compro
mise."
As polls closed on the West Coast, Senate
Republican Leader Bob Dole of Kansas con
ceded that the Democrats would win control
of the Senate.
"Oh yeah, it's a question of whether it will
be 53 or 55" Democrats, he said.
Casey
takes
state
race
By RICH KIRKPATRICK
Associated Press Writer
PHILADELPHIA Democrat
Robert P. Casey, finally reaching the
political summit he first sought 20
years ago, won a narrow victory for
governor yesterday over. Republican
William W. Scranton 111.
Scranton appeared at the ballroom
in his headquarters hotel around mid
night and conceded that his effort had
come up short.
With 98 percent of the precincts
reporting, Casey had 1,674,590 or •51
percent and Scranton 1,603,926 or 49
percent.
Casey waited fir another 50 min
utes, and didn't appear to his
cheering, delerious supporters at his
headquarters in Scranton until about
12:50 a.m.
"I want to give my deep thanks, my
very deep and sincere thanks to all of
the people of Pennsylvania for the
great honor they have conferred on
me tonight, and my hope and my
prayer is that I will prove equal to
their confidence in the four years that
lie ahead," Casey said.
In his concession speech, Scranton
said: "I have every good wish tonight
for this state and its people and for
Bob Casey." Scranton had been the
target of an intense negative adver
tising campaign by the Democrat.
Reflecting on his two terms as Gov.
Dick Thornburgh's lieutenant gover
nor, Scranton said, "I am fortunate to
have had the opportunity to serve for
eight years a commonwealth I deeply
love."
Casey won even though he did not
do as well in Philadelphia as Demo
crats usually must do to offset Repub
lican votes elsewhere in the state.
With nearly all of the city vote in,
Casey was ahead in the Democratic
stronghold by only 128,576 votes in
stead of the 150,000 to 200,000 Demo
crats usually require.
Casey was ahead in Allegheny
County by 57,060, where Democrats
lost four years ago to Gov. Dick
Thornburgh, who couldn't run for re-
inside
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Democrats harvested Republican seats in
Maryland, Florida, North Carolina, Georgia
and South Dakota and held the Democratic
seat in Colorado. Additionally, Democrats
were leading GOP incumbents in North Da
kota and Washington, and threatening to
move into the lead in Nevada, where the
Republican incumbent is retiring.
"It could be 55-45 or 53-47. We just lost a
couple," said a dejected Dole.
One Senate seat the Republicans held easi
ly, however, was Specter's.
With 98 percent of precincts reporting,
Specter held 57 percent of the vote as opposed
to 43 percent for Democratic challenger Bob
Edgar. The senator promised last night to
"continue to be independent."
"It was approval by the people of Pennsyl
vania for the job I've done in office," Specter
Bob Casey, governor•elect, gives the thumbs up
narrow victory over the Republican gubernatorial
election because he had served two
consecutive terms.
In Casey's and Scranton's home
region, northeastern Pennsylvania,
Casey was winning Lackawanna and
Luzerne counties by 58,028 votes.
Scranton, meanwhile, was not
keeping pace with the margins the
Thornburgh-Scranton ticket piled up
Herman claims easy
77th District victory
tLw-
By JANE KOPACKI
Collegian Staff Writer
A consistent lead throughout the
night and a strong finish allowed two
term Republican incumbent Lynn
Herman to claim an easy victory last
night to keep control of his 77th Dis
trict state House seat over Democrat
ic challenger George Field.
Herman carried 64 percent of the
vote in Centre County at 10:17 p.m.
with 20 percent of the precincts re
porting.
Herman dominated yesterday's
election, taking an early lead of 26
percentage points by 9:30 p.m. with
only 12 of 85 Centre County precincts
.xeporting. Herman finished strong
with 64 percent of the vote, with all of
the precincts reporting.
He tallied 8,264 votes in Centre
County to Field's 4,597 votes.
"I'm pleased with the results. We
had hoped for a winning margin of 3,-
000 votes and this is more gratifying
than we could have hoped for," Her
man said.
the
daily
Collegian
said following his victory speech at a Phila
delphia hotel.
