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Only Executive Dean Hale Champion and the recently deceased Manny Carballo, who served as secretary of human services for Gov. Michael S. Dukakis, had comparable knowledge of the delivery of social services. Assistant Dean Cal Moseley, in charge of the Public Policy program, said he expects to spend the next five months finding a possible substitute for Bane...
...Former Florida Gov. Reubin O Askew at 1 percent...
...surrounded by experienced party operatives, veterans of the last four Democratic campaigns. Others, like Colorado Sen. Gary W. Hart and Sen. Alan M. Cranston (D-Calif.), are stressing fresh blood, pulling in young people with high energy but little campaign background. Former Sen. George S. McGovern and former Florida Gov. Reubin D. Askey are relying on home-state buddies and old supporters; the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson is building a team of minority leaders who recently helped propel several Blacks to mayoral posts around the country...
...celebrated North Carolina race--which some say will overshadow the Presidential race in rhetoric if not reality--pits the scourge of right wing conservatism, Sen. Jesse Helms, against Democratic Gov. James B. Hunt, Jr. Polls taken late last year put the popular Hunt-progressive in Southern terms--ahead of Helms by as much as 20 points, though more recent polls show that Helms has closed...
...attempts to draft former West Virginia Gov. Arch A. Moore Jr. in the race against present Gov. John D. Rockefeller IV have so far been unsuccessful. Moore could provide Rockefeller with a tough fight for the seat from which long-time Senator Jennings Randolph is retiring...