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Characterizing Wilder's likely win in Virginiaas an example of the "mainstreaming" of Blackpoliticians, Verba said yesterday's results mightherald a new type of campaign for Blacks who seekoffice in the U.S.AP Wire PhotoLt. Gov. L. DOUGLAS WILDER of Virginiaindicates where he thinks he'll finish aftervoting his state's gubernatorial electionyesterday. With most of the precincts reporting,Wilder, a Democrat, held a slim lead over hisRepublican opponent early this morning...
With 99 percent of the Virginia precinctscounted, Lt. Gov. Wilder had 880,955 votes or 50percent. His Republican rival, Coleman, had876,439 votes or 50 percent...
...laced his speech with references to traditional Democratic Party powerhouses, tying his ground-breaking campaign firmly to the Democratic establishment. He thanked New York Gov. Mario Cuomo, U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54-'56 and current Mayor Edward I. Koch--three men he said helped greatly in the campaign...
...most obvious of these is the $500 million deficit in the state budget, which many have blamed on the Democratic leadership, led by Gov. Michael S. Dukakis and House Speaker George Keverian '53 (D-Everett...
Bush's blue-blood ancestry and his Yale education certainly don't qualify him for that praise. And though Gov. Michael S. Dukakis is hardly a farm-boy himself, he comes closer than Bush to matching the class aspirations of most rural Southern voters. Yet they went for Bush in droves...