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StateraceresultsmixedINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — President George Bush and Vice President Dan Quayle won the battle in Indiana while losing the war nationally.The Republican Bush-Quayle ticket won Indiana’s closest presidential vote in 16 years on Tuesday while Democratic Gov, Evan Bayh and Republican Sen. Dan Coats easily won re-election.The results were mixed in other races, too. The two 'parties split Statehouse races and the two houses of the General Assembly.In congressional races, Democrat Jim Jontz was the only incumbent to lose, falling to Republican Steve Buyer in a bid for a fourth term.Bush avoided the embarrassment of losing Vice President Dan Quayle’s home state. The president, who gained 60 percent of Indiana’s vote two years ago, had 932,598 votes, or 43 percent, to Democrat Bill Clinton’s 793,394, or 37 percent, with 96 percent of the state’s precincts reporting.Independent Ross Perot had 429,967 votes, or 20 percent, in the contest for Indiana’s 12 electoral votes.After watching the returns in Indianapolis, Quayle said, “Tonight, we have everything to be proud of even though it’s not a victory because history will record the great accomplishments of this administration.”Soon to be out of office for the first time in 16 years, the former Indiana senator suggested he won’t be out of public life. Many of his supporters chanted “96, 96,” referring to their hopes Quayle runs for president in four years.“We got into politics because we thought we could make a difference, and we have made a difference, and we will continue to make a difference,” he said. “I’ ve , always stood up for what I believe in and I will continue to stand up and speak out for what I believe.” The presidential race was the closest in Indiana since 1976 when Republican Gerald Ford won 53 percent of the vote against Democrat Jimmy Carter. Indiana has voted Democratic in only four presidential elections in this century.The governor’s and Senate contests weren ’ t close at al 1.The nation’s youngest governor, Bayh set a modem record for victory margin in a governor’s race, piling up 63 percent of the vote against Republican Linley E. Pearson to win a second term.In the Senate race, Coats, a former Quayle aide, gained 58 percent of the vote to defeat Democrat Joseph Hogsett and win his first full six-year term. Coats was appointed to the Senate to succeed Quayle in 1989 and then won a special election in 1990.Jontz lost narrowly to Buyer, who charged the Democratic incumbent was “everything that’s wrong in Washington.' ’ The antiincumbency message worked as Republicans unseated an Indiana Democratic congressional incumbent for the first time in a decade.Seven Democratic incumbents and two veteran Republican representatives won easily. They included Democrat Lee H, Hamilton, who won his 15th term by defeating anti-abortion activist Michael Bailey. The Republican gained national attention when he ran graphic television commercials showing aborted fetuses.In Statehouse races, Democrat Pamela Carter became the first black woman elected to statewide office when she defeated Republican Timothy Bookwalter in the attorney general’s contest. Pearson has been the state’s attorney general for 12 years.Carter, a former top aide to Bayh, won 52 percent of the vote in a race that was bitterly contested. Each candidate called the other unqualified, and both endured news reports about financial problems in their pasts.Republican Snellen Reed defeated Bayh education adviser Stan Jones to win the superintendent of public instruction job. She will succeed Republican H. Dean Evans, who didn’t seek re-election.IIEvwahel1tortheDeterI aamnirDcdelt;cin
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Kokomo Tribune
Kokomo, Indiana, US
Wed, Nov 04, 1992
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