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School boai
D. Goins.
Bailey received 10,402 votes in
the predominantly white, traditionally
more conservative county,
21,717 in the city.
While acknowledging that the
black vote helped him regain his
seat, Bailey was quick to praise
his white supporters as well.
Bailey said both blacks and
whites know he has done a good
job on the board. 4<I think I have
done a pretty good job to try to
represent all segments," he said.
Bailey said his support among
blacks continues despite a lowkey
approach that perturbs some
of his constituents. "The black
community knows and likes me
even though I don't holier black
every time something goes
wrong," he said.
He said he probably received
votes even from the few blacks
who don't like him because of
their desire to keep black
representation on the board.
Bailey also said he is "disappointed
tha^t Mrs. Terry lost in
her bid to become the second
black board member.
Mrs. Terry showed strongly in
the black precincts, with 9,576
votes, but she said even more
black votes could have made a
difference.
Mrs. Terry said she hoped to
receive 13,000 black votes. ,
$ She placed sixth in the race for
five seats with 30,820 votes.
Mrs. Terry received the fewest
number of votes in the county
among the 10 candidates, with
9,727.
But in the city she totaled
20,627 votes, third in the field
behind only Bailey and Ms.
Her loss had nothing to do
with not working hard, Mrs.
Terry said.
"Nobody could have worked
harder with my campaign/' she
said. "The people working with
me worked very hard. Money for
exposure is a critical issue. If we
had had more resources in that
regard, we may have made a difference."
Since she hadn't analyzed the
numbers yet, Mrs. Terry said, she
was hesitant to say what else she
might have done differently.
But she did say that more
blacks need to be made aware of
the importance of their votes.
"I, along with other people
who understand how local
politics work, need to do a better
job of informing blacks," Mrs.
Terry said. "We need to give
them more reason to come out in
. more massive numbers.'*
Mrs. Terry said she has no immediate
plans to run for another
office, but she might.
"I always say, never say
never," she said. 4'I'll leave it at
that."
Mrs. Terry was the only
Lj Democrat not to win a seat on the
board, which has been increased
from eight to nine members.
!; Among the white candidates,
Ms. Wooten received the most
black votes, with 7,722 in black
precincts. Ms. Wooten also the
top vote-getter overall with
32,933.
She received 554 votes at
Carver High School, 366 at Martin
Luther King Recreation
Center and 498 at the Mt. Sinai
Church of God.
Ms. Wooten, who served two
terms on the board from 1974 to
1982, said she usually does well in
the black community. "I would
like to think that I have a good
* reputation in the black community
for being responsive," she
said. "Bv resDonsive. I mean I
don't tell anybody I'm going to
vote the way they always want,
but I'm always available to talk
about it.
"I have good friends in the
black community who keep my
consciousness raised and keep me
in touch," she said.
Ms. Wooten said black people
see her as someone who is interested
in what concerns them.
"I think I tend to be more
knowledgeable of black issues
than some white candidatesshe
said.
But she said she was surprised
to lead the race overall. "I really
didn't expect to run ahead of
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Beaufort," she said.
"Beaufort and I go way
back," she said. '"He and I used
to campaign together. He introduced
me to his friends and I
did likewise and it has benefited
us both."
The two other Democrats also
received strong black support.
Mrs. Lohr, an incumbent,
received 5,170 votes from black
precincts, Mrs. Wood 7,232.
By contrast, Republican candidates
fared poorly in the black
community. Mrs. Goins, who led
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?of the returns, polled 1,778 votes
in the black precincts.
Mrs. Goins, an incumbent and
the only successful Republican
school board candidate, was
third in the election with 32,028.
She said that her showing in
the black precincts indicated
straight Democratic ticket voting.
44I wish they would take a look
at the candidates from both parties,"
she said.
Mrs. Goins said school board
elections should be non-partisan.
If she were to do it over, she
said, she's not sure more campaigning
in the black community
would have helped. t
441 think they still would have
voted a straight Democratic
ticket," she said.
Mrs. Goins made the strongest
showing in the county among the
10 candidates, with 16,568 votes.
NAACP President Walter
Marshall and William H. "Bill"
Tatum, former convener of the
Black Leadership Roundtable,
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them.
"Blacks could have voted intelligently
and been more selective
in the candidates instead of
punching a straight Democratic
ticket," Marshall said. 44It's a
shame she (Mrs. Terry) came that
close twice and not win."
Mrs. Terry unsuccessfully ran
for the school board in 1984.
Tatum said he knew it would
be hard for her to win.
But he, like Marshall, criticized
blacks for voting a straight ticket.
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"Black leaders who support a
straight Democratic ticket need
to take another look at the fact
that straight tickets hurt black
candidates," he said.
Marshall said that the enlargement
of the board from eight to
nine members didn't give blacks
the gains they had hoped for.
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