Hundreds of cheering supporters chanted
"Six More Years" and 'Ar-len, Ar-len" dur
ing a victory celebration that had been build
ing since exit polls pegged Specter as the
winner a minute after the 8 p.m. closing of the
voting booths.
"Considering the alternative, it's better to
win," Specter said from the podium. "I want
to thank the people of Pennsylvania for their
expression of confidence and for sending me
back to the U.S. Senate for a second term."
Edgar told 200 supporters in Philadelphia,
"While we have lost this election, we have not
lost hope," during a 13-minute concession
speech. "We have struggled together for
what we you and I, all of us in this room
know is right."
eyes, he said: "We stayed the course
and we dared to challenge the status
to supporters at his headquarters in Scranton. The Democrat took a quo to make a better and safer world
candidate; William Scranton 111. for all of us. At the end of the struggle
we can say we made a difference."
Lancaster County by 32,553 compared Wachob congratulated Clinger by
to 37,698 four years ago. telephone shortly before addressing
Casey, 54, a former state senator his supporters.
and two-term reform-minded auditor Asked if he would run again, he
general, was making his fourth bid said:."No, I think it's next to impossi
for the governorship since 1966. He ble to come back for a third time. I
had lost in the 1966, 1970 and 1978 think the people of the district have
primaries before winning the nomi- spoken and I'm going to abide by
nation this spring. their decision."
four years ago in Delaware and Mont
gomery counties, the GOP bedrocks
surrounding Philadelphia and in
Lancaster County.
Scranton was leading in Delaware
County by 38,460 compared to a 59,710
margin in 1982, was ahead in Mont
gomery County by 52,074 compared to
71,041 in 1982 and was. leading in
The 30-year-old from ' Philipsburg
serves on the House Education Com
mittee, which reviews the Universi
ty's funding requests before the
House votes on them. Herman has
voted for capital projects for the
University, including the Center for
Engineering Excellence and the Agri
culture Science and Industry. Center.
He also supported increases to the
Ben Franklin Partnership Program,
designed to stimulate small business
es and jobs in Pennsylvania.
During the campaign, he called
rejuvenating the Pennsylvania econ
omy one of his top priorities.
"I want to thank my constituents
and assure them that I will execute
my responsibilities to the best of my
ability," Herman said last night from
his Philipsburg home.
The challenger controlled the elec
torate in only two Centre County
precincts, while tying with Herman
for a third. Herman maintained con
trol in the rest of the county.
Field conceded his defeat at 11:30
p.m. from his home in Port Matilda.
Republicans began the day trying to defend
a fragile 53-47 majority
The Democrats needed a shift of only four
seats in their favor to gain the majority
party's right to appoint committee chairmen
and set the Senate's legislative agenda. Their
targets were vulnerable GOP freshmen who
narrowly won office on the strength of Rea
gan's landside election in 1980.
Senate Democratic Leader Robert C. Byrd
of. West Virginia, in line to become majority
leader, said he had first thought his party
would win a 52-48 majority but as the returns
came in, he confidently predicted, "I believe
it's going to be better than that."
Retiring House Speaker Thomas P. O'Neill
Jr., D-Mass., said that with a Democratic
Senate, "The government will operate nn the
basis that (Reagan) is the leader of the nation
Lynn Herman
He said: "We made some good points
in the campaign. We let Lynn Her
man know that we're not completely
satisfied with the representation he is
giving."
Field added that the district
showed it is satisfied enough to return
the incumbent to Harrisburg. He said
he planned to telephone Herman im
mediately to congratulate him.
Wednesday, Nov. 5, 1986
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Clinger romps
to take county
By JANE KOPACKI
Collegian Staff Writer
Republican incumbent William F.
Clinger won a fifth term in the U.S.
House of Representatives last night,
beating Democratic challenger Bill
Wachob in a rematch that gained
national exposure.
Clinger, who survived a scare in
1984 after winning by only 6,000 votes,
won by a comfortable margin in the
12-county, north-central Pennsylva
nia race this year. In Centre County,
Clinger carried 59 percent of the vote
compared to winning only 49 percent
two years ago against the former
state representative.
With all Centre County precincts
reporting last night, Clinger received
18,103 votes to Wachob's 12,591 votes.
