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Page A2-The Chronicle, Thursday, May 15,1986 et> n B. c The winners From Page A1 She agreed with Bailey that school attendance lines will be an issue in the fall. “Everybody gripes about busing children several miles to school each day,” she said. “It is an issue that needs to be looked at.” Bailey’s re-election prospects are excellent for the Nov. 4 general election, said the Rev. Jerry Drayton, chairman of the Political Action Committee of the Baptist Ministers Conference and Associates. “Bailey has name recognition and a broad base of support,” Drayton said. Mrs,Terry also will be a strong candidate in the fall. Wells said. “She is known by many people to be active in Democratic politics.” Both candidates will need to mobiliie more black voters and receive a substantial number of White votes to win in November, Drayton said. “We have black iiiiiiiiiiiimiiHiiiinimtiliiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiuiHHiniiiilii candidates nominated in the- primaries, dnly to be defeated to the general elections,” he said. In another contest, Logan Burke said that he won the Democratic nomination for the 67th District state House seat because he ran “a clean, ag gressive campaign.” Burke, who is black, received 2,763 votes; while John D. Clark, who is white, received 1,871. Given the fact that the 67th' District is predominantly black j race may have figured in the con test, Btoke added. “It probably had something to do with it, but I don’t think it was the real issue,” Burke said. “I spoke to the issues.” Clark has said he will support Burke and the other Democratic candidates in November. Burke said that support will help. “Mr. Clark ran a clean campaign, and so did I,’! he said. 1‘There are no hard feelings bet ween us.’/ . Bufice Will face black Republican Diana Vvilliams- Hehry to November. “We will continue to do the things that helped us win the primary,” Burke said. “In politics, you never take anything for granted.”, . Burke said he considers himself the front-runner in his race with Ms, Williams-Henry, who faced no Republican opposition in the primary. “1 plan to run an, issue- onented campaign,” said Ms. waiiains-Henry, who was an un successful Republican candidate to the North Ward’s aldermanic race last fall. Her Republican candidacy “vvill give people to the 67th District a choice,” Ms. Williams- Henry said. _ Burke should win easily over ■UHHiniiMntniminiiiiiniiiiHniHiiHiiiHiHiHiiiiinii The losers From Page A1 not even in the commissioners’ race. If I was going to be used as a sacrificial lamb, why didn’t anyone tell me?” But both Holleman and Oldham said that the three did meet and agree before the elec tion to sponsor vans in the black comrnunity to carry voters to the polls and to distribute their literature in the vans. The three agreed to “quietly work, behind the- scenes together,” Holleman said. No Formal Coalition “I was willing to help in any. way possible,” Oldham said Wednesday morning. “1 did everything in my power to help Mrs. Woodruff.” However, Oldham said that no for-mal-coalition. existed between the_three candidates, “No such agreement ever existed for us Jo campaign together,” he said. “It was not a hard-core coalition.” Some observers contend that, whatever its form, the coalition benefited Holleman and Oldham much more than it did Mrs. Woodruff. Holleman said he wondered how running the vans only in the black community would help Mrs. Woodruff ahd asked her about it before the election. He said she replied, “ ‘Preston’s a good man, and I want to do whatever I can to help him.’ ” Holleman also said that he of fered to have poll workers hand out Mrs. Woodruff’s campaign literature but that she declined, saying she didn’t believe in poll workers. Holleman, who campaigned in the black community, acknowledged that he received substantial black Support, but said that Mrs. Woodruff received between 2,000 to 3,000 votes in the county. Mrs. Woodruff won 2,504 votes in the county, Holleman ■ 4,083 and Willard 4,894. Sample Ballots Blamed Both Mrs. Woodruff and Holleman were endorsed by the Chronicle and the Winston- Salem Journal. Mrs. Woodruff and Holleman also were endorsed by Southeast Ward Alderman Larry W. Worhble in a radio ad. Mrs. Woodruff blamed her loss partly on the Black Leader ship Roundtable Coalition’s deci sion to distribute 10,000 sample ballots listing the Chronicle’s en dorsements. Holleman’s and her name should not have appeared together on the ballots, Mrs. Woodruff said. William H. Tatum, a member of the Roundtable, which was formed in 1982 but has been largely inactive in recent elec tions, said his group’s ballots did not affect Mrs. Woodruff’s cam paign. Her loss came in the coun ty, he said, “1 am a member of the Round table, and I didn’t win, either,” said Tatum, who finished Seventh last Tuesday in the Democratic primary for school board. Sticking Around Mrs. Woodruff, who won bids for the Board of Commissioners in 1976 and 1982, said it Is dif ficult for any black candidate to receive support in the county in at-large elections. Mrs. Woodruff, who will re main a commissioner until' December, said she will attend county commissioner meetings when her term is over. “I am not going to get angry and go home,” she said. When asked if she would run. again in 1988, Mrs-. Woodruff said, “That seat belongs to the . people. If they want me, I will -run. If-they don’t want me, they can choose someone dseV The black community needs represen tation on that boar4..” . R. Michael Wells, Chairman of the Forsyth County Democratic Party, said the outcome surprised him, too. “She didn’t do as w^ as