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the vote to advance to a runoff
“It’s not a lock ' for the
Bentsen
replace
Thought for Today
Bentsen said the galvanization
Murray said the 25th District great opportunity,” Bentsen said.
with 5,539 votes.
Garcia, 51, is trying to
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Place 1: Incumbent Tom Price received 31 percent. Steve
of Richardson and appellate Mansfield trailed with 25 per-
When he was first elected to
Congress in 1994, he and his
GOP opponent spent a combined
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race ever conducted in Texas.
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“There are only two kinds of people in the world that really
count. One kind’s wheat and the other kind’s emeralds.”
— Edna Ferber, American author (1887-1968)
BIble Verse ____
Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve oth-
ers, faithfully administiring God’s grace in its various forms.
— 1 Peter 4:10
Today — Partly cloudy. Highs
near 80. South winds around '
15 mph.
Sunrise — 6:31 a.m.
Sunset — 6:28 p.m.
three leading candidates in daughters, Louise, 10, and
Tuesday’s Democratic primary Meredith, 8, stood next to him.
with 27 percent of the vote.
like his uncle, Lloyd Bentsen,
who first was elected to the
Senate in 1970 and remained
For now, Bentsen’s efforts to there until stepping down in 1993
Weatherford, a visiting judge on posed for the Democratic nomi-
• Court of Criminal Appeals, the Court of Appeals, who nation.
John Cornyn, 50, in the General
Election. With an estimated 90
percent of the ballots tabulated, Democrat Linda Yanez, 53,
engaging, outgoing candidate. invest Social Security money in
Bentsen is probably-not a good
prospect for being competitive at
this level again.”
Bentsen decided not to run for
a fifth term as the Houston area’s
25th District representative
because of his bid for higher
office.'
Former Houston councilman
Chris Bell, who unsuccessfully
ran f
Houston councilman Carroll
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Editor & Publisher
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• Railroad Commissioner: Jefferson counties.
Incumbent Michael L.
Williams, 48. an attorney,'ran
unopposed for the Republican
nomination. His General
Election opponent will be
' „ . like Carolyn Denero was third in the
appointee of Gov. voting with 23 percent.
Elections
State Rep. Kyle Janek won thq Republican nomination to the
District 17 Senate race, beating out former Harris County Republican
party Chairman Gary Polland.
Janek will face Democrat Ronnie Ellen Harrison in the general elec-
tion in November.
Janek taking 66 percent of the vote. ... _
The seat, viewed as Republican territory, includes west Harris
County, and parts of Fort Bend, Brazoria, Galveston, Chambers and
In the race for state Senate District 4, state Rep. Tommy Williams
and Michael Galloway of The Woodlands advance to a runoff on April.
Williams took 45 percent, Galloway 35 percent and Martin
Basaldua, a Kingwood physician, 20 percent. The district stretches -
from east Montgomery County to the state line.
The seat was open after Sen. David Bernsen, a Beaumont
Democrat, chose to run for state land commissioner.
In the GOP race for state Senate District 15, Michael P. Wolfe was
swamping Sam Texas, with 27 percent of precincts reporting.
They were vying to see who would run against veteran state Sen.
John Whitmire, a Houston Democrat. Wolfe is a substitute teacher
and graduate student.
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State Rep. Joe Crabb, R-Humble, won the GOP nomination for his
District 127 seat and faces no Democratic opposition.
Crabb tallied 66.5 percent of the vote. Two Republican challengers
trailed, Kingwood developer Joe Stunja with 22 percent and Kingwood
businessman Mike Sullivan 12 percent.
Crabb, a 63yearold lawyer and pastor of Addicks United Methodist
Church, has held the northeast Harris County seat since 1993.
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Harris County Attorney Mike Stafford defeated two challengers in
the GOP primary.
Former state District Judge John Devine and attorney Donald Large
had challenged Stafford, who was chosen to replace Michael Fleming
after he stepped down last year.
With all precincts reporting, Stafford had 63 percent, Devine 35
had percent and Large had about 2 percent,
Stafford will face lawyer Marc S. Whitehead in the November gener-
al election.
