Word: electioneer
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All of which made last Tuesday's election returns so much the sweeter. Speaking to the Boston Globe, chairman of the Democratic National Committee Ron Brown called the election results "a slam-dunk for the Democratic Party." He was referring to a series of nationwide party victories--in particular, in...
Councillors also took several minutes to reflect on last week's City Council elections. Of the six councillors who sought re-election, five--with the exception of Danehy--were returned to office.
Proposition 1-2-3's failure was so overwhelming that joking rumors abounded this week that 1-2-3 was really part of a CCA master plan to sweep the election.
Elections for an independent Namibia were less than a week away when South Africa, which has controlled the country for 74 years, called foul. Pretoria dramatically claimed that hundreds of Marxist SWAPO guerrillas were infiltrating illegally into the country, posing a serious threat to a free and fair vote. Claiming...
U.N. officials denounced the supposed intercepts as fakes, and peacekeepers in Namibia reported that the country was "exceptionally calm." South Africa's actions appeared to be a last pre-election blast against SWAPO, which is favored to win and install a leftist government on South Africa's border. Pretoria retreated...