Word: lawton
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...victorious Florida Governor Lawton Chiles...
...Democratic Party's most eloquent voices was silenced: New York Governor Mario Cuomo lost to G.O.P. challenger George Pataki. In Texas, George W. Bush, the former President's eldest son, beat Democratic incumbent Ann Richards. But in Florida, Jeb Bush, the other Bush son running this year, lost to Lawton Chiles -- handing him the distinction of being the only big-state Democratic Governor left in the nation. California stayed Republican, re- electing Pete Wilson...
...been favored since mid-August. Those results are in keeping with the turns of some closely watched races for Senate and Governor. New York Governor Mario Cuomo, who was in deep trouble for most of this year's campaign, has pulled even with his opponent George Pataki. Florida Governor Lawton Chiles is now neck and neck with Jeb Bush. Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy, the billowing Jupiter of the old Democratic religion, has pulled from a dead heat to a 20-point lead over his opponent, newcomer Mitt Romney...
Barrett says thethree signal gubernatorial races-- between Democratic Gov. Ann Richards andGeorge W. Bushin Texas, Democratic Gov. Lawton Chiles and Jeb Bush in Florida and Democratic Gov. Mario Cuomo and George Pataki in New York -- "are pretty much divorced from these national trends. Very strong personalities are involved. So whether Cuomo wins by 4 points or by 6 points, it doesn't tell you much about what's going to be happening in places when the polls close later...
...poll has Florida Democratic Gov. Lawton Chiles even or slightly ahead ofGOP challenger Jeb Bush, the former president's son who's been ahead for weeks. A Mason-Dixon/PMR poll of 809 registered voters last week has Chiles -- a former senator who's never lost an election -- at 48 percent to Bush's 45 percent (with a 3.5 percent error margin). Two weeks ago, Bush was five points ahead. BTW: The two go head-to-head tonight in their third debate, to be televised live on C-SPAN...