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Mayor Loses In Upset
)u By Herb White
Boat Staff Writer
I Harvey Gantt's bid to become
Htyor for a third term- fell short
Hbesd&y as Sue Myrick pulled an
■peet to become Charlotte’s first
(■male mayor.
#. Gantt. Charlotte's first black
Bwy** *bs first to lose reelec
Wlon since 1961, congratulated
Bfyrick but said he resents tbs
jtype of campaign she ran against
| Tm Utter in file way tbs cam
Kaign was conducted," he said. "I
fStill think it was a very negative
tSampaign. I thought it was need
hut if that's what it takes to
Bin, then I feel sorry fbr Char
With all 99 pradncts reporting,
plyrick had 47,311 votes to Gantt's
IK,296-50£ percent of the vote to
19.5.
The election hinged on voter
turnout, pitting Myrick's support
in the Republican-dominated
southeast agidnst file incumbent's
stronghold in predominately
black west Charlotte. As the night
wore oil, it became apparent that
Myrick's big lead would with
stand a Gantt rally that made the
with Gov. Jim Martin
prospective voters to cast .
for Myrick and aides of preeiftih'
tial contender Michael Dukakis
coming in from.Washington to
help Gantt.
Carrying 72 of 99 precincts,
Myrick piled up a big lead with
the help of a heavy turnout in pre
dominately whit* precinct* while
black precinct* turned out in
•lightly lower numbers. The
mayor gathered 84 percent of the
white vote.
Gantt entered the convention
center around 0:10 p.m. and was
f’Wetsd with a chorua of "Gantt,
Gantt" from hie supporters. Gantt
watched returns intently with his
wifb Cindy and eon Adam on one
side of the convention center
while Myrick, who arrived later
to a chorus of cheers, watched on
another.
As Myrick's lead got smaller,
the throng surrounding Gantt got
louder, serenading the incumbent
with chants of "Harvey, Har
vey. Gantt smiled and waved but
•till had an intense look while
watching returns.
But the cheering exploded
around the challenger when the
final precinct reported, confirm
ing her upset win. Gantt's sup
porters went silent after the final
telly, with some quietly weeping
and consoling each other.
Gantt, looking somewhat
•tunned by the outcome, said he
"Why should I ask for a re
count?" he asked.
Nonetheless, the mayor said he
was "very disappointed” in the
way the election turned out. "1
See Gantt's Loes On Page 2A
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Coumflwonuii-«bc< EDa Scarborough (right) Aouta bar approval
Tnaaday aa return* show Mayor Harvey Gantt catching Sue My
rick. Scarborough will rapreaeni Dlatorict Ion the city council
Scarborough Wins
gpt - •
Black candidate* for Charlotte
city council had mixed results
Tuesday, with Ella Scarborough
winning her first election end
incumbent Ron Lecpcr nosed out
of an et large seat .
Democrat Scarborough will be
the first Meek woman to serve on
council after her convincing win
over Republican Roosevelt Gard
ner in the District 9 election.
#ho vacated the seat to ran at
XHe didn't fare aa well, A
| Just oat of the running
for the fourth and final at large
position to fellow Democrat Cynd
Patterson gathered 48,917 votes
to Leepsr’s 46,070 for the fourth
seat among sight candidate*. 8h*
will Join A1 Rous so, Richard
Vinroot and Ous Campbell on the
council. Patterson, Vinroot and
Rouaao were incumbents while
Campbell, a former Mecklenburg
County commissioner, will Join
the group for the first time.
The Bearfaorough-Oardner race
wasn't close aa the 41-year-old
Duka Power supervisor carried
oil 10 precincts in racking up
4,288 votes against Gardner's
1,782.
Scarborough captured a brood r
range of support, carrying M per
cent of the vote in predominately
black precincts and 72 percent in
white precincts, including some
newly annexed areas that are
dominated by Republicans. . -
• During her campaign, Scarbo
rough pledged support for current
city policies on public housing
aad transportation. Gardner, on
the ether hand, was critical of
those policies and supported mere
public-private ventures to relieve
the city's housing shortage in ad
dition to trying to redevelop Wil
kinson Boulevard aad eliminat
ing drug-related crime and pros
titution on the wvat rids. yf v ,
Scarborough, who ha* served
on several neighborhood onuses,
stressed her ability to work with
other sound! members to help Im
prove the quality of life la District
"-Mil ..■Iiimww UH. rn 1
bar earferlead throughout the night and defeated Gantt. Gantt served as
aupor of Charlotte fcr two aouaecutivo terms.
;.f •• ; - -r’- '• ' '
..XZ&r • . •• : . a
mrihard Vlitnrirt (Chadotta city
Council M*mbar>.
"It was a raal surprisa. Sha'a a
good parson and I took forward to
working with har. this shows
that Charlotte is divsrsified in its
political prooSaa. Wa kata Just
had an ara with Charlotte's first
Blade mayor and now ws'ra ba
gimrinf an *r* with Our first fa
cial* mayorI' VC .
■WL-Vwp •*,, V ’/v
b ,«f tho N.C. Houm, D
bo interesting to eoe bow
etsecttve Sue Myrick will bo in
WrighwW. thrr. ore only 34
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GOP Can Increase Black Support, Gallup Poll Says
AMOoiatiKl p|flM Writer
WASHINGTON—The time
may be ripe for a atronf Republi
can puah for Mack support be
cause blacks' traditionally
strong ties to the Democrats are
growing weaker, a new study
But the OOP still these an up
hill struggle to overcome its
"disastrous image*' in the blade
community, said Eddie Wil
hOcsl Studies omnmJLe? the
partisan think tank specializing
illlams said Macks^nsfa
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of blacks to tha Democratic Party
is weakening, they nevertheless
remain in that party," Williams
•aid Wednesday in a speech to the
Council of 100, an organisation of
black Republicans. "They have
not ae yet been persuaded to Join
the OOP.
"The OOP he* enormous Im
age problems in the Mack com
munity. But at tha same time it
baa enormous opportunity,"
Only 10 percent of the blacks
identified themselves ae Republi
can* in the random survey sam
pling af 000 whites and 000 blacks
nationwide, while 77 percent
Identified with the Democratic
Party, continuing tha pattern of
ficwt yttn.
But the survey aim found that
only 41 percent of tha blacks said
they were strong Democrats, «om
paawd with 40 percent in 10M and
84 percent in 1984.
Among young blacks, who
have no direct link to the Demo
crat-led civil rights strides of the
1960s, the lukewarm attitude to
ward the Democratic party was
more pronounced. In the 18-to-29
age group, 16 percent identified
themselves as Republicans and
only 28 percent said they were
strong Democrats.
In addition, 20 percent of the
younger blacks approved of the
way President Reagan has done
Us Job, compared with only 18
percent of blacks overall.
Conversely, however, the study
showed that this group believes
strongly in the role of the federal
government to ensure employ
ment and a good living standard
Car everyone, Williams said.
And to make matters tougher
for the GOP, 72 percent of the re
spondents in the 18-to-29 group
support Jesse Jackson's bid to be
See GOP On Page 2A