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DALLAS (AP) — No Democratic
runoffs are scheduled today in Hansford
County, a rural Panhandle area that once
was a Democratic stronghold.
That’s because, for the first time in at
least 20 years, the county had no Demo
cratic primary.
It’s the only Texas county this year
to have no Democratic primary, and
one of seven without primaries for the
two major parties.
Hansford County now belongs
to the GOP, officials say.
“It’s really fimny because over
the last eight to 10 years it has be
come predominantly Republican,”
said County Clerk Kim Vera.
“Everybody has switched to Re
publican. I’ve worked here for 20
years and when I started, the coun
ty was predominantly Democrat.”
All the elected officials in 1 lans-
ford County, about 100 miles north
ly unheard of— for a Texas county to f or
go a Democratic primary.
“What we used to see is there would
be a number of counties that wouldn’t
have Republican primaries. That’s start
ing to shift a little bit,” said Ann McGee-
han, who works in the elections division
of the Secretary of State’s office.
“We still see most counties having
two parties. It used to he the reverse -
“It's really funny because
over the last eight to 10
years it has become pre
dominantly Republican”
— Kim Vera
Hansford county clerk
growing consistently inprii
and office holders since!
said Republican Party
spokesperson Robert Black, 1
means is, Texas is a ]
party state and that isaveiyl
\ elopment for the state.”
Republican primaries were:]
254 counties in 1996 and 19981
I Ians ford County held at
primary two years ago,tal
county’s reluctant party da
and a judge showed, No®
not e\ en the chairperson, j
“I had an electionji
myself and we waited a
from 7 in the momhrl
night. Not a soul showee , xas a&M run
Glen Harris, former D;iai spring scr
Party chairperson forthe.jft to right) e;
about 5,400 people.
But it made no differed
ns said, because there were
of Amarillo, claim Republican ties, al
though many are former Democrats.
“We don’t even have a Democratic
chairman because nobody wants to
hold it,” Vera said.
The Secretary of State’s office said six
counties — Culberson. Duval, Foard, La
Salle, Loving and Upton — had no Re
publican primaries this year.
But it is much less common — near-
said
we just had the Democratic party,’
McGeehan.
Democratic and GOP party
spokesperson stopped short of saying
Hansford County’s change of heart indi
cated a statew ide Bend toward the Re
publican Party . But it is more proof that
Texas is de\ eloping into a strong two-
party state, they say.
“The Republican Party has been
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News in Brief
FFA rules called
into question
TYLER (AP) — A high
school student is questioning
the ethics of students who
pay to have their show live
stock raised for them and
then walk away with top hon
ors after presenting the ani
mals at Future Farmers of
America competitions.
Winona High School student
Laura Eckeberger, 15, said she
became aware of the practice
when an unidentified student
from Bullard High School ap
proached her at a recent Smith
County Junior Livestock Show.
The boy told Eckeberger that
the night before the livestock
show was the first time he had
seen his show hog.
Eckeberger told the Tyler
Morning Telegraph in Tuesday's
editions that under 4-H rules,
members are required to keep
their animals at their homes
and to raise the animals for
show on their own.
But FFA rules apparently do
not ban the practice of ghost
raising hogs, she said.
The Bullard Independent
School District board of
trustees listened to a letter
Eckeberger read aloud at a
meeting Monday night. The let
ter is addressed to the Texas
FFA Association in Austin.
Lockheed machink
prepare for long strl
mocratic candidates for city
ty office.
County Tax Assessor Helec'
campaigned for and held herofi
Democrat since 1973. This yean
for office under the GOP bam
Black said the dearthofDi! ;r j nirna g e and I
ic candidates in statewide race: “They got to
bolstering the OOP's efforts! . jAtimes ” sio<
Democrats. Bdscrimmag
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FORT WORTH (AP)
With machinists walk
ing picket lines outside.
Lockheed Martin planned
to resume some production
work today on its mile-long
assembly line with salaried,
non-striking workers.
Lockheed Martin Aero
nautics Co. officials say
they expect to deliver four
B-16 bomber jets on time
this month, regardless of
how long the nearly 2,500
hourly wage-earning ma
chinists remain on strike.
“Obviously, it would
not be honest to say that
the strike is having no im
pact at all,” said Joe Stout,
the company’s spokesper
son. “But we don’t think
we will have any problem
making scheduled deliver
ies for April, even if the
strike went on.”
Things are less certain
after that, especially with
no new contract talks
scheduled.
Leaders of Local 776 of
the International Associa
tion of Machinists say the
walkout could be lengthy.
The union’s strike began at
12:01 a.m. Monday after its
three-year contract expired.
Union president Pat
Lane said the company’s
proposal included a 10
percent pay raise over
three years and made
changes in insurance ben
efits but didn’t address the
union’s concerns about
job security, cost-of-liv
ing adjustments and
equality with plants doing
the same work.
“We are trying to stop
the bleeding primarily, and
the company’s offer puts
us farther behind after
three years than we cur
rently are,” Lane said.
“If the company wants
to get right and get fair, we
can settle this today,” he
said. “If they don’t. I'm
predicting that it is going to
be a fairly long strike. It
could go into months.”
Lane said only five
union members crossed
the picket line and report
ed to work Monday.
The plant, which has
about 11,000 employees
I
overall, is Lockhi
mary manufacturej
16 lighter jets.
Stout said thai
negotiations,
did a survey of
employees to df^
skills that would
in production. Akflf ^
to 300 hadsucl)
some will pj'Wfe;
sembly lint tote,
In addition to
on the F-16, the
operation is the o
heed plant
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F-22 fighter and
the Japanese F-2|
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the past two ye*
notably 81
United Arab Emil®
each to Israel andft
and 24 to Egypt. Ill 1
nalist for several#!
tracts, including &
Norway and Chile.
Pierre Chao, an.
for Credit Suisse
Boston, said the ini
the strike depends*
long it lasts.
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