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...Massachusetts E--John Kerry (D) 1008.339 56 77 Ray Shamie (R) 796.700 44 Michigan E--Carl Levin (D)' 708.647 48 38 Jack Lousma (R) 768.912 52 Minnesota Joan Growe (D) 361.621 45 44 Rudy Boechwitz (R)' 439.225 55 Mississippi William Winter (D) 359.348 39 98 E--Thad Cochran (R) 564.681 61 Montana Max Baucus (D) 37.237 56 22 Chuck Cozzens (R) 27.509 41 Nebraska E--James J. Exon (D) 254.527 52 85 Nancy Hoch (R) 231.301 48 New Hampshire Norm D. Amours (D) 65.349 42 58 E--Gordon Humphrey (R) 90.434 58 New Jersey E--Bill Bradley...
With his broad shoulders, silver hair and deep, drawling voice, Thad Cochran seems a paragon of the old-fashioned Southern politician. He is not. As the first Republican since Reconstruction to win a Senate seat from Mississippi, Cochran, 46, personifies the changing face of the Deep South. A boosterish supporter of Reaganomics, Cochran is less conservative on civil rights and funding for public education. His easygoing geniality, moreover, has an appeal that extends far beyond his white, urban, upwardly mobile core constituency. Even Democratic Challenger William Winter concedes, "There is no way I would win a popularity contest with Thad...
...after his supporters won a bitter struggle to have him appointed chancellor of the University of Mississippi ("Ole Miss") last December, Winter waffled, accepting the post and then changing his mind a week later. Then he appeared even more irresolute by agonizing for two months over whether to challenge Cochran, making up his mind, some say, only 20 minutes before his announcement. Compared with Cochran's upbeat, exuberant performance, the bespectacled, scholarly former bond attorney's campaign is rather dispirited...
Though the state's conservative majority gives Cochran an edge, his victory could hinge on Mississippi's blacks, who make up 35% of the population, the largest percentage of any state. Blacks traditionally vote solidly for Democrats, but Winter, for all his progressive credentials, cannot rely on their automatic support. The reason: many black voters are disenchanted with a state Democratic Party that they claim takes them for granted. While most polls show Cochran winning 15% to 20% of the black vote, Cochran's own surveys register 26%. Cochran is convinced he can appeal to both blacks...
Senate leaders frantically dispatched Air Force jets on Friday to retrieve wandering legislators from campaign and home sites. The Pentagon placed the cost of flying Senators John Tower of Texas, Jeremiah Denton of Alabama and Thad Cochran of Mississippi back to the Capitol from their home states at $4,100. Air Force funds are routinely set aside for such travel in a congressional crisis. By afternoon nine more Senators willing to vote for the debt hike had returned, and the bill passed, 37 to 30. "I thought this day would never come," said Baker after casting the last vote...