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He said the two sides were “in the process of swapping seats.” Control of the chamber ap peared likely to be determined by fewer than a dozen seats, the closest margin since Dwight D. Eisenhower was president. Voter News Service, a consor tium of The Associated Press and five television networks, projected the Republicans would likely retain control of the House. It would be their first back-to-back House ma jorities in 66 years. Democrats won seven seats pre viously held by Republicans, five of them freshmen and three targeted by organized labor’s expensive tele vision ad campaign. Republicans defeated one incumbent and picked up five open Democratic seats, four of them in the South, but the Democrats successfully defend ed many more. Indianapolis voters picked their first black representative, local township trustee Julia Carson, to keep Democratic control of the hot ly contested seat of retiring Democ rat Andy Jacobs with extensive help from organized labor. Democrats needed a net gain of 18 seats to take conU ol of the cham ber and pinned their hopes on top pling GOP freshmen. In North Carolina, freshmen Re publicans Fred Heineman and David Funderburk, who rode into office behind Gingrich’s “Contract With America” campaign in 1994, were turned out by Democrats David Price, a former congressman, and Bobby Etheridge. And in New Jersey, freshman Bill Martini lost to Democrat William Pascrell, the mayor of Paterson. In New York, Democrat Carolyn McCarthy defeated freshman Re publican Daniel Frisa in a race dominated by the issue of gun con trol. McCarthy’s husband was killed in the 1993 Long Island Railroad massacre, and she took on Frisa af ter he voted to repeal a ban on as sault weapons. “All we were out to do was make something good come out of a hor rible situation,” McCarthy said in a victory speech. “I certainly have beaten the person I wanted to beat.... I have beaten the [National Rifle Association].” Another victim was Chicago Re publican Michael Patrick Flanagan, who reached Congress two years ago by defeating indicted Democra tic power Dan Rostenkowski. He was ousted by Democratic state Rep. Rod Blagojevich. Three-term Rep. Gary Franks, one of two black Republicans in the House, lost to Democrat James Mal oney in western Connecticut. TWo- term Republican Peter Blute lost in Massachusetts to Jim McGovern, a Democratic congressional aide. Democratic candidates jumped out to early but incon clusive leads against Republican freshmen in Maine and Texas, and led in open seats formerly held by the GOP in Wisconsin. One GOP freshman under as- HOU SEE! RESULTS Democrats Won: 169 Leading: 33 Republicans Won: 1 93 Leading: 35 I ew peop first par Nixon’s crook” line. “ right to know ■eir preside] Editor in C Change Democrats gained six seats. Results us of 11:30 p.m. 1 Michael Lam •nior journalisn Republicans vow to make Senate more (AP) — Republicans drove for continued control of the Senate Tuesday night, laying claim to De mocratic seats in Alabama and Ne braska. On a night generally kind to incumbents, Sen. Jesse Helms tri umphed in North Carolina and Strom Thurmond coasted to a new KT VUI WS* AbmP * tI ■ Cm* Results Democrats Won: 13 Leading: 1 Holdovers: 32 Republicans Won: 1 7 Leading: 3 Holdovers: 34 term in South Carolina at 93. In the marquee contest of the night among Democratic incum bents, Massachusetts Democrat John Kerry prevailed over Gov. William Weld. With the polls still open in the West, Majority Leader Trent Lott forecast a GOP victory. He looked ahead to a GOP agenda of lower taxes and less government in the new Senate — and said Republi cans would make sure a re-elect ed President Clinton was on the one Its as of 11:30 p.m. % same page. “He talks about how the era of big government is over,” the Missis sippi Republican said in an inter view with The Associated Press. “We’d like to help him keep his word on that.” One senior Democrat conced ed the GOP would retain control. “The Senate will stay Republican and it is going to be much more conservative than it was before,” said Sen. Bob Kerrey of Nebraska, who led the Democratic cam paign effort nationwide. “I^Iuch more conservative.” The GOP picked up seats in Al abama, where state attorney gener al Jeff Sessions triumphed; in Ne braska, Republican businessman Chuck Hagel won a Democratic seat in his first try at elective office. In New Hampshire, exit polls in dicated Dick Swett would unseat Republican Sen. Robert Smith but the outcome was unclear later in the evening and indeed Smith held the lead with half the vote counted. “I’ve campaigned a long time. I guess I’ll miss it,” Thurmond said as he savored the prospect of his eighth — and last — term. In North Carolina, Harvey Gantt spoke for the vanquished candi dates everywhere as he conceded defeat to Helms. “It is painful,” he said. “It hurts not