Word: colorado
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...finally. He faces the distinct possibility that he may not amass a majority of committed delegates by the end of the primary season on June 5, thus setting off a messy preconvention scramble that could further divide his party. Hart's buoyant mood is understandable too. The Colorado Senator has won four of the last six primaries, including landslides last week in Nebraska and Oregon. The two outdoorsy, overwhelmingly white states were prime Hart territory, and in both he beat Mondale by 59% to 27%, giving him the largest margins racked up in any binding state primary this year...
...water raft trip down a stretch of Oregon's Deschutes River was a picture-perfect dramatization of his appeal. "I love danger," he said after shooting the rapids. "It was wonderful-too short, but so is life." Three days later he was on horseback, all smiles, galloping across Colorado rangeland and into a photo opportunity...
...Colorado, the most recent state to start a lottery, 40% of the take is allotted to a conservation trust fund. In Massachusetts, a share of the profits from the state's high stakes Megabucks game is designated for the arts. Explains P.G.R.I. President Duane Burke: "If the choice is added taxation or a voluntary method of raising additional revenue, people will choose the voluntary method...
...suburbs, home of Hart's usually loyal cadre of young, upwardly mobile professionals, the Yumpies. Indeed, when the counting was over in last week's primaries, Mondale had actually won 42 more delegates than Hart, 184 to 142. (Hart overwhelmingly won the caucuses in his home state, Colorado, but the 43 delegates still have not been apportioned.) Mondale aides continue to insist that the delegate tallies heavily favor their man. Campaign Chairman James Johnson predicted that Mondale, who now has 1,528 delegates, would win the necessary majority (1,967) in the last round of primaries, on June...
After a sweeping state-by-state political analysis, he predicted that Walter Mondale will be the Democratic nominee, sharing the ticket with either Colorado Senator Gary Hart or Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen. And the November winner? Reagan by a whisker. "I wouldn't bet the farm on it, but I'd bet the main house," said Nixon. "I wouldn't even bet the outhouse on Mondale...