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...election for assembly chairman was a runoff between McDonough and Leslie Cornfeld '81. Six assembly members--including one freshman--were nominated for the post...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Assembly Holds First Meeting, Elects McDonough Chairman | 10/3/1979 | See Source »

...field of four major candidates, who spent yesterday combing the city in search of last-minute votes, will be narrowed to a pair, with a runoff election scheduled for November...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: White, Challengers To Face Off Today | 9/25/1979 | See Source »

...White is seeking an unprecedented fourth term in office and, if enough people stay awake to listen to his pitch again, he just may do it. No matter whose polls you believe, White is the favorite. The only question is how strong he will be going into the runoff...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Everybody Wants to Be Mayor | 9/13/1979 | See Source »

...guys who run what he labels the implicitly racist Police Department. As one might assume, King is expected to cut fairly deeply into White's traditionally strong constituency in the city's black areas. Although he harbors no good feelings toward either White or Timilty, his support in the runoff election might be crucial to the final outcome. A lot of people feel King is running because he has it in for White--but King says he is running because he wants to be mayor...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Everybody Wants to Be Mayor | 9/13/1979 | See Source »

...protégé of Asaad Bucaram, an abrasive populist who founded the Concentration of Popular Forces Party (C.F.P.), would follow up his first-place finish in last summer's preliminary balloting with a victory, the military men who have ruled Ecuador since 1972 delayed the runoff for more than six months. That allowed the conservatives who opposed Roldós to mount a scare campaign that implied his election would turn Ecuador into a Marxist state like Salvador Allende's Chile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ECUADOR: The Generals Opt for Democracy | 5/14/1979 | See Source »

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