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I Pafle A2-The Chronicle, Thurs? v* Mrs. Wood I "I don't cxpcct any repercussions from the Democratic Party because I won't accept any," Mrs. Woodruff said. "Politics has never made any enemies for ,,,. ? me. Mrs. Woodruff would not say whether she plans to run for public office in 1988. "There is no telling what 1 am going to do," she said. "But I will never get out of politics." In other county elections, the mainritv nf Kla/^lr ?"* ?? ?mjv> ?; w? ViHVA ?VICI J 111 Winston-Salem remained loyal to the Democratic Party. U.S. Rep. Stephen L. Neal retained his Sth District congressional seat by defeating Republican challenger Stuart Epperson. Neal received 54 percent of the county's vote to Epperson's 46 percent. Neal received more than 85 percent of the vote from the predominantly black precincts, even though Epperson campaigned heavily in the black community. "There was no reason for blacks to support Epperson," Wells said. "Nobody is going to be fooled by anyone who comes into their community to solve the drug problem with guards around him." In July, Epperson announced the creation of a drug abuse task force in the Happy Hill Gardens _l Black votes | ... MNMMMIIitllMlllllfllllllllllltMtlMlftMMillMllllltlllti A Mississippi first COLUMBUS, Miss. - U.S. Rep,-elect Mike Espy, the first black Mississippi congressman in this century, pledged Saturday to further the ideals of slain civil rights leaders and improve condi. tions in the poverty-stricken 2nd District. i . "As I look in this room I see the faces of so many friends, colleagues and supporters, and I am filled with happiness. Because of you we did it," Espy, 33, told members of the state NAACP at their convention. "Because of you and our Lord, on the second Tuesday in January, I'm going to stand in the Capitol of the United States of America and pledge to support and defend the Constitn I'- tion" * Espy credited his faith, hard work and helpful supporters for his victory over incumbent Republican Rep. Webb Jranklin i in last week's general election. . 1 " He said last Tuesday's gains by Democrats in the Senate are significant. ^ "In other words, we won't have to take things from the White House that we don't like anymore," he said, referring to the Democratic majority that will take over the chamber in January. The Yazoo City lawyer said the public should also celebrate the victories of Martin Luther King Jr., Medgar Evers and other civil rights leaders because they paved the way for his own win. "It was through the efforts of these great men and women who promoted the efforts of the NAACP that we had a victory on (Nov. 4," he said. Referring to the district he will represent, Espy said the situation is bleak but not hopeless. "The 2nd District is based in agriculture, and we have seen 30 percent of our farmers lose their farms to bankruptcy," he said. Espy said that half the adults over 25 in the district do not have high school educations. One-fifth of the housing in the area is substandard, and unemployment is at 15.2 percent, the secondhighest rate in the country, he said. ^ * t + day, November 13, 1966 Iruff: No regn public housing project; he was accompanied by a police escort. He participated in a human chain on the same corner in October to protest drug use in the neighborhood. "I would deny that it (the antidrug effort) was a political move on his part/* said C. David Kepple, chairman of the county's Republican Party. "He has a sincere interest in eliminating drugs in the black and white community." NmI u/nri HI wnt?c ?%t . - . ?? wal a a Ul UIC Winston-Salem State University precinct to Epperson's 13. Residents from Happy Hills voted at that precinct. "Neal has been a friend in the black-community," Wells said. "They know that he is looking out for their interests." Neither Neal nor Epperson could be reached for comment. In the 67th House District race, Democrat Logan Burke received 83 percent of the vote from the black precincts in his victory over Republican Diana WilliamsHenry, who totaled 17 percent. For example, Burke collected 199 votes at the East Winston Library precinct, Ms. WilliamsHenry nine. ^ Ms. Williams-Henry defeated Burke in only one precinct, Old Town Elementary School, 367 to : 267. provide edge "We have 26.8 percent of our people in the 2nd District living below the poverty level," Espy said. Espy pledged that his term in Congress would not be an idle one. 14You will never regret doing what you did last Tuesday," he said. "With the help,, of the NAACP and the Lord, J'm going to be the best congressman this state has ever had.