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Republican Candidates Spend Little Money in Landslide Victories By VERONICA CLEMONS Chromct e Siaff Wntcr It wasn't the money. The incoming school board members who won in the at-large race didn't grasp their victories by spending a lot of money. y In an analysis of unofficial elec tion totals and reports of candidate contributions and expenditures, democratic candidates spent almost 10 times as much as their Republican counterparts. Nigel D. Alston, who was the ' next-to-last vote^getter in that race, ? got the most contributions and had the highest expenditures of the six at large candidates. From the period of April 16 through Oct. 21. 'Alston's contribu tions totaled about $14,000 and his expenditures were about S9.000. The top vote-getter ^n the at large race, Donny Lambeth, from Feb. 7 through Oct. 21 received con tributions of about SI, 600 and spent about SI ,500. Because Lambeth did not carry over a balance from the previous period, he spent less than $.04 per each vote he received. Lynn Thrower, one of the win ners who said she spent a httle over $1,000 in her campaign, said she was surprised at the Republican victory . Thrower and Alston agreed that what hurt hi'm and the rest of the Democrats was the anti- Democratic mood that was shown Jby the large number of straight ticket Republican voters. "I don't know what else I coukf have done," Alston said. "I don't know if I had shaken one more hand or gone to one more church that it would have made a diffefence." Larry Little, a political science professor at Winston-Salem State University, said it's unusual for can didates who spend the feast amount of money to win. He said when this situation occurs* it's usually because the candidate has the power of incumbency or name recognition. Neither one of these attributes helped Democrats in any local race. "'People didn't care," he said. "It could have been a Republican horsg,. and the horse would have won." Little did say it's not so unusual for white Democrats to cross party lines in an election.' He added that it is the usual scenario for black Democrats to overwhelmingly stay loyal to the party, which was true in Winston-Salem elections. Blacks only' crossed party lines to vote for Sheriff Ron Barker. i Many white Democrats crossed party lines in the elec tion becadse Republicans led them to believe the Democrats essentially sup-, port big govern- ; ISigel Alston ment and more taxes, and the Republican candidates will offer some relief from that. Little said. ' . ? In addition to the election being a bad night for Democrats, Little said. Alston's loss has usually been the result of most black can didates who have run for at large seats in Winston- Salem. This is why Little was instru mental in get ling single * Lynn Thrower member districts for the state House. He was the plaintiff and actually drew the lines for the 66th and 67th districts. Subsequently, minority dis tricts were achieved on the board of, county commissioners and the city county school board. Darryl Hunt's Quest for Freedom Suffers Yet Another Setback By DAVID L. DILLARD Chronnjc Staff Writer ) In 1984, Larry Little was alder man of the city's North Ward and had mass appeal with the black community from his days as a leader of the Black Panther Party. Politically, he was seemingly unstoppable and contemplated run ? mng for- mayor, -but things came do a halt on Sept. 14, 1984, when Darryl Hugene Hunt was charged with the murder of Deborah Brotherton Svkes. -? "1 had a successful' political career and 1 knew this case could destroy my ability to broaden my base and run for (mayor)," Little &aid. "I knew it was a frame-up and tny conscious wouldn't allow me to ignore the situation. This was a clas , Sk: railroad and I was compelled lo speak out. If I didn't it would have gone against everything I've ever jStood for." Little got to know Hunt when the two played basketball together ? at the old Patterson Avenue YMCA. "I didn't' know him well, but because 1 played ball with him I felt when he was charged that I owed it to him to at least inquire and see to it that he would receive a fair trial," he said. "I just got consumed by it l and couldn't let go of this quest for truth and Justice." Little was in the Black Panther Party from 1969 to 1976. As a Pan ther, he rallied community support for. the Joanne Little and the Wilm ington 10 cases. His first involve ment in the Hunt case was raising $:S,U(Kj tor Hunt's defense^ "I wasn't an attorney at the time. 1 had worked with other cases before and I had thought about going to law school, but this case convinced me to go to law school." He said then-District Attorney Don Tisdale