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Candidates support
border-area agenda
PHARR, Texas (AP)
Democratic gubernatorial candi
dates Tony Sanchez and Dan
Morales told a crowd of about
2,000 Sunday they supported a
border area-agenda that included
raising wages for public workers
and expanding the Childrens
Health Insurance Program.
“I’m in agreement one hun
dred percent,” Sanchez said.
“I’m in the campaign so all in
Texas — including children —
can have a dignified life.”
Said Morales, “As governor
of the state of Texas, I am going
to continue fighting for your
very important interests and I
believe we can make things
much better.”
Morales and Sanchez limited
their answers to Spanish before
the lively Spanish-speaking
audience assembled for an
“accountability session” by
Valley Interfaith, a consortium
of 45 churches and schools in
deep South Texas. The candi
dates were asked whether they
approved a platform of issues
important mostly to the poor
along the Mexican border.
The group is leading the get-
out-the vote drive among the
mostly Hispanic voters in
South Texas. Volunteers say
that so far this year they have
added 25,000 Rio Grande
Valley voters to the roles.
“I didn’t like the way Dan
Morales said Spanish can’t be
even with English,” said Felipe
Banveios, a 45-year-old school
bus driver who became a citizen
three years ago.
After Sunday’s 90-minute
session. Morales said he felt
there were some forums in which
Spanish was appropriate.
He defended his decision to
use both languages Friday, say
ing he wanted to reach as many
voters as possible.
“The vast majority of Texans
prefer to communicate in
English. This is Texas, this is the
United States of America, and
our primary language is
English,” he said.
The two were among more
than 30 politicians, including
U.S. Senate candidates Ken
Bentsen and Ron Kirk, who
pledged to support granting
legal status to working, taxpay
ing immigrants.
Kirk Watson, a candidate for
attorney general, answered “yes”
when asked if would enforce laws
meant to approve living standards
in colonias and work for health
care for the poor, including
undocumented immigrants.
U.S. Reps. Giro Rodriguez.
Ruben H inojosa and Solomon
Ortiz also said they supported
the agenda.
The tew candidates who did
not answer in Spanish inserted
some Spanish phrases into their
answers, including state comp
troller candidate Marty Akins
who said he believed “el sueno
Americano” (American Dream)
should be for all.
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DALLAS (AP) — They are neck-and-
neck in the polls, but the three Democrats
vying for Phil Gramm’s Senate seat seem to
be losing the battle for the public’s attention.
The spotlight has shone instead on the
gubernatorial tug-of-war between Tony
Sanchez and Dan Morales, who have clashed
on everything from affirmative action to the
number of debates they will have.
“The gubernatorial race is sucking all the
oxygen,” said Jerry Polinard, longtime polit
ical science professor at the University of
Texas-Pan American.
While Sanchez spends his millions on
TV ads and Morales criticizes his oppo
nent’s campaign tactics. Senate front-run
ners Ron Kirk, U.S. Rep. Ken Bentsen and
Victor Morales are running a peaceable
campaign that borders on dull.
Even their debate Friday night was not
much of a debate, with each candidate
politely stating his position and barely
acknowledging his competitors.
Dallas voter Marlyss Skipwith can name
both candidates for governor, but she has
trouble with the Senate race.
“I know Ron Kirk because he’s from
here, but some of the other ones I’m not as
familiar with,” said Skipwith, 50.
Analysts say they expected more fire
works in a high-stakes race for one of
Washington’s most coveted positions. A
Texas Democrat has not held a Senate seat
in nearly a decade, and the nominee who
prevails could tip the Senate’s delicate bal
ance in favor of his party.
“Everyone was expecting that all the
attention would be on the senatorial race
because there wasn’t going to be much of a
gubernatorial race,” Polinard said. “Then
suddenly the ball game changed.”
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Every day the Texas
public is reading what's
going on in the
govertior's race.
— Eddie Aldrete
spokesperson for Lloyd Bentsen
It changed the first week of January,
when former Attorney General Dan Morales
decided at the last minute to run for gover
nor instead of senator.
“It greatly benefits Morales.” said
Richard Murray, political scientist at the
University of Houston. “Bentsen and Kirk
really needed the visibility.”
Morales enjoys some recognition from
voters stemming from a 1996 bid to unseat
Gramm, who is now reiiring. TV
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Democratic nomination from twioll
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1970 to 1993, when he joined h
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mean things about each other." Vlir.p
“It doesn’t make a lot of sense'if
nobody knows w ho in the hell they'
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lion from the media, says
spokesperson Eddie Aldrete.
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what’s going on in the governor
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about the Senate race. I think all the®
candidates would be further alonste
are now if the Senate race wereger
same coverage.”
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