2The Tar Heel Thursday, May 19, 1988
State and National
NoCo campaigns heat yp as November meairs
By KARI BARLOW
Staff Writer
In the wake of North Carolina's
May 3 primaries, candidates are
settling in for the long haul to
November. The races for governor
and lieutenant governor are quickly
becoming two of the key races this
year.
Since the primary. Gov. Jim Mar
tin's campaign has continued its
efforts in full force.
"We've been focusing our effort at
the local level," said Tim Pittman,
N.C campaign press secretary. Two
Republican governors have endorsed
Martin. Pittman said.
According to Lt. Gov. Bob Jor
dan's campaign press secretary, Phil
Wells, Jordan's campaign is also
moving quickly.
"The day after the primary, the
lieutenant governor was in the north
eastern part of the state," Wells said.
Before the primary, Jordan cam
paigned on television for about a
month, and that has helped the
campaign, Wells said.
Martin's campaign has stopped
running television ads for now.
"We are not on right now. We look
at our polls and we don't see a reason
to be on television," said Pittman.
Campaign watchers are speculat
ing that the N.C. Legislature's short
session in June will have a strong
impact on the campaigns. The short
session will bring a lot of attention
to both Martin and Jordan, Pittman
said.
"I think the potential is there for
both the governor and lieutenant
governor to get a lot of press. I think
the pressure is on the lieutenant
governor. We expect a lot of negative
darts to be tossed at the governor,"
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Pittman said.
Wells said the short session would
probably last longer than intended,
and he expects Martin to capitalize
on the session tremendously.
But the Democrats have more
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The Republican Party continues to
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The campaign for lieutenant gov
ernor is also heating up, receiving
more and more attention as
November nears.
Jim Gardner, the Republican
candidate, has been busy since the
primary, said Terry Noble, his cam
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advertising before the primaries.
"We plan to spend a good amount
of money," said Noble. "I think it's
going to be a tough race and that's
why it's getting a lot of attention."
Democratic candidate Rand could
not be reached for comment.
Panel seeks legislative pay hike
By JEFF ECKARD
Staff Writer
Republicans and Democrats alike
have sharply criticized last Tuesday's
recommendation by a legislative
study panel to increase state lawmak
ers' salaries by 111 percent.
The panel was created to examine
and recommend the amount legisla
tors and top state officials should be
paid to attract the best qualified
candidates for public office.
Jim Gardner, the GOP candidate
for lieutenant governor, said during
a news conference last Wednesday
that he opposed the plan.
"I think a 111 percent salary
increase is ridiculous," Gardner said.
The salary increase would diminish
the importance of a 5 percent pay
raise promised to teachers and other
state employees, Gardner said. Until
the problems of education in the state
are addressed, there should be no
salary increases for the legislators, he
added.
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The legislative panel's recommen- t
dation, which would increase legis
lators' salaries from $10,140 to
S2 1 ,375, has also met opposition from
Democratic leaders.
Brenda Summers, spokeswoman
for Lt. Gov. Bob Jordan, the Demo
cratic gubernatorial candidate, said,
"The lieutenant governor is in favor
of some salary increase for the
legislators, but he feels the 1 1 1 percent
recommendation is much too high."
It is not politically smart for
legislators to increase their salaries
during an election year because
constituents do not favor such
increases, said Rep. Joe Hackney (D
Orange). N.C. legislators rank 28th
nationally in salary. The increase, if
approved by the legislators when the
General Assembly convenes June 2,
would place them 1 1th nationally.
The state constitution prohibits
legislators from raising their present
salaries. Therefore, if the recommen
dation is approved, it would not go
into effect until a new legislature takes
office in 1989.
The salary increase is an attempt
to address the problem of getting the
best people to run for the legislature,
and then retaining them. Summers
said.
"Increasingly, only those people
who are financially well-off can
afford to run," she said.
Speaker of the House Liston
Ramsey (D-Madison) supports the
pay increase. Ramsey, whose salary
would increase from $28,000 a year
to $66,204, said, "The base (salary)
is so low we are either going to pay
these members, or we are going to
continue to lose them."
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