*' Black treasurer ALBUQUERQUE -- State Treasurer James Lewis says he might be the first black ever elected to ^statewide political office in New Mexico. Lewis, 38, was named to the post in December 1985 and won election to a full term in last Tuesday's general election. A Democrat, Lewis defeated Republican Paul Donisthorpe 203,742 votes to 146,801. "From everything I've heard, I'm the first one," said Lewis. "I'm very appreciative that the voters gave me a chance." The Joint Center for Political Studies in Washington, a non- ^ profit group that serves black ' elected officials, said Lewis is one of six black elected state officials nationwide and in the Virgin * Islands. ] < Lewis is a native of Chaves s County. Since assuming the position of 1 state treasurer, Lewis has been * credited with computerizing the ' office and supporting the x divestiture of state stocks in- 1 vested in companies with South 5 African ties. Anti-MLK vow } 1 PHOENIX - Governor-elect t Evan Mecham says he'll rescind 1 an executive order honoring Mar- s tin Luther King Jr. as his first order of business. 1 Speaking with reporters the 5 day after defeating Democrat 1 Carolyn Warner and independent Bill Schulz, Mecham also said he * plans to begin voluntary drug tests on some state employees. c \ its From Page A1 Burke said he won the election because he was supported b> black and white Democrats. "There were not too many people who crossed over and supported her," he said. Efforts to reach Ms. WilliamsHenry Tuesday were unsuccessful. Most of Ms. Williams-Henry's support came from white precincts, Marshall said. "She didn't get enough support from blacks or white Republicans to make a difference," he said. Kepple said Ms. WilliamsHenry made a credible showing in the election. "1 thought it was unlikely that she would receive many black crossover votes because the Democratic Party has a stranglehold on the black vote," he said. Democrats Ted Kaplan and Marvin Ward won the two seats in the 20th State Senate District, receiving 87 percent of the vote from the black precincts. Kaplan and Ward defeated Republicans E.M. McKnight and Roger Rollman. At the 14th Street Recreation Center, Ward tallied 657 votes, Kaplan 583, while Rollman could only muster 14, McKnight nine. "We (Kaplan and Ward) have an awful lot of friends in the black community,M said Ward, a From Page A1 I OnLi V Hv' ' '* " V B * B^J|' :"^H |F jk iB bm \ V ^BjL, V ^Bk *S H - w^SvJ^P* 'i;', ? '^SIBJKff Ijjjj^^L Walter Fauntroy won another 1 James Parker). Mecham, a Glendale automobile dealer, said he had no plans to fire any current state smployees and was not ready to >ay whom he would appoint. He also met with Gov. Bruce Babbitt and Republican egislative leaders last Wednesday is he laid the groundwork for a ransition to the state's first Republican governorship in 12 fears. Barry wins again WASHINGTON - Mayor Vlarion Barry Jr., who won his hird four-year term, says he may lave his shortcomings, but he is till the best person for the job. "I may not be perfect, but I am perfect for Washington," Barry aid last Tuesday, after a closerhan-usual 2-to-l victory over Republican challenger Carol Schwartz. Final, unofficial returns showed Barry receiving 61 percent of . I K I ifc^ a-av . * +. &.4^^L ' ^^D^hmSHP aiEB Stephen Neat, above, swept bl^cl James Parker). former superintendent of the r city/county school system. 44We have supported the black community." No predominantly black precincts participated in the 39th State House District election, to the dismay of white Democratic candidates there who used to rely heavily on black votes to win. Republicans Ann Q. Duncan, iiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiii <v.v. BP* Bl ^ f"^- j? I Jkm^M i term in the U.S. House (photo by i 4 the votes, while Schwartz 1 garnered 33 percent, the best showing Republicans have had in the heavily Democratic city since general mayoral elections began in 1974. Barry, 50, focused his cam- 1 paign on a downtown develop- j ment boom and improvements in city services while he has been in office. i <r . Ms. Schwartz, a city councilwoman, accented allegations of corruption and mismanagement in city government. She said the results indicated discontent with the Barry administration. % ? i ^ ivieanwnne, Democrat waiter Fauntroy easily won re-election as the city's non-voting delegate to the House of Representatives, a job he has held since 1971. MLKIII wins seat i < ATL ANT A- Local elections 1 V Li Si k support, despite Epperson's app >s' Theresa H. Esposito and Frank e E. Rhodes defeated three v Democrats for the second