Giuliani Wins New York City Mayoral Race
Rudolph Giuliani defeated incumbent David Dinkins to become New York City's first Republican mayor in 28 years. With about 99 percent of votes counted, Giuliani led by a narrow margin as Dinkins conceded from the Hilton. The campaign highlighted crime and governance amid a racially divided electorate.
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Allen Wins Virginia Governor Race Leads GOP Victory
New Jersey and Virginia elect Republican governors as George F Allen defeats Mary Sue Terry in Virginia. Allen vows honest leadership and to abolish parole while tying Terry to Clinton Wilder and Robb. Terry aimed to become Virginia's first female governor and faced backlash from religious conservatives.
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Whitman victory in New Jersey governor race slips past Florio
Christie Whitman ousted Democratic Gov Jim Florio in a close 1993 New Jersey gubernatorial contest. Key issue: Florio's $28 billion tax increase. With 99 percent of precincts reporting, Whitman led by about 24 thousand votes, 1,206,866 to 1,175,628. The win follows a campaign stressing tax relief and voter patience.
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Voters upset by gay rights referendums hit three states
The gay rights movement faced setbacks at the polls in Maine New Hampshire and Cincinnati where a 1992 Cincinnati ordinance protecting homosexuals from discrimination was repealed 62 to 38 percent. In Portsmouth New Hampshire residents voted non binding 3 to 2 against gay rights and Lewiston Maine repealed a local ordinance by more than 2 to 1. Civil rights gains exist in eight states and 75 cities and counties nationwide per the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.
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Governors and mayors face runoff and victories nationwide
Republican gains headline governors in New Jersey Virginia and several cities. George Allen ends 12 years of Democratic control in Virginia while Wilder cannot run again. Mayors Campbell Lomax Menino White and others win or head to runoffs. Ballot questions swing on vouchers term limits secession taxes gay rights and gambling.
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