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Wednesday • November 9 , 1994 T T Q FLECTIONS vy •wJ* JL/ The Battalion • Page 5 Reversal of Fortune Republicans recapture Senate after 8 years WASHINGTON (AP) — Re publicans captured control of the Senate Tuesday, toppling Democratic incumbents in Ten nessee and Pennsylvania and taking away seats in all regions of the country. GOP candidates chorused support for lower tax es and less government. Republican Oliver North lost his costly, conservative crusade in Virginia in one of the nation’s most closely watched races, falling to Sen. Charles Robb. Sen. Jim Sasser, a Democrat ic committee chairman and ally of President Clinton, fell to Re publican Bill Frist, a physician and political newcomer who ran the classic anti-incumbent’s campaign in a year of voter anger with the status quo. And freshman Democrat Harris Wofford lost to 36-year- old GOP Rep. Rick Santorum in Pennsylvania. Eight years out of power, Re- publicans added Democratic seats in Ohio, Maine, Okla-. homa, Arizona, Michigan and a second Tennessee contest, part of an impressive sweep of nine races without incumbents on the ballot. The restored Republican ma jority is virtually certain to in stall Sen. Bob Dole of Kansas to the powerful post of majority leader for the final two years of President Clinton’s term. In an interview with C-Span, he said the strong Republican tide amounted to a “vote of no confidence in the Clinton agen da.” He said a GOP majority would move to address voter concerns over “big government, House majority gives GOP control of Congress lUjlJDUBjQ big taxes, big regu lation.” ‘The burden of government is now on them,” White House press secre tary Dee Dee Myers said at midnight as the scope of Democra tic losses became clear. Already, the im pact on the admin istration was clear, as White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta said Clinton would pro pose only “an incremen tal change” in health AP/Bob care next year, rather than the top-to-bot- tom overhaul that died earlier this year. The new Republi can majority will mean a sharp turn right- ward at key committee chairmanships: Sen. Jesse Helms of at For eign Relations; Strom Thurmond at Armed Services and Orrin Hatch at Judiciary. One likely early leg islative proposal: a Con stitutional amendment to balance the budget, atop the list of measures that GOP candidates embraced at a campaign rally held in the shadow of the Capitol in early fall. In one bright spot for De mocrats, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, the embodiment of liberal incumbency, won a sixth term handily. Bianchini WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans, propelled by voter anger over Democra tic management of Congress, won more House seats Tues day than in any year since 1956 and drove toward outright con trol of the chamber for the first time in four decades. The tide swept out former Ways and Means Committee chairman Dan Ros- tenkowski, a 36-year veteran indicted in May on federal corrup- qoa/dv tion charges, and Judi ciary Chairman Jack Brooks, at 21 terms ■the longest-serving lawmaker who sought re-election. Rostenkowski was defeated by Republi can Michael Flana gan, an unknown lawyer whose name had recently been in a trivia contest on a Chicago radio sta tion. Another symbol of Democratic power, Speaker Tom Foley, was fighting for politi cal survival as voters took out their anger over business as usual in Wash ington. He trailed in 11 of 12 counties in his eastern Wash ington district. Republicans captured 38 pre viously Democratic seats, 18 of them in southern and border states. By contrast, Democrats managed to pick up just two GOP-held seats, in Pennsylva nia and Rhode Island. To win control of the House, Republi cans needed a 40-seat pickup. Republicans had won 199 seats and were leading in 34 others, a trend which would give them 233, more than enough to control the 435-seat House. The 199 victories were more than the party had won since they held 201 in the 85th Congress. National exit polls conducted by Voter News Service showed that Republicans would seize control of the chamber, a goal that had eluded the party for 40 years. The polling also showed about three-quarters of those surveyed disapproved of Con gress’ performance. The last time voters turned out a sitting speaker was before the Civil War. Foley, who has represented eastern Washington in the House for 30 years, was chal lenged by George Nethercutt, a GOP opponent with little ex perience but independent backing from interest groups like the National Rifle Associ ation and advocates of term limits for politicians. Rep. Dan Glickman, D-Kan., an 18-year veteran and chair man of the Intelligence Commit tee, was ambushed by Todd Ti ahrt, a state senator who got support from gun owners and right-to-life groups. Hutchinson Continued from Page 1 sounds.’” * He thanked supporters for their efforts and told them that