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So far, the Senator's negative campaigning seems to be working. While statewide polls showed Hunt leading Helms by 20 percentage points last October, the most recent polls place them in a virtual tie, although a crucial 10% are undecided. The polls also show that 36% of the state...
On the campaign trail, Hunt has tried to ignore the Helms attacks and stress his own achievements as Governor. "We will take our lumps right now, lay out our organization and get the campaign going on our terms," explains Hunt Press Aide Stephanie Bass. "If they can talk us into...
All the rhetoric is proving almost obscenely expensive. Helms raised $4.4 million last year and an additional $2 million in the first quarter of this year, and is expected to spend perhaps $14 million by November. Hunt has taken in just half as much so far and claims that he...
Jesse Helms' Senate seat is one of 33 that are at stake this year, 19 held by Republicans and 14 by Democrats. To capture control, which they lost in the Republican onslaught of 1980, the Democrats need a net gain of six seats. Notable races where the rhetoric has...
ILLINOIS. After Jesse Helms, the prime target of the Democrats this year is Republican Charles Percy, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He won his third term in 1978 with his narrowest margin, 53% of the vote, and since then has moved somewhat rightward. The Democratic candidate, Representative Paul...