Columbia Daily Tribune from Columbia, Missouri • 16

16A Wednesday November 8 2000 DAILY TRIBUNE Columbia Mo wwwcolumbiatribunecom ELECTION 2000 RwiRB IflUUK 'iwl wife Ed Pf ueller photo Governor elect Bob Holden declares victory last night at the Chase Park Plaza In st Louis Holden defeated Republican Jim Talent by a narrow margin Late returns put Holden over top Talent says he ran right By JOSH LORY of the Tribune's staff ST LOUIS He hails from tiny Birch Tree but it was the city of St Louis that boosted Bob Holden to the governorship in the wee hours of this morning With all but a few precincts reporting Holden claimed vic tory at a 2:30 am press con ference vowing to build a bet ter future for chil dren And his margin held inal returns later this morning showed the Democratic state Talent treasurer had garnered 491 percent of the gubernatorial votes and a victo ry with Republican Jim Talent taking 482 per cent the very beginning of this campaign outlined my commitment to children and I will continuejhat in office in education in health care in providing a better quality of life for all of our children throughout the state of he said early morning announcement capped a roller coaster ride that saw him trail ing by as many as 4 points by one early evening estimate But St Louis city voters who received a controversial 45 minute voting extension were among the last to be count ed and as midnight approached the tide turned toward the state treasurer Although the race was still knotted just before 1 am Talent saw the handwriting on the wall In a speech before he left his own St Louis celebration he told supporters: still optimistic for Gov Bush The trends are less optimistic in my think when you run a campaign for the right reasons and you do it in the right way the campaign is a winner no matter what the out come Talent said Holden said he has no specific strategy for his first 100 days as 53rd governor His next step is assembling a transition team and crafting a policy agenda In his campaign Holden focused on patient protections for those in managed care organizations a prescription drug benefit for seniors and a broad set of edu cation reforms Holden also paid tribute to the late Gov Mel Carnahan who was killed in an Oct 16 plane crash values that he learned in rural Missouri being bom in Birch Tree the values I was taught by my family in the community of Birch Tree live Holden said just sorry he not here to share the rest of the journey but his ideas his vision his commitment will live in every Missourian that cares about his children and are interested in seeing the state move for ward" Holden conceded death might have mobilized his party tragedy with Gov Carnahan I think helped Democrats focus what we had to do in the last critical days of this campaign" Holden said that standpoint I think it was help ful but a sad way to get With such a small margin of victory Holden conceded he has not yet received a mandate from voters personally believe mandates are developed by leadership and I fully intend to provide the leadership to this state that will have a mandate in the future" he said Reach Josh lory at (573) 815 1719 or jflorytribmailcom Republicans vow election challenge By JOSH LORY of the Tribune's staff Citing and unprece dented state Republi cans are threatening to pursue legal action to address alleged problems in St Louis with last election John Hancock executive director of the state GOP said he will meet with attorneys and representatives of the John Ashcroft and Jim Talent campaigns to discuss their legal options after a night when the polls in heavily Democratic St Louis city remained open for an additional 45 minutes by order of a judge Talent and Ashcroft lost close races for gov ernor and US Senate respectively St Louis circuit judge Evelyn Bak er issued an order an hour before polls were to close extending voting to 10 pm in the city Democrats requested the order contending that long lines and snarls in voter regis tration had denied many city resi dents a chance to vote The St Louis City Board of Elections appealed the decision and a three judge panel set aside order around 7:40 pm Hancock said the GOP has also identified cases of unregistered vot ers who received court orders that allowed them to vote and allegations of 21 ballot boxes being left unat tended going to examine that with authorities on elections and attorneys and going to exam ine our Hancock said Jim Grebing a spokesman for sec retaiy of state Bekki Cook said there are two options when contesting an election result Candidates who are within 1 percent of the