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The contest between Republican Jesse Helms and his black Democratic challenger Harvey Gantt attracted more national attention than any other Senate election because it posed a primal question: Was Helms' brand of racial politics finally obsolete? In electing Helms to a fourth term last week, North Carolina gave a clear...
For liberals who had hoped to retire the Senate's most outspoken reactionary, the result was a harsh disappointment. Gantt in early fall appeared to capture the initiative. A former mayor of Charlotte and a successful architect, Gantt, 47, presented what he called a "noble agenda." It amounted to a...
Meanwhile, Helms, 69, was a prisoner of the budget impasse in Washington. The numerous targets of his wrath -- homosexuals, feminists, welfare programs, artwork he considers obscene, diplomats he deems squishy -- continued to be handy foils for the legislator known as "Senator No." For a time, though, Helms' campaign seemed to...
But when Congress finally adjourned, Helms roared back to the state for 10 give-'em-hell days. He charged Gantt with betraying the black community by selling his stake in a TV station, an interest that had been acquired cheaply under a minority-business program. Next came an ad showing...
The most effective blow came eight days before the election. A widely broadcast commercial that was quickly dubbed the "white hands" spot showed the hands of a worker crumpling a letter of rejection. The narration: "You needed that job, but they had to give it to a minority because of...