to win.” With Clinton winning a second term in the White House, Election Day interviews with the voters showed the nation narrowly split over whether Congress should he in Republican or Democratic hands. About 55 percent of the voters said Congress would not be too conservative if controlled by the GOP, though. And about half said it would be too liberal with the Democ rats in charge. The exit polls were conducted by Voter News Service for The As sociated Press and five television networks. sault, Ed Whitfield, heldontt western Kentucky district, two years ago he became the fi.r)th er term. Bui Republican ever sent to the Houm ow jf our p re See House, Page ^ And guilt (Sent. And guil campaign cont conservative™" w * B * ,f v shouldgetth( A few veterans of both parti The re-elec faced stiff challenges. now > Clinton e Republican John Warner v eve nts in the e stood a strong challenge from .\fcP e ^ ast half °I Warner in Virginia; Larry Pres' act ® rw . as nev{ struggled in South Dakota. Dem( UIIli ' ^bam sh rat Torn Harkin of Iowa also fa- P 1 esident and stern test, but won. ^ ul 1 ) ow 11 api In all, there were 14 Senate rdf 8 r | <) with no incumbent on the balk „ N re V 35 record produced by eighl re;; P"" y este , rd f' ments among (he six among the GOR lose who sai Four Southern state wereaitg voted ba to Democratic chances. 0 n the issues, 1 hey held an open seat m(]ff|L rcent voteti gia, where Max Cleland trium| Clinton Of th Close races loomed for othe c y iai mocratic open seats in Arkai w thp m and Louisiana. Tiportant cor Democrats held seats in haitj t j era tion, 68 fought contests in Illinois, whti erC ent voted Rep. Richard Durbin defeated coi 0 b Dole, servative foe A1 Salvi; and in Ne When John Jersey, where Rep. Bob Torricelli Kennedy defe umphed over Hep. Dick Zimmer d Nixon in It one of the nation’s costliest aite said the toi nastiest contests. aad been pas5 “There’s no shame in losing.»to a new gene in not giving it your best,” Zim told NBC. See Senate, Page Election Briefs Networks race to predict outcome first NEW YORK (AP) — Television had the artillery to respond to any surprises in the presidential elec tion. They just never came. By 9:01 p.m. EST Tuesday, five major networks declared President Clinton the winner over Bob Dole — just as many had anticipated and as politicians who were worried about voter turnout in the West had feared. On the night its news divisions had prime time all to itself, television networks pulled out all of their tech nological tricks. Yet they could do nothing about the deflating sense that it wasn’t really necessary. “To tell you the truth, Dan, the victory party has already begun here,” CBS’s Rita Braver told Dan Rather in a report from Clinton headquarters at Little Rock. It was 7:09 p.m. EST. Prime time hadn’t even begun yet. For the television networks, the quadrennial race to declare a pres idential victor was no real competi tion, either. Essentially simultaneously, they noted the benchmarks that pointed to a Clinton victory — putting Rorida in the president’s camp shortly after 7 p.m. and Ohio at 7:30 p.m. Two networks even privately alerted the news media about 10 minutes be fore they made the presidential call. CBS, NBC, CNN and Fox all said Clinton had reached the needed electoral votes for election at 9 p.m. Overseas papers celebrate results Americans blame GOP for shutdown WASHINGTON (AP) — The mold for President Clinton’s victory wasn’t set in the winter Republican pri maries, the party conventions, the general election campaign or the tele vised debates. It was forged on Dec. 16,1995, in the halls of Congress. That’s when House Speaker Newt Gingrich refused to strike a budget deal with the White House, triggering a Christmas-season partial shutdown of the federal government. More Americans blamed the shutdown on the Republicans who controlled Congress than on Clinton. (AP) — British newspapers called President Clinton’s victory hours before U.S. polls closed, re flecting confidence throughout the world that Americans would re elect their chief executive. “Jubilant Clinton Cruises Home,” said an early edition of Wednesday’s Times of London, which hit the stands at 6 p.m. EST. “Clinton Surges to Victory,” hailed The Guardian. American expatriates gath ered to await the election re sults. The moment Clinton’s re- election was announced in Sydney, Australia, a cake of stars and stripes was brought out to about 250 Americans gathered in a hotel. Some wore both Dole and Clinton buttons. One of the Democratic Party’s largest overseas arms, Democrats Abroad Japan, prepared to cele brate Clinton’s victory with apple pie and country music in Tokyo. Sfe. .A :::■ **•! GOVERNORS! results Democrats Won: 7 Leading: 0 Holdovers: 10 Universit selects fc Republicans Won: 4 Leading: 0 Holdovers: 2B Change No change. 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