said Little was only helping Hunt because Little was a Panther and he would help any black person. Little said he ques ? tioned Hunt and tried unsuccessfully on numerous occasion^ to trap him in a lie. "Some people will believe any thing that the prosecution says, but the black community for the most part-doesh't feel that way," he said. "We have given Darryl 14 poly graph tests over the last 10 years and everyone shows that he knows absolutely nothing about the rape and murder of this woman." Little has vowed never give up on seeing Hunt freed ? r not even after last /Thursday's ruling by Forsyth County Superior Co(urt Judge Melzer A. Morgan who refused to dismiss charges against Darryl Hunt or deny him a third trial. . v * Morgan issued a 12-page order saying that DNA test results didn't flaw the state'* case. Morgan said Hunt could have had ^ex with Sykes without depositing the sperm in her body. "The ne\yly discovered evi-v dence only establishes that the defendant didn't deposit this sperm in the victim. It doesn't eliminate the defendant from other participation, ( even more limited sexual participa _ tioni" Morgan said. ? Morgan acknowledged that the state's case had been weakened by the DNA test, but said it didn't have v. any bearing on the kidnapping and murder charges. "Newly discovered evidence does not bear on kidnapping or rob bery or homicide." Morgan said. "Whilr th^ ih^ry sexual offense is somewhat weak ened by the DNA evidence, its case overall is not fatally flawed."' Morgan ordered the DNA teat be done on Hunt and Sykes in April. Test results showed that neither Hunt, Sammy Mitchell, his co defendant, nor Johnny Gray ? the state's key witness and whom many Hunt supportersv believe was J .11 involved ? r was the source of the sperm found in Sykes' body. Sykes was raped and stabbed to death on Aug. tO, 1984, and her body was found near West End iBoulevard. Hunt was charged with the murder in September. Morgan also denied Hunt a - third trial in August when he held a hearing of witnesses, whom Hunt's defense claimed were intimidated . . I ' ? * . . . ' ? . . ' by prosecution and police, from tes tifying at the second trial in 1990. Hunt was first convicted on June 17, 1985. by a jury of 1 1 whites and one black. Inaccuracies in the state's case, a 1985 report from the city manager criticizing police investigation of the Sykes murder, led the Supreme Court to. order Hpnt a second trial in 1989. Again, Hunt was convicted on Oct. 11, 1990, by an all-white Catawba County jury. Many blacks feel Morgan has "slapped us in the face'' twice and that Hunt will never get a fair ruling from Morgan or in Forsyth County * Little and other Hunt supporters ' believe Johnny Gray is involved. He identified himself as Sammy Mitchell when he called the police. A judge last week denied Darryl Hunt an opportunity for a third trial "When Mitchell was ruled out. that should have been tihe end of the case, but they are not going to admit that they were wrong." Little said. "They are too racist and arrogant to ?admit that they made.a mistake. Even a child can see tb^^fos?rinjtrs^ tice..;. It's ridiculous and it's really a holocaust against black people." However. Little remains opti mistic that Hunt will receive a fair trial one day. "Ultimately yes," he said. "We '? have waited too long for justice, but we aFe not going to give up because we believe in (Hunt). If we don't get ju5Tirem~sTarenevcK we will go to the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, and even the U.S. Supreme Court if we have to. It's worth it to save an innocent man's life." The Rev. John Mendez said Morgan's decision was racist and devoid of truth. After the ruling* a bailiff escorted Mendez out of the courtroom. "All you can do is ask me to leave. That's all you can do," Jie _ said, confronting the bailiff. "This is racist and shameful. African-Ameri cans don't have a chance with the . ? corrupt and racist justice system. The Rev. Carlton A.G. Evere ley, pastor of Dellabrook Presbyter- ? ian Church, said Morgan's ruling i continues to uphold the 1857 Dred Scott decision, f ) "It's simple. A white woman is dead, so the nigger has got t<p pay," Eversley said. "Morgan is acting just like that cracker judge with Dred Scott. That's the way he's ' defining himself." "Science can't clear you, justice can't free you, but there is a higher court and a higher justice. We know that one day Darryl Hunt will be free." ? ? ? ? ? ? 77-^ Appellate attorney Ben Sendor will defend Hunt before the Supreme Court. / ?~ry.L:.4.:!c (right) has stood beside Darryl Hunt since Hunt was first arrested in 1984 in the murder of Deborah Sykes. 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