Tuesday’s showing still whs cause for celebration. He wished Hutchi son well, but warned her and her GOP col leagues to deliver on their promises of fiscal responsibility and fair representation of all Texans. “If they fail to do so and they fall short, we’ll rise up and not fall short the next time,” he said. Hutchison said her re-election was a man date for her to return to Washington to fight for a balanced budget amendment, tax breaks for homemakers, fewer regulations for small- business owners, term'Timitations and a strong national defense. She also acknowledged that she was savor ing the victory. “Well, after four elections/in 18 months, you know, it’s been a marathon and I am hav ing a great time. You see the crowd here — everybody that has been with me through re ally some pretty tough times in politics,” she said. “We knew that Texas was rough and tumble, but it'was real rough and tumble. And now we’re enjoying the victory and ready to go to work.” Hutchison finished first in the May 1993 special Senate election to choose a successor to Lloyd Bentsen, then easily won the June runoff against appointed Democratic Sen. Bob Krueger with 67 percent of the vote. She also breezed past six little-known opponents in this year’s GOP primary. An exit poll showed Hutchison dominat ed Fisher throughout the state by tying to gether a strong coalition of Republicans and independents. The poll was based on 1,594 interviews Tuesday outside voting places around the state conducted by Voter News Service, a co operative of four television networks and The Associated Press. Among low-income voters, Hispanics and blacks, Fisher appeared to run better than Hutchison. Fisher, a one-time adviser to pres idential candidate Ross Perot, didn’t appear to energize the independent vote. Of those who said they voted for Perot in 1992, less than one-third backed Fisher. •Preliminary results showed honesty was the issue most often mentioned as mattering most to voters, followed by health care and President Clinton. Hutchison, who earlier this year was ac quitted of charges she misused the state treasurer’s office, appeared to do slightly better among voters who listed honesty as key. She and Fisher appeared to split the vote among those who cited health.care, and a near three-to-one lead among those who mentioned Clinton. Among low-income voters, Hispanics and blacks, Fisher appeared to run better than Hutchison. Fisher, a one-time adviser to pres idential candidate Ross Perot, didn’t appear to energize the independent vote. Of those who said they voted for Perot in 1992, rough ly one-quarter backed Fisher. Preliminary results showed honesty was the issue most often mentioned as mattering most to voters, followed by health care and President Clinton. Hutchison finished first in the May 1993 special Senate election to choose a successor to Lloyd Bentsen, then easily won the June runoff against appointed Democratic Sen. Bob Krueger. She also breezed past six little- known opponents in the GOP primary. But Fisher predicted until the end that he would win. “I’ll be happy with either outcome. The point is that we can’t count on the polls. We have to count on the voters. The voters of Texas make this decision,” he said. Fisher and former Attorney General Jim Mattox edged Congressman Mike Andrews in the Democratic primary in March, then Fish er beat Mattox in a bruising primary runoff in April. Both; Hutchison and Fisher have encoun-. ;i tered obstacles in life that they have turned to their advantages. Rejected by Houston law firms because of her gender after earning a law degree from the University of Texas Jn 1967, Hutchison simply changed professions. She was hired as a reporter for a Houston television station, of ten covering the Texas Legislature. In 1972, she became the first Republican woman elected to the Texas House. She lost the race for a U.S. House seat in 1982, but returned to politics in 1990, becoming state treasurer. She held that post until becoming the first woman senator from Texas. Fisher is the son of immigrant parents. He attended the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis from 1967-69, leaving for Har vard, where he graduated in 1971 with an economics degree. In 1975, he earned a master’s of busi ness administration from Stanford. During the Carter administration, Fisher served as executive assistant to the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. He then worked for the Wall Street in vestment firm of Brown Brothers Harri- man. In 1987, he formed Fisher Capital Management, which manages more than $300 million in assets. Hutchison, a fiscal conservative, cam paigned on a platform of implementing mean ingful health-care reform, protecting the na tional defense, controlling immigration and reigning in the national deficit. eng We build the products that enable airplanes to fly, cars to drive, and factories to operate. 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