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BILL CLINTON Not the winner yet, but, uhm...excuse me, Mr. President, is that your hubris showing...
...perfect microcosm of America. It has ethnic neighborhoods, wide swaths of farmland, wealthy suburbs, military bases and resort towns. Candidates for statewide office actually meet a large segment of the electorate during the campaign, and in tiny Georgetown, the Thursday after the election, the losing candidate rides alongside the winner in the "Return Day" parade. This intimacy may explain why the major statewide offices are evenly split between the parties. It seems Delaware, the First State, pays more attention to personality than partisanship...
...good mix of Democratic and Republican representatives testifies to the state's moderate place in American politics--except for Jimmy Carter in 1976 and Woodrow Wilson in 1916, Illinoisians have voted for every presidential winner for 100 years. But two open House seats and a hotly contested race to fill Paul Simon's Democratic Senate seat could upset the delicate balance...
...open primary pits all candidates, regardless of party, against each other in an initial round of voting. If a candidate receives a majority of votes, he or she is declared the winner. If no one gains a majority, the top two votegetters advance to the general election. Since 1978 only 10 of 70 regular congressional elections have progressed to a November runoff...
...unexpected winner of this year's Senate primary, Jenkins, a two-time loser for the Senate, gained the support of influential conservatives, including Governor Mike Foster. Jenkins also received a perfect score from the Christian Coalition and the Gun Owners of America. He would abolish the irs and repeal the federal income tax. As a state legislator, he authored the "shoot-the-burglar" bill, which gives homeowners the right to use deadly force when necessary to "prevent or terminate an unlawful entry...