Telegraph, The (Newspaper) - November 6, 1996, Alton, Illinois Leafs rake Blues 63 1 Sports V AMMO DEPOT GUN STORE M M U N I T I 6 N wins seat in Senate Ms victory is message Telegraph staff and wire report CHICAGO Democrat Dick Durbin defeated Republican Al Salvi in the hardfought Senate race Tuesday as Illinoisans delivered their verdict on two years of lican rule in Springfield and Washington I hope this victory tonight is that no political official in this state should ever ever be cowered by the Durbin said hope that this campaign has proven that if you stand with police and with the families in Illinois for sensible gun con trol youll be a Salvi congratulated Durbin saying he can be a senator in the Paul Simon Congressman Durbin ran a fabulous Salvi said ran a good solid oldfashioned 64 percent of precincts reporting Durbin had votes or 59 percent and Salvi had votes or 38 percent The battle between Durbin a advocate and Salvi an apos tle of low taxes and balanced budgets was the focal point on Election Day Durbin 51 a Appropriations Committee ripped into Salvi for opposing the federal ban on 19 semiautomatic assault rifles and other bills Hes a lap dog of the gun Durbin said Salvi 36 a former state rep from Mundelein attacked Durbin as a big tax hikin bin Both candidates sought the socalled soccer moms sub urban women whose husbands often are fiscally conservative Republicans but who may cross over when approached on such issues as education health care and crime control In Wood River two female voters declined to say for whom they voted but said they support candidates who oppose both liberal abortion laws and gun control legisla tion My big issues are abortion and gun control since most of Dick Durbin Paul Simon the jobs in trie area are at Olin which makes tion Marilyn Church said If people cant bear arms peo ple wont have jobs Concerning the abortion issue Church said she partic was appalled by the partial birth abortions I dont see a lot of differ ence between this and what that woman did in Granite referring to a mother who recently allegedly stabbed her toddler to death Terrie Lee Varble also of Wood River concurred with Church You cant take guns away from everybody but the crimi she said They still are going to have guns from the black market Im really by the GOP Gov Jim Edgar who remained in Springfield on election night said Republi D See DURBIN Page A2 Clinton drubs Dole Telegraph staff and wire report President Clinton won re election in a landslide Tuesday night as optimistic voters rejected Bob Doles challenge to Clintons economic leadership and his character Meanwhile Congressional Republicans battled to keep their tenuous hold on the House and Senate Clinton rebounded from the 1994 Republican midterm rout and became the first Democratic president re elected since Franklin Roose velt Thousands jammed the streets of Little Rock to hear Clintons victory speech at the Old State House Dole conceded at a Republi can gathering in Washington ending a remarkable career that included 35 years in Con gress three failed runs for the White House and a record 12 years as the Senate Republi can leader Reform Party candidate Ross Perot was a distant third everywhere and well below the 19 percent he won in 1992 Associated Press He conceded defeat but was President Clinton gives a prophetic thumbs up Tuesday as gM ri Da n A o Ue HillarY Rodnam Clinton accompanied by D See CLINTON Page A2 daughter Chelsea head for the polls to vote Davis trounces By SANFORD J SCHMIDT Telegraph staff writer WOOD RIVER Illinois Rep Steve Davis of Bethalto had a much easier time Tuesday in his second for the District seat trouncing Republican challenger Jim Mihalich of East Alton With 51 of 100 precincts reporting at 10 Davis led to In 1994 freshman Democrat Davis defeated Republican Ted Prehn of Bethalto by 217 votes Were Davis said Last time we didnt know we had won until in the Davis said the difference this time was extremely hard work We had an excellent campaign staff and I put in 80 to 90 hours a week Organized labor appeared to have turned out big for him and he may have also benefited from nationwide disillusionment with the D See DAVIS Page A2 lm The SMITH Illinois Rep Steve Davis shares a laugh with John Flamer of Edwards ville and Rita Knowles of East Alton representatives of the Illinois Education Association while they await election returns at Davis Wood River headquarters Bradford Garcia run ELECTIONS 96 INSIDE Congressional races Stephens Watson win Hannig leads A5 Madison County off ices Incumbents returned A6 Madison County Board First woman elected A6 Greene County offices States attorney loses A7 Jersey County offices Democrat leads in race A7 Calhoun County offices States attorney reelected A7 Macoupin County Board Republican headed for seat A8 Macoupin County referendum Property tax caps approved A8 Missouri races West Alton OKs gambling A9 Congress Parties battle for control C5 By MARY BRASE Telegraph staff writer A close race between newcomers Glenn Bradford and Mario Garcia Jr developed early and was expected to last through the night for the 112th District Illinois House seat With a fourth of the pre counted about 10 Garcia was trailing by a few hundred votes But Bradford with votes liked the trend If things hold for the remainder of the evening there should be no Bradford a 49yearold Glen Carbon attorney said The candidates were bat tling to fill the seat being vacated of Madison and St Clair counties by Dem ocrat Jay Hoffman who was in a tight battle with Republican Madison County Treasurer John Shimkus for the 20th Dis seat in the Congress We are optimistic of said Garcia a lican and former Army officer from Belleville We are still waiting for more results before we make any state ments but the early numbers show were running about 5050 in heavily Democratic districts in Collinsville Casey ville St Clair County and Bradford said he was run ning as well as expected in the sprinkling of precincts he counted from all parts of the district He was pleased with the turnout which was run ning about 80 percent he said The voters got past the mud D See BRADFORD Page A2 Bulletin A4 C1 Cloninger Franklin Kellebrew Raymond Schmidt Swan Williams tbe River Bend since 1836 Shimkus Hoffman battle it out in 20th District By SANFORD J SCHMIDT Telegraph staff writer COLLINSVILLE The race to succeed Dick Durbin in the sprawling 20th Congressional District went down to the wire Tuesday night Weve always from day one felt this was going to be a close Madison County Treasurer John Shimkus a Republican said Illinois Rep Jay Hoffman a Democrat said This is a 5050 district We knew from the beginning that it would be close We are in the middle of a very tight With 30 percent of the pre reporting ballot count ers unofficially reported for Hoffman and for Shimkus Both candidates said they expected lead Photo A7 changes night Some of our strongest counties have not reported Hoffman said about Both candidates agreed late Tuesday that covering the 19 counties in the district had been a daunting task during the campaign and collecting the results would be equally tough The district includes part of Madison County and Tele graph area counties of Greene Jersey Calhoun and Macoupin The race to succeed Demo crat Durbin who defeated Republican Al Salvi for outgo ing Illinois Sen Paul Simons seat Tuesday pitted two can trying to each other Shimkus is a defender of economics as a means to cut the deficit The theory holds that by cutting taxes and regulation govern ment revenue will grow through growth in the econo my Its not a theory its a Hoffman said I think first of all we have to balance the budget but the question is how to balance the Shimkus said the problem with the budget approach in the 1980s under President Reagan was that taxes were cut but spending grew and the result was the tremendous federal deficit J See
