Word: wilder
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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...
Democratic National Chair Ron Brown claimed victory for Wilder and Dinkins as well as Florio, and GOP chair Lee Atwater, saying that "all politics is local," did not dispute...
...Virginia contest focused on abortion asmuch as race, with Wilder emphasizing hispro-choice views in an attempt to downplay hisrace with the voters of the Southern state. Theissue seemed to spill over to the lieutenantgovernor's race, as well, as pro-choice DemocratDon Beyer defied the pre-election polls to score avictory...
With the votes counted in all but nine ofVirginia's 1967 precincts, Wilder, the grandson ofslaves, held a lead of just over 5500 votes in along count. The totals included absentee ballots...
With 99 percent of the Virginia precinctscounted, Lt. Gov. Wilder had 880,955 votes or 50percent. His Republican rival, Coleman, had876,439 votes or 50 percent...