Word: carolina
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Democrats celebrated some unexpected victories in the nation's gubernatorial contests. Challengers who enjoyed the overwhelming support of black voters ousted Republican governors in South Carolina and Alabama...
...important questions: Can a two-year-old run for governor? That pivotal question is on the ballot in Wyoming today. In South Carolina, voters are being asked to decide whether to drop a ban on interracial marriage. And Californians, being Californians, will vote on whether it's still OK to barbecue horsemeat -- or even sell it. From coast to coast, U.S. voters in 16 states will be casting their ballots on a total of 61 sometimes important -- and sometimes just plain bizarre -- referendums...
...says TIME Washington correspondent Jay Branegan, "and it appears they have." Heading up the GOP casualties: outspoken New York Senator Al D?Amato, unseated by Rep. Chuck Schumer despite spending a record-breaking $22 million; California challenger Matt Fong, who failed to oust Sen. Barbara Boxer; and in North Carolina, the ultraconservative Lauch Faircloth, who lost out to John Edwards in a bellwether race that Democrats were watching closely. Few will doubt that they succeeded beyond their wildest dreams...
...shocked to read your report about the campaign for Governor in South Carolina [CLINTON VS. STARR, Oct. 5] in which you reported scurrilous lies [about an extramarital affair]. My wife and I have a wonderful, 100% faithful, Christ-centered marriage. Our relationship is strong enough to survive anything. But the lies that are being spread have surely damaged others. I am sorry that TIME chose to aid this effort. DAVID M. BEASLEY Governor, South Carolina Columbia...
...Administration for subjecting the software industry to "needless regulation through overzealous enforcement of antitrust" laws. "We must protect our high-tech industry's freedom to innovate," said the Oct. 12 letter, copying Microsoft's p.r. machine practically verbatim. While the letter was circulating, CEO BILL GATES appeared in North Carolina with one of his most vocal Senate defenders, LAUCH FAIRCLOTH, who is locked in a squeaker of a race. Gates didn't endorse Faircloth, but spoke warmly of him and thanked him for his help...