Word: clintons
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Arkansas. When he was first elected in 1978, Democrat William Clinton, 34, became the nation's youngest Governor-and one of his party's most promising newcomers. But in the biggest upset of the gubernatorial elections, Clinton lost by a margin of 4% to Republican Frank D. White, 47, president of a Little Rock savings and loan association. An Annapolis graduate and a onetime Democrat, White was director of the state's industrial development commission in 1975 and 1976, his only government experience...
White hammered hard at Clinton for raising gasoline taxes and automobile registration fees. A budget-paring conservative, he promised to cut back the fees and reduce the number of state employees. White also attacked Clinton for the White House decision to house Cuban refugees at Fort Chaffee, Ark., last spring, though Clinton himself berated the Administration for its handling of the influx. What nudged White over the top, however, was the vote-pulling strength of Reagan. In a deeply Democratic state, he battled Jimmy Carter to a draw...
...cool under fire. Shocked by the 8:15:21 bomb, ABC's crew rushed to catch up-and proceeded to call two races wrong. Retracting his prediction of victory for incumbent Governor William Clinton in Arkansas, a slightly sheepish Max Robinson called Clinton's defeat "a stunning upset...
With 13 governorships up for grabs, the Republicans and Democrats each won six, with the race in North Dakota still uncertain at 3:30 a.m. The biggest upsets were scored in Arkansas, where Republican Frank White defeated incumbent Bill Clinton and in Missouri, where Republican Christopher Bond defeated Joseph P. Teasdale...
Senatorial Races Gubernatorial Races State Electoral Votes Anderson Carter Reagan Democrats Republicans Democrats Republicans Alabama 9 James E. Folsom Jeremiah Denton Alaska 3 Clark Gruening Frank H. Murkowski Arizona 6 William R. Schulz Barry Goldwater Arkansas 6 Dale Bumpers Bill Clark Bill Clinton Frank White Califomia 45 Alan Cranston Paul Gann Colorado 7 Gary Hart Mary Estill Buchanan Connecticut 8 Christopher Dodd James Buckley Delaware 3 William Gordy Pierre Du Pont IV D.C. 3 Florida 17 Georgia 12 Herman Talmadge Mack Mattingly Hawaii 4 Daniel Inouye Cooper Brown Idaho 4 Frank Church Steven Symms Illinois 26 Alan J. Dixon David...