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10 IThf AnWmt friar Wednesday. Sept. 182 THj) iftilieffe Tallies on state contests, Etowah sheriff County vote totals in governor's face JSU professor benefits from political lesson Total Boxes 35 86 38 29 -8 54 Bom In 35 69 38 29 46 26 54 96 McMillan 3338 7085 1877 1536 3096 1863 2885 13113 with the results in his area ot the district Weaver. Baker, with 627 votes, received just 50 more votes than Browder at the Weaver United Methodist Church polling spot. "YOU CAN'T WIN them all," the 44-year-old Baker said.

"But this is not the most important race of my life. I am running the race of life." Baker said Browder's ad vantage was his early jump on the campaign at the end of IVY JIM PREUITT Wallace 3947 9278 6086 3097 4564 2304 3336 12506 4821 4867 5027 5333 4520 3290 3312 5029 8853 3296 1812 7647 3662 8397 6017 6008 8012 6217 6002 16688 4417 7077 5758 '2037 2905 3046 11142 8792 56179 5348 11080 6733 4089 8427 2896 2946 18034 4325 7917 10716 37285 3785 18567 12429 2764 3135 5416 4416 4924 6978 6920 3933 8582 7110 12778 8620 4760 3097 1923 506243 County Autauga Baldwin Barbour Bibb Blount Bullock Butler Calhoun Chambers Cherokee Chilton Choctaw Clarice Clay Cleburne Coffee Colbert Conecuh Coosa Covington Crenshaw Cullman Dale Dallas Dekalb Elmore Escambia Etowah Fayette Franklin Geneva Greene Hale Henry Houston Jackson Jefferson Lamar Lauderdale Lawrence Lee Limestone Lowndes Macon Madison Marengo Marion Marshall Mobile Monroe Montgomery Morgan Perry Pickens Pike Randolph Russell Shelby St. Clair Sumter Talladega Tallapoosa Tuscaloosa Walker Washington Wilcox Winston Total Star Mwta ky IMta MMi Browder gets a congratulatory hug from Kay Johnson -47- 42 36 48 51 29 26 55, 46 -35 35 62 27 60 56 78 '80 50 49 148 51 51 36 23 25 70 66 165 40 83 51 ,75 52 16 36 70 59 42 74 J85 34 210 96 30 52 47 43 44 66 40 34 73 54 104 100 31 45 43 4115 "4768 2392 3521 2200 3293 1945 2278 4061 7774 2060 1631 5023 2081 6798 3629'. 8794 5423 5491 3080 13255 2734 3502 2701 2576 2547 2163 9743 5252 104073 2083 9777 3200 9024 5371 1509 4383 24058 4060 3122 7580 33729 2350 28332 11502 3372 3980 4101 2985 3488 9303 4784 3684 7859 5969 15531 5689 1934 3066 807 486223 47 42 36 48 51 29 26 55 46 37 35 62 27 60 56 78 80 50 49 148. 43l 51 51 36 24 25 70 69 166 40 83 51 75 52 16 36 70 59 42 74 394 46 210' 96 30 52 47 43 44 66 40 34 73 54 106 103 31 45 43 4144 By MARIAN UHLMAN Star Staff Writer JACKSONVILLE When the students in- Professor Glen Browder's political science courses show up for class this week, they will be in line for a lecturejon American politics.

But the lesson they will receive will be different from the one their professor learned Tuesday night. Theirs will be theoretical. His was practical. Glen Browder experienced the pleasant side of a political campaign winning. In complete but unofficial returns, he received 52.4 percent of the vote to defeat Charley Baker for the House District 57 seat representing northern Calhoun County.

"I have worked on other campaigns, some of which won and some which lost," said the first-time candidate. We were prepared for cither result. But winning is a lot better than losing." 'OTHER UNOFFICIAL results of state' House races in Northeast Alabama show Preuitt defeating Ken Payne 4,925 to 4,086 the. District 55 seat in Talla-. dega County.

Richard Laird of Roanoke finished ahead of J.T. Edge, 6,166 votes to 5.096, for the District 61 seat representing Randolph County and northern Chambers County. Browder took 13 of the 20 boxes in District 57 for a vote total of 4,318 against Baker's The professor from the Williams'' community received the approval of voters of his home turf and sonville, Wellington, White Plains and Alexandria. Baker's strength was in the Piedmont area, where he, pulled in nearly 300 more votes than Browder. About winter.

"He had a real strong foundation and organization," Baker said. "If I run again, we will get our campaign off to an early start." Browder agreed with Baker's analysis. The 39-year-old JSU professor said he realizes how important people are in persuading the public. He said the grassroots support helped him defeat Baker. "My biggest handicap was name recognition," said Browder, who lost 15 pounds this summer on the campaign trail.

"We had a game plan that required us to develop the campaign over a couple of months. "1 knew it was going to be an uphill fight. I guess the biggest surprise to me was my showing in the first primary," he said. Browder led it with 3,140, trailed by Baker with 2,197. Browder acknowledged that he was not confident about the runoff outcome until the last of Calhoun County's 47 boxes had been counted.

"I felt we had given our best shot," he said. "We bad done what we needed to do. We left it up to the voters. I am always comfortable with that." BROWDER WILL replace Gerald Willis, who has decided to run for president in 1984. Browder said that between now and winter 'when he takes his oath of office he "will try to restore order in his life." Yardwork is on the top of his list, he said.

Baker who also lost a challenge against U.S. Rep. Bill Nichols, D-Sylacauga, in 1980 said he isn't sure he will seek, another political office. "I have never thought of myself as a politician," he said. "I am an excellent camper salesman.

