Word: virginia
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Blacks hold only about 2 percent of all the elected offices in the United States. So key victories yesterday by Blacks in New York City, Seattle and possibly Virginia will prove a major boost in the numbers of important African-American officeholders nationwide...
President Bush campaigned for GOP candidates in Virginia, New Jersey and New York in an election season that served as prelude to 1990, when hotly contested congressional races will set the tone for national politics leading up to the next presidential election...
David N. Dinkins won election as New York City's first Black mayor, while L. Douglas Wilder of Virginia clung to a slender lead over Republican J. Marshall Coleman in his bid to become the nation's first elected Black governor...
Durak defeated Virginia's Karen Gallego in the finals to capture the singles championships. Gallego had defeated Cooper in the second round...
Goals--B, Chris Monteiro (unassisted),22:08; H, Lisa Cutone (unassisted), 54:41; B,Patricia Beatini (Virginia Smith, Monteiro...