most people expected her to. do,” he said. Wells said he thought Mrs. Woodruff would lead the ticket. “She has done a good job.as a county commissioner, and she is well-respected,” he said. “1 am not aware of anyone working against her.” Encouraging Finish It Turned On Turnout Some black leaders said Mrs. Woodruff lost because of low turnout at the predominantly black precincts in East Winston. Others said she failed to mobilize black voters to support, only her in the county commissioners’’ race. Stilt others criticized her alleg ed alliance with. Oldham and Holleman. “People in the black communi ty supported her, but she didn’t get them to the polls,” said Nor theast Ward Alderman Vivian H. Burke. “The election turnout could have been better.” Disappointing Showing ‘No Excuse’ The Rev. Jerry Drayton, chair man of the Political Action Com mittee for the Baptist Ministers Conference and Associates, said he was surprised by the low tur nout, especially at the Winston- Salem State University precinct, “There were 1,548 registered voters (in • that precinct), and Mazie only received 111 votes,”. Drayton said. “I would have'ex-' pected a larger turnout at that precinct, especially after, Jesse Jackson came there a week earlier and gave such a rousing speech. There is no excuse for her defeat.” Riding The Coattails Walter Marshall, president of the city’s NAACPj said Mrs. 'Woodruff’s association with Oldham and Holleman did not The Rev. Jerry Drayton Diana Williams-Henry Evelyn Terry Ms. Williams-Henry, Drayton said. “There is no way he can lose,” he said. “She doesn’t have a chance. (Her campaign) is a ex ercise in futility.” that district,” he said. Ms. Williams-Henry would not respond to Drayton’s comment. beyond party or racial bo* he said. White Republicans tend not to vole for black Repu’^licans, Drayton said. “There are ..it that many black Republicans in But Burt Breathette, Ms. Williams-Henry’s campaign manager, discounted Drayton’s statements. “She (Ms. Williams- Henry) is a caring and qualified candidate whose concern goes far Walter Marshall, presH the local chapter of the N( said Burke will probably November. “Logan’s victct expected in the primary, anj a good bet to wii November),” Marshall sail Work for her. “Sheriff Oldham and Holleman benefited from her - coattails in- the city, but she did not get their votes in the county,” Marshall said. Marshall said Mrs. Woodruff should have use a “single-shot” strategy to alert the black com munity to vote for only her in the commissioners’ race. Tatum agreed that Mrs. Woodruff’s showing did not benefit from her “alliance” with Oldham and Holleman. “She didn’t capitalize on any of his (Oldham’s) .votes in the county,” he said. John Holleman Naomi Jones Walter Marshall Naomi W;- Jones, a retired ' schoolteacher, said she was en couraged by her sixth-place finish in the Demoa-atic school board race. Five, nominations were available. ■' “I thought i did very well,” .said MrS. Jones, who received 6,231 votes. “I was pleased with the votes that I got.” The two black Democratic nominees are Beaufort O. Bailey, who came to first with 11,320 votes,.and Evelyn A. Terry, who finished fifth with 7,194 votes. Mrs. Jon«; who mhde her first attempt at political office, said she should have campaigned more to the county ds well as the western ttod southern parts of the city,' ' :The. Ipw ' voter turnout, -especially in many black prwincts, maiy have hurt her campaign, Mrs. Jones said. “Voter turnout is. always low in off-year elections,” she said. Mrs. Jones said she is consider ing running for a school board seat again. “I haven’t fully made up my mind,” she said, “but there is a great possibility I will run again.” Many black voters didn’t know who the black candidates were in the school board race, Tatum said. “I did get some white votes, but I didn’t get enough black votes,” he said. Tatum said he probably will not seek public office again. New Methods Needed He also said that the method of electing . school board members needs to change. “I don’t think we will get full representation on that board (under the present set-up),” Tatum said. “We will have to work hard to get Bailey and Mrs. Terry elected in November.” Tatum suggests a ward voting system for school board elec tions. “We have to draw the line somewhere,” he said. “We have to get away from that quota systern.” Bailey is the only black ever to have been elected to tlii county school board. Shouldering The Tatum also criticized all black candidates for notwj together. “Everyone was out therei ing for himself,” he said, “We are the ones to bli our election,” Tatum said, can’t blame those white fo| our election.” OmSTOCKEO SALE! Tatum, who was seventh in a field of 14 Democratic can didates, said he was disappointed with his showing. “I am not satisfied at all by losing this elec tion,” .said Tatum, who was visibly disappointed as the results were tallied on Election Night. Tatum said his 17-day stay in April at Ft. Benning, Ga., for Ar my Reserve summer camp hurt his campaign. “I- didn’t do enough to get the vote out,” he said. PLYMOUTH HORIZON 5.8% FACTORY FINANCING UP TO 36 MTHS. PLYMOUTH RELIANT UP TO $1000 DISCOUNT 23 IN STOCK . . . THESE MUST BE SOLDI CHRYSLER FIFTH AVEHUi A GREAT LUXURY... AN AMERICAN VALUE FOR AS LOW AS M 4,5011 8.8 FACTORY FINANCING UP TO 48 MONTHS. 9.8 FACTORY FINANCING UP TO 60 MONTHS. OVER 200 NEW CARS TO CHOOSE FROM. COMPLETE AIR CONDITION CHECK $495 CLOVERDALE AVE. 1-40 to Og 2 A /i B./fiopQr Ed says, “I want to invite all my friends, acquaintances and former customers to look at Twin City before you buy a new car. 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