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A nonbinding referendum on prayer and religious acts has been
overwhelmingly approved by Texas Republicans.
Gov. Rick Perry, who wants to make legalizing school prayer an
issue in his reelection campaign, said he had supported the referen-
dum in early balloting.
On Tuesday, 71 percent of voters backed the proposal, with 29 per-
cent In opposition.
The referendum states: “Legislation should be passed that pre
tects both Individual and corporate public religious speech, on or off
school property, and protects any person from being required to Join
In prayer or religious activities.”
ry, Pat Montgomery, 39, a San i
Antonio attorney, had 70 per-
cent in beating Julius Whittier. ;
• Court of Criminal Appeals,
Place 3: Republican incumbent
Cathy Cochran, 57, of Austin
advanced to a runoff against
Guy Williams, 52, a Corpus
Christi attorney. Cochran got 42
percent to 28 percent for
Williams. 18 percent for Connie
J. Kelley and 12 percent for
Blair Davis. J.R. Molina, 47, a
Today is Thursday, March 14, the 73rd day of 2002. There are
292 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On March 14, 1743, the first recorded town meeting in
America was held, at Faneuil Hall in Boston.
On this date:
In 1794, Eli Whitney received a patent for his cotton gin, an
invention that revolutionized America’s cotton industry.
In 1900, Congress ratified the Gold Standard Act.
In 1923, President Harding became the first chief executive to
file an income tax report.
In 1939, the republic of Czechoslovakia was dissolved, opening
the way for Nazi occupation.
In 1943, Aaron Copland’s orchestral work “Fanfare for the
Common Man" premiered in New York, with George Szell con-
ducting.
In 1951, during the Korean War, United Nations forces recap-
tured Seoul.
In 1964, a jury in Dallas found Jack Ruby guilty of murdering
Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President Kennedy,
the previous November.
In 1967, the body of President Kennedy was moved from a
temporary grave to a permanent memorial site at Arlington
National Cemetery. ' .
In 1991, a British court reversed the convictions of the
“Birmingham Six,” who had spent 16 years in prison for an Irish
Republican Army bombing, and ordered them released.
Ten years ago: The Associated Press obtained the names of 22
of 24 of the worst offenders in the check overdraft scandal at the
1 louse bank; topping the list were former Rep. Tommy Robinson
of Arkansas and Rep. Bob Mrazek of New York, both Democrats.
— The Associated Press
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Today in History
Land Commissioner: Wayne Smith, 40, of Austin, an Antonio, was unopposed in the
' attorney David attorney for the plaintiffs in the Democratic primary.
won the Hopwood affirmative action • Court of Criminal Appeals,
mary by 71.2 percent with 9,007 sioner for precinct 2.
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His competitors — real estate become the first Hispanic and polling location but there were no
woman elected to *
Commissioners Court. Isbell,
Amarillo
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Austin
Baltimore
Billings
Birmingham
Bismarck
Boise
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Buffalo
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vacant after 28 years by voting places glitched
Democrat Jim Fonteno. HOUSTON (AF) — wiers m at
second capturing 27.5 percent, By the November general least’nine'Harrfe'countyetectoi
•x<_ r .... election, either Garcia or Isbell precincts were unable to vote early
Isbell won the Republican pri- will be the new county commis- Tuesd^y because the polling places
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teacher Victor Morales were in a natoriarprimary contest between
virtual tie with about 33 percent. Tony Sanchez and Dan Morales
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each other in a runoff April 9 to his race and resulted in support
Isbell, Garcia work on winning commissioner’s seat Brief
By UA MARTIN votes. She won 72.5 percent of sioner’s seat that will be left Several Hanis County
Staff reporter
primary.
• State Comptroller:
Democrat Marty Akins, 48, a
former University of Texas
quarterback, and incumbent Xavier
Republican Carole Keeton Jefferson
55, won the Republican primary 1 st Court of Appeals, was unop-
with 56 percent of the vote p—---------;
against Kenn George. nation.
