Word: mayors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Washington Party." Thus, having defeated one black opponent in the primary, Richie Daley will have to overcome another in the general election on April 4 to reclaim his father's office. If he does, Chicago would become the third major city (after Cleveland and Charlotte, N.C.) in which the mayor's office, once won by a black, has reverted to white control...
Nunn absorbed politics by osmosis. His father, a lawyer and farmer, was mayor of Perry and a campaign manager for other, full-time politicians. His great-uncle was the legendary Carl Vinson, who served in the Congress for 50 years, 14 of those as the brook-no-dissent chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. Politics, in other words, was everywhere...
Despite commendable work on race relations and the support of black liberals like Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young, statements like these -- and a generally conservative voting record -- could cripple Nunn if he seeks the 1992 Democratic presidential nomination. He considered running last year but pulled back primarily because his two children were still in school. "They'll have graduated by '92," says Bill Jerles, a Perry dentist and close friend. "Sam has those presidential thoughts in mind all the time...
...Senate decides the nominee's fate, confusion mounts over where to draw the line in the conduct of public officials. -- Facing likely defeat on Tower, the White House attacks the motives of his Democratic foes. -- Chicago's black mayor is defeated by Dick Daley's son, who may soon become hizzoner, and Jesse Jackson abandons his party...
...Jerusalem legendary Mayor Teddy Kollek, 77, won a sixth term in office with 59% of the vote. But his Labor-affiliated party, One Jerusalem, lost its majority on the powerful city council, in part because of low Arab turnout...