With 60 percent of the ballots tal
lied, Clinger declared victory at 11:20
as he carried 59 percent of the vote
districtwide. At 11 p.m. Clinger led by
a 29,328 to 22,498 margin while taking
57 percent of the vote.
As the band played "Happy Days
Are Here Again," Clinger appeared
before his 250 supporters and began
his victory speech by saying, "As a
renowned American philosopher
Jackie Gleason once said, 'How sweet
it is.' " Laughter erupted into tears
and chants at his campaign head
quarters in Dubois.
Clinger said, "You all won a great
victory today." He called the win the
most incredible grass-roots effort
seen in central and western Pennsyl
vania. "I'm delighted to be here. It's
lot more pleasant an evening than I
had two years ago."
Wachob conceded the race at 12:30
this morning. In a speech to about 200
supporters gathered at the Elks Club
in Johnsonburg, he thanked them for
their hard work and said "we should
go about rebuilding this congressio
nal district."
Swallowing hard while standing
next to his wife, who had tears in her
Decisive win sends
Rudy back to House
By JANE KOPACKI
Collegian Staff Writer
After a gruelling campaign of mis
leading claims and distortion in the
state House of Representative's 171st
District, Democratic incumbent Ruth
C. Rudy easily captured a victory last
night that will return her to in Harris
burg for a third term.
Rudy won the Centre-Mifflin Coun
ty district seat handily over Republi
can challenger Joyce Conklin
Williamson carrying a 40-percentage
point lead 9,390 votes to William
son's 4,072 with all preceints report
ing.
Totally controlling Centre County,
Rudy did not allow Williamson a
single precinct victory.
Rudy, saying she was overwhelmed
by the win, thanked voters in her
171st district. "I worked hard for the
people of the 171st district."
She said she probably wouldn't rest
well after such an overwhelming vic
tory. She added, "Tomorrow, I'll
probably collapse."
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. . . There will be more conciliation. It will be
the art of government by compromise, it has
happened many times in the past and it's not
that bad."
Overall, Democrats defended only 12 seats
at the polls, while Republicans were trying to
protect 22 of their own. The Democrats had 35
holdovers and the Republicans had 31.
Of the 15 Republican incumbents who were
swept into the Senate during the Reagan
landslide in 1980, fewer than half could claim
a comfortable lead over their Democratic
challengers heading into Election. Day.
William F. Clinger
The rematch between Clinger and
Wachob was targeted by Democrats
as one of the top five races in the
country because Wachob fared so
well in this Republican district in
1984:
The race attracted national atten
tion over the past month as political
and public celebrities including U.S.
Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole,
U.S. Rep. Jim Wright, U.S. Sen. and
presidential hopeful Gary Hart, and
Vice President George Bush were
drawn into its ranks.
"It's been a long and hard cam
paign," Clinger said. "We ran a much
different campaign this time." He
added that his campaign team made
mistakes in 1984 because it did not
answer any of Wachob's charges
then. .
He was pleasantly surprised by the
large margin of victory in Centre
County. He said moving his campaign
headquarters from Warren County to
State College helped make him more
visible.
Clinger attributed part of the victo
ry to his seniority and experience on
the Pubic Works and Transportation
Committee and Govermental Opera
tion Committee, which better helps
him deal with problems in district.
Wachob said: "Clinger fought back
and ran a very aggressive campaign
a good campaign and when it
came down to us slugging it out, he
came out on top."
Rudy was first elected to the state
House in 1982 and serves on the state
House committees on Local Govern
ment and State Government and is
secretary of the Agriculture and Ru
ral Affairs Committee.
Rudy said,"lt was my most diffi
cult campaign because I was not sure
how to react to my opponent and
didn't want to be as negative (as
Williamson). She described this cam
paign as the most distressing.
"My opponent ran a campaign with
total disregard for truth and on
groundless allegations," Rudy said
last night, celebrating the victory in
her home in Centre Hall. She added
that as late as .11:30 p.m., she had
received no word from Williamson.
Williamson could not be reached
for comment.
The 48-year-old, Democratic in
cumbent tallied 223 votes or 61
percent of the College Township
West precinct, which includes cam
pus votes from the East Halls pre
cinct of Stuart, Snyder, Hastings and
Please see RUDY, Page 16.