Word: virginia
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Next week's gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey are the first statewide tests of Democratic strength since Jimmy Carter moved to Washington. That is why Jody Powell calls them "the only ball games in town." The outcome will almost certainly depend more on local personalities and issues than on voter sentiment about the President's performance, but Carter campaigned actively for the Democrats in both races, so the White House has good reason to watch the returns closely?and apprehensively. Reports from the two battlegrounds...
...Virginia: Howell v. Dalton...
...power is vested in the people; public servants are your trustees ... We're turkeys for the utilities, and I'm tired of being plucked ... I don't want to ride in limousines and go to fancy balls." Henry Howell is on the Virginia hustings again, punctuating his outpourings of populist philosophy with karate chops at invisible exploiters of the little guy in the Old Dominion?the landed gentry, the bankers, the big public-service companies. Already a two-time loser for the governorship (in 1969 and 1973), Howell, 57, is giving it another try. This time his opponent is Republican...
...fought to abolish the poll tax and to establish one-man, one-vote representation. He worked to pass consumer legislation and plug tax loopholes. This year, as a candidate, he is calling for the restoration of the 100 phone call (it costs 200 to use a pay phone in Virginia), collective bargaining for public employees on a local option basis, lower electric bills and, in case of a fiscal crisis, higher state income taxes for the rich...
...Virginia's hardest-fought political battle in decades, Dalton forces have painted Howell as a wild-eyed, free-spending "McGovern-type liberal," who is "too radical to be our Governor." Dai-ton's campaign literature asserts that, as Governor, "Howling Henry" would howl to a tune composed by George Meany. Dalton also has warned that cops and firemen would be "too busy collective bargaining" to chase criminals and put out fires. At one rally, Dalton waved a garden hose at the crowd to dramatize the supposed dangers of a firemen's strike...