Word: candidatees
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"I think it is unlikely that any of them would win on the first ballot," Mandery says. A candidate must attain a simple majority to win the office. If no one wins a majority on the first ballot, the top candidates whose votes taken together add up to a majority...
Marking a change from past years, all four candidates agree that the council is a proper forum for discussion of controversial campus issues, such as final clubs or unionization. In previous elections, at least one candidate for chairman called for the council to devote itself primarily to student services, rather...
Another candidate, Lockwood, has gone beyond advocating that the council hear divisive issues--he has vocally taken sides on them. Lockwood sponsored last year's failed resolution backing an anti-discrimination complaint against the council and co-authored a bill calling on the University not to wage a campaign against...
Such impressive results gave Dukakis a presidential aura. This reasoning was faulty, explains state Senator David Locke, a member of the state Republican leadership: "Dukakis' success was camouflaged. He couldn't lose. He ran against an absolutely jinxed campaign, candidate and platform. [The results] were misread absolutely."
"This is the second time I've done this. Six months ago, I did "Seventy-six Trombones" in Mason City for my son-in-law, [presendential candidate] Mike Dukakis," Dickson said. "It's fun for me to be here and I love trombones."