straight election, even though the t district is majority Democratic. s Several black Democratic v precincts were removed from the ( 39th House District when the largely* black 66th and 67th F House districts were created. It is v difficult for Democrats to be a <| . ' : ' - - around Georgia placed the son of tc slain civil rights leader Martin o] Luther King Jr. in a county commission seat but left an all-white school board in former President Jimmy Carter's home county. Martin Luther King III, 28, h< took 61 percent of the vote in his th race against Republican Ted h< Speaker for a Fulton County st Commission post last Tuesday. It was his first bid for public office, but he said before the race that he ^ hoped it would be the start of a long political career. Elsewhere, blacks failed to ^ place their candidate on the Sumter County school board despite winning a six-year legal ^ battle to improve their chances of w) electing a black board member. . Eugene Cooper, the only black who entered the race, lost to in- i :umbent Billy Hodges, the board's chairman, 235-178. The legal battle ended last ^ month when U.S. District Judge ^ J. Robert Elliott approved a district election system for the , Sumter County school board. Blacks had contended that the old at-large system of electing cc board members made it impossi- cu Die tor a black to win a seat. j" of Sumter County, which includes cu Carter's hometown of Plains, is 44 percent black, but no black c has ever served on the school board. p( m Bradley falls al LOS ANGELES ? California tQ Gov. George Deukmejian, elated ej( at his landslide victory, said last su Wednesday that it will be hard to ru forgive and forget the "smear campaign" waged by his opponent, Los Angeles Mayor Tom sa Bradley. "It will be quite difficult for W( me to forget the major smear p campaign undertaken by the Bradley campaign, *' the governor said at a news conference. "They 1S W( spent millions of dollars attack- ^ ing my personal integrity. ... I think it is most unfortunate that they engaged in that kind of a ^e< campaign strategy, and obviously r it didn't work for them." , th< At a separate news conference, m< Bradley declined to analyze his m< defeat. He also repeated an offer dn to help Deukmejian, but refused bo I 'Ml ' i I I I I ^L ^ < ^ r. I V ^1 * H h tr^^jvMi . ^m:y H * H' h eals to black voters (photo by < r fleeted in the 39th House District vithout black votes, Wells said. ./ But Wells and Kepple said the >ipartisan delegation from Foryth County should be able to Fork together in the N.C. jeneral Assembly in Raleigh. Added Ward on the Republicans: "I will be able to /ork with them, but I will not ( gree with them." IIIMINMIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIII I I ? &4r\ - I t 1 > retract charges made about his '" pponent during the campaign. ^ . , "I said a number of things," i said. "I meant what I said." ' I Asked about Bradley's offer to ' . ilp, Deukmejian said, "I can ' link of one place he could be ;lpful - in our efforts to site a 'ate prison in Los Angeles." ? i Wfth all votes counted, eukmejian totaled 61 percent of e vote. On Bradley's home turf, Los ngeles County, Deukmejian led j \ percent to 45 percent. Bradley, 68, lost narrowly to ' eukmejian in the 1982 race, hich ended with Bradley losing . f fewer than 94,000 votes. .ucas reflects DETROIT -- He scoffed at the ids and flirted with history. But, rilliam Lucas' bid to become ' [ichigan's first black governor ; as, in the end, only a prelude to f s first political defeat. * "I had hoped to do better, of? >urse," Lucas said as hp Hr. ilated among supporters last jesday night, about an hour v ter conceding the election to in mbent Democrat James Blan- > ard. i: ) "I don't think I would have exicted him to have had that big (a argin) of support, but I have to . )ide by it," Lucas said. But the Wayne county exutive, who missed a chance also. > become the nation's first . scted black governor, told his . ipporters that being allowed to in at all was a victory in itself. "This campaign has been, for e, a tremendous success," he . id. "Many people did not believe, at a black man could be jlcomed into the Republican . irty." . . T I ir? O C r% ^ * * <^uvuj, a i vji nici wcmu^rai wno a fiscal conservative, was x>ed and won over by the ipublicans in May 1985. Running for governor was the alization of "the American earn," he said. "The people of Michigan and e Republican Party have given , ; that chance. They have given # ; far more than I could have earned growing up as a young, y in Harlem." *
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