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Mitchell, a 55-year-old former federal judge, easily defeated Sens. Bennett Johnston of Louisiana and Daniel Inouye of Hawaii. He succeeds Sen. Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia, who stepped aside after 12 years as the Senate's Democratic leader.
Blandon, testifying under oath for a second day, also repeated his assertion that the CIA regularly sent Noriega reports on the political positions and personal lives of some U.S. senators, including Sens. Jesse Helms (R.N.C.) and Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass).
Her decision leaves five announced candidates and one unannounced contender in the Democratic field. Rep. Richard Gephardt of Missouri, Sens. Simon of Illinois and Albert Gore of Tennessee, Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis and former Arizona Gov. Bruce Babbitt have declared their candidacies, and civil rights activist Jesse Jackson plans to...
Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), and Alan Simpson (R-Wyo.), lavished praise on Bork and said he emerged from the hearings with more honor than his critics.
Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis, Sens. Paul Simon of Illinois, Albert Gore Jr. of Tennessee and Joseph Biden of Delaware, and the Rev. Jesse Jackson will enter the race later this spring. Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton is still considering a bid.