lead such as GOP gubernatorial candidate Jim Talent can request a standard recount In a race such as the Senate race where John Ashcroft trailed Mel Carnahan by more than 1 per cent Grebing said the party can go to court and outline its complaints before a judge who could then order a more stringent recount In court Grebing said plaintiffs could ask that all ballots be recounted by hand rather than with a machine for example of that is on the table and be making those decisions in due Hancock said All requests for a recount must wait until the election results are cer tified a process that might take two to three weeks The evening began with Democ rats charging that irregularities occurred The Democratic Party said a number of voters were turned away from the polls because of long lines and voter registration prob lems The petition that resulted in the voting extension was filed by Congressman elect William Lacy Clay the Gore Lieberman presiden tial campaign and the Missouri Democratic Party At last Democratic celebra tion Gov Roger Wilson told support ers really want to entertain the thought that any debate in this state or this country about whether a person gets to vote or not heard reports that we have an adequate voting mechanism here in St Louis Roy Temple executive director of tne state party said the election board adequately prepare to accommodate voters in several ways and it is keeping people from exer cising their right to vote in a timely Temple could not be reached for comment this morning The Associated Press contributed to this story Reach Josh lory at (573) 815 1719 or jflorytribmailcom V'lKr i 2 7 RC Adams photo RC Adams photo Mark Schiefelbetn photo Above Boone County southern District commissioner Karen Miller gets a congratulatory hug from longtime supporter Kathleen Brown last night at the Columbia Dome Hotel Miller won a third term by defeating Republican Biff Barner bottom right Top right Hallsville Democrat Skip Elkin celebrates his election as Northern District commissioner He defeated Republican Jerry carrington County voters pick Elkin Miller By PIERRETTE SHIELDS of the Tribune's staff With the Democratic Party keep ing its monopoly on the Boone Coun ty Commission incumbent Southern District commissioner Karen Miller and Northern District commissioner elect Skip Elkin are ready to get on with the government grind Miller and presiding commission er Don Stamper will welcome Elkin a fellow Democrat to the helm Miller who won her fourth term last night plans to pick up where she left off after winning a troublesome campaign She kept her seat in a tense race with Republican Biff Barn er that was relatively close Miller garnered 18855 votes or 55 percent while Barner collected 15394 or 45 percent Miller said one of her first tasks will be to release the Boone County Vision Report the final product of a countywide land use planning effort that is supposed to guide planners in the county's development She also said work toward a regional sewer system in southern Boone County and the Ashland area will resume Barner said he is proud of his cam effort and he wouldn't rule out another run for office am proud of the fact that we ran a fairly issue oriented he said Bamer gathered with friends and family last night at the Smokehouse to watch the returns Elkin said he's already begun visit ing county departments to speak with appointed officials and employ ees it is just going to be roll up your sleeves and jump in head first not feet he said last night Elkin won a solid victory over Republican challenger Jerry Carring ton garnering 13545 votes or 60 percent to 9082 votes or 40 percent The win means he will have to resign his seat on the Hallsville Board of Aidermen and his position on the planning and zoning board The aidermen will choose a temporary replacement and call a special April election to find a permanent successor Carrington said his loss was pre determined He believes Gov Mel Oct 16 death meant the failure of his campaign and that of Bamer because it brought straight ticket Democratic voters to the polls Carrington also found it odd that the Southern District had a much higher turnout than the Northern District yesterday He suggested the county redrawing the lines Although he plans to remain an active Republican Carrington said he be a candidate again have offered myself enough times to the people of Boone he said In other county races Democrats kept all of their seats Public admin istrator Connie Hendren a Democ rat kept her position beating Repub lican Larry owler 32095 to 22420 or 5916 percent to 4084 percent