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...knew it was going to be a landslide. If one horse is a foot from the finish line and all the others have fallen down, calling the race then or waiting until he finishes is a technicality, perhaps. Did CBS tell you Carter was winning?" San Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein, for one, complained when NBC's early prediction effectively ended the race three hours before the polls closed in her state...
When your bride is mayor of San Francisco, must you promise to love her honor and obey? Maybe so, when it's Dianne Feinstein's administration. Bridegroom Richard Blum, 44, an investment banker who met Widow Feinstein, 46, when they were brought together to discuss finances, joined the lady in her mayoral chambers last week to share a prenuptial toast. After the wedding and a reception to which tout San Francisco was invited, Blum will discover what it means to take on city hall. The honeymoon includes four days in Washington, where the mayor plans a series...
...Dianne Feinstein is elected San Francisco's mayor
...year the job had been hers on loan. When San Francisco Mayor George Moscone was shot and killed by Daniel White during a political dispute, Dianne Feinstein was appointed mayor by the board of supervisors, which she served as president. Last week Feinstein, 46, became mayor on her own and established herself as the city's leading political power as well as its first woman chief executive. In a hard-fought election, she defeated Quentin Kopp, her conservative and abrasive challenger...
...supervisor for eight years and a former head of the city's finance committee, Kopp campaigned aggressively as the man who could solve San Francisco's recent fiscal problems. Feinstein argued that she had united a diverse city after Moscone's death. But in the end, old-fashioned political organizing and the wooing of minorities turned out to be more important than issues. Feinstein's liberal record won her the support of blacks. She also got the strong backing of the gay community by promising to appoint homosexuals to city boards and commissions in proportion...