• Agriculture Commissioner:
Bentsen’s attempt to follow in uncle’s footsteps fails
HOUSTON (AP) — U.S. Rep.
Ken Bentsen, who lost his bid for
the Democratic nomination for
U.S. Senate, isn’t ready to say he’s
through with public service.
“You never say never,” Bentsen
said during his concession speech
Wednesday. “It’s not easy to lose
a race. I have won most of my
races. But being a Houstonian,
A glance at statewide races inTuesday’sTexas primary
Susan Combs, 57, the first
woman elected to the office, ran
unopposed in the Republican
primary in her bid for a second
four-year term. Tom Ramsay,
62, a rancher and real estate
broker, won the Democratic pri-
mary with 58 percent of the
vote against Ernesto De Leon.
Rapid City
Reno
Richmond
Sacramento
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San Antonio 86 42 cdy
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Houston 77 46 cdy Tucson 85 51 clr Rylander, 62, both won without Rick Perry, lost in the Democrat John W. Bull, 38, a
Indianapolis 61 42Q cdy A Tulsa ...
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Bernsen, 51, won the Hopwood affirmative action • Court of Criminal Appeals,
-Democratic primary, garnering case, who received 55 percent Place 2: Republican incumbent
63 percent of the vote against of the vote. Margaret Mirabal, Paul Womack, 54, of
Ray Madrigal. Jerry Patterson, 50, of Houston, a judge on the Georgetown got 44 percent of
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posed for the Democratic nomi- with David Richards, 45, of Fort Worth attorney, ran unop- '
see who will for his opponents. leans Democratic, even after I
m e e t This might have been redistricting.
Republican Bentsen’s last shot at a political “It’s not a lock ' for the -
nominee office of this caliber, said Richard Democrats but they would have
Attorney Murray, a University of Houston the advantage in November,” he i
' ’ political science professor.
He s often viewed as a sub- <* jv.uu. mvniwi ,
stantively strong candidate but a of the House Budget Committee ;
wattage campaigner,” and Financial Services ;
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It was a landslide victory for
both Johnny Isbell and Sylvia
Garcia early Wednesday morn-
ing, as the ballots were tallied
Ter^beth-the Hanis County__votC3 ~__ '
Commissioner Precinct 2 pri- ]
maries. Democrat Garcia and broker Larry Tobin and city
Republican Isbell each captured attorney Richard Risinger —
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more than 70 percent of Precinct trailed behind with Tobin claim- 63, is vying to be the first u
2- ing 16.88 percent, or 2,133 of Republican to win the Precinct 2 forcing officials to scramble to find
Garcia pulled ahead of John the votes and Risinger netting seat in modem county history.
Castillo early Tuesday night and 11.8 percent and 1,500 votes. Precinct 2 sprawls across
-stayed there, to—wmthe Garcia and Isbell will now . southeasE .Houston and easr
Democratic primary with!4,583 work at winning the commis- Harris County.
.. .._.a , will
being an Astros fan, being a Republican Phil Gramm.
Houston Oilers fan of the past, Bentsen had hoped to represent
we’ve had our share of losses and Texas in Washington, D.C., just
you always come back. Maybe
down the road I’ll do public ser-
vice again.”
General John political science professor. said. ;
Cornyn in “He’s often viewed as a sub- Bentsen, 42, a senior member ;
November. The stantively strong candidate but a °f the House Budget Committee ;
eventual winner )Ow wattage campaigner,” ancl Financial Services ;
Murray said. “He was overshad- Committee, has during his time in
owed by Ron Kirk, who is a more Congress opposed proposals to
the financial markets and favored
legislation for a patients’ bill of
rights.
Bentsen, a former investment
banker and congressional aide
who also served as Harris County
Democratic chairman for four
years, had previously won tough
races against Republicans in his
district that covers parts of east
r . • and southwest Harris County and
for mayor last year, will face northeast Fort Bend c '
nctnn nniin/Mirnan J .
