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By JAMES WALKER
Staff Writer
At the Ramada Inn in College Sta
tion, Republicans gathered on elec
tion night to await results of both na
tional and local elections.
Reagan wins in several states
kicked off a celebration that lasted
into the early morning hours.
Amid several hundred supporters
and a crew of journalists, Phil
iGramm, candidate for the U.S. Sen
ate predicted over three million
l^otes to his credit and a sure win.
Shortly after 8:30 p.m. he stated his
appreciation for over 72,000 indi
vidual contributions to his campaign
and over 100,000 volunteers making
phone calls.
F Flanked by his wife Wendy Lee
and his two sons, Gramm said, “its
not a victory of an individual, not a
ictory of a party, but its a triumph
of philosophy.”
“I went to Washington six years
;o to change the direction of our
untry. Ancl in the last four years in
irking with Ronald Reagan we’ve
done it,” Gramm said.
J As Gramm continued, cheer and
Iffipplause grew stronger. He flung
he final mud in the mud-slinging
ampaign with his opponent Demo-
rat Lloyd Doggett saying, “on Jan
ary third I will be Lloyd Doggett’s
;enator.”
jpealing to voters statewide
ramm said, “I intend to represent
im (Doggett) as my employer, and I
[intend to represent everyone that
upported him. ”
Starting off on good terms with
Senator Lloyd Bentsen, Gramm ex
pressed his intent to “work with him
to assure that Texas has the kind of
representation it needs and ex
pects.”
Looking towards the future, the
new Senator said, “America’s on the
right track but there’s still problems
out there to be dealt with.”
He cited the federal deficit, prob
lems in Central America and the
Middle East and the trade deficit as
areas needing attention.
In the 6th District Congressional
race, Democrat Dan Kubiak and Re
publican Joe Barton traded the lead
back and forth several times during
the evening. Near midnight, pre
cinct 20 returns pushed Barton to an
advantage with 53 percent of the
vote from Brazos County with five
precincts still out. Precincts still out
included largely A&M students
which were expected to vote heavily
Republican.
District wide, Barton accumulated
a 10,000 vote lead in the early morn
ing hours and later returns added to
the lead.
With over 9,000 newly registered
Aggie students in Brazos County, lo
cal candidates waited with anticipa
tion for results from the critical vot
ing block. Only incumbent County
Commissioner Billy Beard showed a
significant early lead.
“I will be disappointed if I don’t
get 75 to 80 percent,” Beard said.
Beard noted that he was responsi
ble for redistricting county precincts
after the 1980 census. He said he did
it in such a manner as to favor the
conservative representation in the
county.
Republican candidate for sheriff,
Ronnie Miller was grateful for the
support of students at A&M. Trail
ing his opponent, Democrat Howard
Hill, by almost 2,000 votes and ex
pecting a sizeable windfall from the
last precincts, Miller said, “if it
weren’t for the Aggie GOP and Vic
tory ’84 we would have been blown
out of the saddle. I cannot express
my gratitude to them.”
Later when 100 percent of the
votes were counted Miller had edged
out a narrow lead with 50 percent
over his opponent Howard Hill.
Early in the District Attorney’s
race incumbent Bill Turner scored
successive victories in almost all of
the precincts of Brazos County
against Republican Hank Paine. In a
51 percent to 49 percent win, A&M
students failed to be a deciding fac
tor in the race.
In a stunning turnaround, former
Bryan Mayor Richard Smith de
feated incumbent Neeley Lewis for
the State Representative seat. Early
returns gave Smith a narrow lead
which later widened to push him
into a victorious position.
Republicans munched on snacks
while watching the national returns
on television sets. At pool side, a lo
cal band entertained the younger
crowd while a tuxedo dressed group
entertained the mature audience.
Line up to vote
Photo by PETER ROCHA
A&M students line up in the Memorial Student Center Tues
day at noon to cast their votes for the election. Student voter
turnout was unusually high in Brazos County this year. See
related story page 4.
Local Democrats Kubiak, Lewis lose
By ROBIN BLACK
Senior Staff Writer
Two of the only true races Tues
day night had local Democrats hold
ing their breath as Dan Kubiak lost
to Rep. Joe Barton in the race for
the 6th district Congressional seat
and Neeley Lewis lost to Rep. Rich
ard Smith in the contest for the 14th
district seat in the State Legislature.
The Barton-Kubiak and Lewis-
Smith races were evenly split all
night long with the determining fac
tor in at least the state race being the
Texas A&M student vote.
The precincts containing the bulk
of the A&M vote were the last to be
counted.
Local Democrats did claim a small
victory, however, in the election of
Bill Turner as the new district attor
ney.
Both Hill and Turner gave their
acceptance speeches at the Aggie-
land Inn by 11 p.m.
Lewis, who had counted on strong
support from A&M students, lost by
just under 3,000 votes. The A&M
vote had remained predominantly
Republican.
Advertisements featured in The
Battalion last week featured en
dorsements for Lewis by various stu
dent leaders.
The atmosphere at the local Dem
ocratic party headquarters while
election results trickled in was some
thing like being in the losers’ locker
room after a football game.
Election-watchers began trickling
into the Democrats’ ballroom in the
Aggieland Hotel an hour or two be
fore the results started coming in.
The feeling at first was one of last-
minute hope.
That feeling faded to one or resig
nation, however, as the different
precincts across the county reported
overwhelming Republican victories.
Several TVs were set up around
the ballroom, and the Democrats
crowded around them every time
the election was updated. Only when
Mondale was said to be leading the
race in Washington D.C. and Minne
sota did the room erupt into cheers.
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