Democratic sheriff Ted Boehm assessor Tom Schauwecker and trea surer Kay Murray also retained their seats in uncontested races Reach Pierrette Shields at (573) 815 1723 or pjshieldstribmailcom TONIGHT THURSDAY Partly LOW sunny breezy chilly and Winds: 10 20 COLUMBIA 3 DAY ORECAST IIJJNOJS KANSAS OKLAHOMA 'Waahington Ms PC WIND sn W50 tfWARM ronts Precipitation M4 Snowers Ice TRIBUNE WEATHER REPORT wwwcolumblatribunecom ORECAST OR COLUMBIA MISSOURI THURSDAY LOCAL ALMANAC THE NATION THURSDAY NATIONAL CITIES Rain possibly mixed with wet snow pc pc Hl 82 49 58 64 84 40 Hl 66 40 64 56 44 62 Sh PC Miami BV72 Snow Columbia Area orecast Windy weath er tonight with rain which may mix with wet snow at times tonight especially north of the city High pressure will build In resulting in a couple of sunny cool days Another storm will roll through at the end of the week bringing another couple of cloudy rainy days This may be the last in the series of storms as the action next week will shift off to the east High Low shf sh ah St Joseph 2045 City Honolulu Indianapolis Las Vegas Los Angelos Miami Minneapolis City New Orleans Sall Laks City San Diego San rancisco Seattle Washington lSt Louts 3745 HIX ASKA i Lincoln 1445 Columbia U3442 Shown are tomorrow's noon positions of weather systems and precipitation Temperature bands are highs for the day orecast highlow temperatures are given for selected cities RIDAY Continued cool with clouds and sun 4636 Winds: SW 8 1 6 Wk SATURDAY Cloudy and cooler with some rain 5036 Winds: NE 4 8 Kansas City 2440 All maps forecasts and data provided by AccuWeather Inc 02000 Cape Girardeau 63 Chillicothe 29 4434 Winds: NW 12 22 Cold Warm Stationary Yesterday's National Extremes High 93 McAllen TX Low 7 Cut Bank MT National Summary Ram will extend from northeastern Louisiana to the lorida Panhandle and northward to the Great Lakes and parts of the Eastern Seaboard tomorrow Mostly sunrv and cool weather will prevail in the Plame Cold in the Northwest and kt the Rockies wth snow and snow showers cool In the Southwest SUNDAY Cloudy and cool with more rain Tm ex 2951 Sprinofiud u3442 Des Moines 1841 Jefferson City 3342 Kirksvilli 2640 iismssii: riday LO 52 24 63 50 34 46 Thursday LO 67 37 40 50 72 26 6:45 am 501 pm 3:40 pm 3:00 am Last New riday LO 68 38 42 48 70 28 Predicted Apparent Temps Tomorrow 8 a 28 Noon 36 4 pm 40 8 pm 35 Precipitation 24 hours ending 7 am today Month to data Normal month to date Year to date 38 Normal year to date River A Lake Stages Kansas City Boonville Jefferson City Lake of the Ozarks Mark Twain Truman Sun Moon Today bunnse Sunset Moonrise Moonset ull Thursday LO 54 22 55 50 36 56 Cape GmaroeXu 4345 5 i Sforms Ram lurries HI 74 38 66 56 46 64 MAn AhVMMSM thunderstorms at anow flumes sn snow lee HI 82 54 64 66 86 36 Weather (W): ssunny pc partly cloudy doudy ARKANSAS ort Smith Shown Js Thursday's weather) iratures are tontonrs 'Iowa and Thursday's highs Sr Topeka Q' 2146 COMORT INDEX TOMORROW What the air will feel like based on the temperature humidity and wind speed 1 poor 10 excellent rjh Decatur: 3748 OTMimjIELU 3546 80s 70s 60s 40s 5oJ HIGH 42 LOW 28 Winds: 10 20 20a 10s Statistics for Columbia through midnight Temperatures High 46 (1148 am) Low 34 (1 0:35 pm) Normal high 58 Normal low 38 Year ago high 78 Year ago low 52 Record high 83(1915) Record low 5 (1991) Peak wind speed 21 mph High relative humidity 85 Low relative humidity 62 High barometric pressure 3005" Low barometric pressure Hourly Temperatures UCMDUIA 13 48158 8 42 aO 00 880 000 65600 006 i 59970 010 705 07 004 Thursday 6:46 am 5 00 pm 4:10 pm 4 03 a irst Nov 1 1 Nov 18 Nov 25 Dec 3 iPmo 6032 xXs Sa 3 sx TN JSMnisflP" In) fl wiwcmic aw i Vs A mmAPsw AJJ" ae I I 2 Clly 1 ssX T7 i tn Houston 's I I 6pm 117 40 2am 34 7 pm 39 3 am 33 8 pm 38 4 a 33 9 pm 37 5 am 32 10pm 36 6 am 31 1 1 pm 36 7 am 32 12 am 118 37 8 a 33 1 am 35 9 am 36 State Extremes Thursday riday Thursday riday City HI Lo HI Lo City Hi Lo Hl Lo Albuquerque 52 30 50 30 pc Charleston SC 79 59 pc 77 48 sh Anchorage 40 31 sn 38 34 I Charleston WV 67 50 58 38 pc Atlanta 70 50 sh 68 44 Cheyenne 36 16 sf 26 12 sn Austin 62 42 66 48 pc Chicago 46 34 sh 44 32 pc Billings 22 10 sn 21 11 sn Cincinnati 58 42 52 36 pc Bismarck 24 14 26 14 Cleveland 60 46 50 36 sh Boston 54 48 56 44 Dallas 52 40 pc 58 46 pc Buffalo 60 46 sh 48 36 sh Denver 44 20 pc 38 18 tExftrsion Look at Our Rugged Weather Line up! Vt JOE MACHENS ORD 191 1 West Worley Columbia (573) 145 441 1 (800)745 4454 JVLJ0E MACHENS TRUCK CENTER 600 Bernadette Columbia (573)445 8385 (800)745 4454 IStS fiSua ORECAST OR COLUMBIA I rJ(.