Robinson in a runoff for the
Former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk of the Hispanic and minority vote Democratic nomination in that
and high school geography because of the Democratic guber- district. $3 million, making it at the time
The winner will face insurance the most expensive congressional
executive Tom Reiser, who was race ever conducted in Texas.
Kirk and Morales will face might have had some impact in unopposed in the GOP primary. “It’s been an exciting career, a
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follow in his famous uncle’s foot- to become President Clinton’s
steps will take a backseat as he first treasury secretary.
returns to the private sector, pos- “I felt we ran a strong cam-
sibly in his old stomping grounds paign. I don’t have any regrets,”
in the banking industry. Bentsen said as his wife, Tamra,
Bentsen was third among the who was crying, and their two
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A glance at the statewide
races in the Texas primaries on
Tuesday:
• Governor: Tony Sanchez
routed former Attorney General
Dan Morales to capture the
Democratic nomination.
Sanchez, a 59-year-old Laredo
banker, received 60 percent of
the votes to 33 percent for
Morales, 4 percent for Bill Lyon
and 2 percent for John
Worldpeace. Incumbent Rick
Perry, 52, ran unopposed in the sherry Boyles, 31-year-old
Republican primary. Austin attorney, who received
• U.S. Senate: Former Dallas 53 percent of the Democratic
mayor Ron Kirk, 47, and school vote jn beating Paul C. Looney,
teacher Victor Morales, 52, will . Supreme Court, Chief
meet in an April 9 runoff for the justice: Republican incumbent
Democratic nomination to see Tom PhillipS! 52> and Democrat
who opposes Attorney General Richard G. Baker, 40, a Liberty
. attorney, were unopposed.
• Supreme Court, Place 1:
each had 33 percent of the vote justice on the 13th Court of
to 27 percent for U.S. Rep. Ken Appeals, and Republican Mike
Bentsen, 5 percent for Gene Schneider, 59, chief justice of
Kelly and 2 percent for Ed the 1st Court of Appeals, won
Cunningham, who pulled out of without opposition.
the race and endorsed'Kirk. . Supreme Court, Place 2:
Cornyn won 77 percent of the An April 9 runoff awaits GOP
vote in the GOP primary. The candidates Elizabeth Ray, 49, a
rest was split among Bruce state district court judge in
Rusty Lang, Douglas Houston, and John Cayce, 48,
Deffenbaugh, Dudley Mooney of Keller, chief justice of the
and Lawrence Cranberg. 2nd Court of Appeals. Ray had
• Lieutenant governor: State 43 percent to 31 percent to
r, Cayce and 27 percent for Dale
Wainwright. Jim Parsons, 49, a
votes. She won 72.5 percent of sioner’s seat that will be left
the votes in Precinct 2. vacant after 28 years by voting places glitched
Castillo finished with a weak Democrat Jim Fonteno. HOUSTON (AP) — Voters in at
election, either Garcia or Isbell precincts were unable to vote early
weren't staffed when they arrived’ *
County officials said in some
cases voting equipment was at the
workers to man them. -•
Harris County Democratic Parly
Chairman Sue Schechter said 25
workers dropped out Monday night,
replacement workers.
Then Tuesday morning, the elec-
tion Judge and clerk at one precinct
changed their minds about work- ~
ing.
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Land Commissioner David
Dewhurst, 56, won the
I Republican nomination, taking state district court judge from
78 percent of the vote against Palestine, won the Democratic
Tom Kelly. Democrat John nomination without opposition.
Sharp, 51, was unopposed in . Supreme Court, Place 3:
the Democratic primary. Incumbent Wallace B..
• Attorney General: Former Jefferson, 38, of Austin, the first
Austin mayor Kirk Watson, 43, black to serve on the high court,
was unchallenged in the won the Republican primary
Democratic primary, as was for- with 62 percent of the vote
mer Supreme Court Justice against Sam Lee. Democrat
A A A f if
district judge in El Paso, ran mcet in an April 9 runoff to
• - • ~ decide the GOP nominee. Price,
57, received 47 percent of the
vote to 30 percent for Taft, 56.
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