Word: hunted
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...race viewed as a referendum on the politics of the New Right, Sen. Jesse A. Helms (R-N.C.) rode the support of white voters to a surprisingly comfortable victory over the popular Gov. James B. Hunt Jr. Approximately 87 percent of the state's Black voters supported Hunt, while Helms collected about 60 percent of the white vote...
Helms trailed Hunt by as much as 20 points early in the campaign, but he recovered by moderating his vitriolic rhetoric and aligning himself closely with President Reagan. Together the candidates spent close to $25 million and involved celebrities from all walks of life in the campaign...
...Hunt's governorship was also won by a Republican, Rep. James G. Martin, only the second Republican to capture the statehouse in the last century...
...last week, 23 Reagan-appointed ambassadors-among them the envoys to France, Mexico, Canada and NATO-endorsed Senator Jesse Helms in his race for re-election against Governor James Hunt...
...nation's hardest-fought and most publicized contest is for the Senate seat occupied by the dean of the New Right, North Carolina Republican Jesse Helms, 63, who is being challenged by two-term Democratic Governor James Hunt, 47. Their race also is entering the record books as the most expensive U.S. legislative campaign ever, costing at least $20 million, 60% of it spent by Helms. The Senator charges that his opponent would too willingly resort to tax increases as a means of solving Washington's fiscal problems. For his part, Hunt has sought to portray Helms...