Maybe that's my calling. I am just gratefulr-humble iand. thankful. But to finish second is not a thrilling experience. I am the same Charley Baker.

I will still walk tall." In Talladega County's District 55, Preuitt, another first-time candidate, said his emphasis on jobs during the campaign might have turned the tide in his favor. Payne, 32, cited his age as one disadvantage in his campaign. "I was the youngest candidate and I had a hard time gaining credibility," Payne said. "I was also running against a self-made man (Preuitt, who owns a Talladega car dealership) and I was running against an AEA (Alabama Education Association) endorsement. With all that against me, I ended up only a handful of votes behind the leader." PAYNE.

WHO OWNS part interest in L.N. Payhe and Sons, said his main concern was for District 55 to have a good representative. He said he will stand behind Preuitt. "Mr. Preuitt will have my support, because if he fails in his role of representative, we all fail," Payne said.

Payne will replace Wallace Shoemaker of Child-ersburg, who was defeated in the primary. In District 61, which covers Randolph and Chambers Counties, incumbent Laird led Edge by more than 2,400 votes in the four-man Sept. 7 primary. Edge closed the gap to 1,070 votes Tuesday, according to unofficial results. hit the issues in the latter part of the campaign," Edge said.

"We should have started earlier, but we ran out of time. This was my first time in politics, but it won't be my last." Edge is director of financial aid at Southern Union State Junior College in Wadley. Laird could not be reached for comment. RICHARD LAIRD two weeks ago, Baker was endorsed by Ronald Chandler and Ted Grogan, two of the three other candidates in the Sept. 7 primary.

Chandler and Grogan live in the'Pied-mont area. Baker, owner of Dixie Kamper Sales near Saks, said he was disappointed 1 Jan Cook nominated for state auditor Albert McDonald will become new agriculture commissioner A. By DAVID STACKS, Star Staff Writer State Sen. Albert McDonald of Madison, Alabama's next commissioner of agriculture and industries, said today he does not view his victory over Montgomery County cattleman John things just to increase name recognition. "In the runoff, my strategy was to get endorsements from the three also-rans and concentrate on telling people about the.

agriculture department as the consumer-protection agency of state government," McDonald said. "We used television commercials showing the grocery line and the gasoline pump as part of the fey M. "Bubba" Trotman :2 for" Miss Cook gave her the clear advantage. Miss Cook was endorsed by the Alabama Democratic Conference and the Alabama Education Association. "Had it not been for the group votes, I would thing," Ms.

Ivey said. "All of my financial support is pure individuals. I was free of obligations." Ms. Ivey, a former member of the Gov. Fob James' and assistant director of the Alabama Development Office, was ambiguous about her as indicating the Alabama Farm Bureau Federation is more ef- consumer aspect of the Department of Agriculture and ndustries.

By MAlUN UHLMAN, Star Staff Writer Jan Cook says she received "a vote of confidence" on her way to gain the Democratic nomination for state auditor. The 26-year-old Dozier councilwoman received 484,478 votes, or 56 percent, with 99.3 percent of the precincts counted. Kay Ivey, her opponent, collected 379,973. Miss Cook repeated throughout the summer that her "good, clean and open campaign" would be her ticket to Montgomery. "We ran a grassroots campaign just like we said we would," Miss Cook said.

"We hit small towns, and if seemed to pay off. "I was extremely pleased with the margin of vie-' tory," she said. "I would have been satisfied had we won by one vote. But it was a vote of confidence." Miss Cook had about an 81,000 vote lead over Ms. Ivey, 37, In the Sept.

7 primary. Linda Gravlee, a Walker County native, and Gladys Dethrage of Anniston also vied for the office. In the closing days of the runoff campaign, Ms. Ivey challenged Miss Cook to a series of debates around the state. Miss Cook, however, declined the invitation.

Ms. Ivey reacted by questioning Miss Cook's qualifications and said she was "probably the most unqualified candidate to seek the office of state auditor." I if "You have to use these simple themes to reach fective politically than the Alabama Cat- -1 voters," McDonald said. political future. JAN COOK "When the Lord, tlemen's Associaton. "Someone else may be playing it that way, but it really isn't," McDonald said following his victory Tuesday over Trotman in the Democratic primary runoff election.

"I have not favored one group over another. And I don't see it happening after taking office in January." With 97.7 percent of statewide vote returns tabulated. McDonald closes the door He always opens a window," said Ms Ivey, a native of Wilcox County. "I am devoted to the state and the people." Miss Cook was making her first venture into state politics, and she did it partly by organizing her small hometown into a campaign force. Neighbors wrote letters to their out-of-town friends, while other supporters tacked up 8,000 bright green campaign posters on pine trees from Tennessee to Florida.

Miss Cook ran strongly in rural areas, and she said that was her strategy. She received 12,823 votes in Calhoun County, and Ms. Ivey had 9,483. Asked what she would do today, Miss Cook said, "I'm going to Dozier and soak my feet in that old Conecuh River." Miss Cook will be opposed by Alabama Prohibition Party candidate Minnie Peoples in the Nov. 2 general election.

Miss Cook responded by saying she would not "engage in low-level At a victory celebration Tuesday night. in Montgomery, she said Ms. Ivey's campaign "had a negative effect. 1 regret the campaign reached an all-time low." Ms. Ivey said she was disappointed with the outcome, but "extremely gratified with the huge network of support" she had.

"I ran my campaign on qualifications, integrity and facts," she said. "I have a strong network of supporters in every county. That speaks very loudly for my brand of leadership. Ivey charged that special Interest group support DEFEATED CANDIDATES Cecil G. Davis of Auburn former associate director of the Alabama Cooperative Extension Service at Auburn University and Birmingham furniture executive Jack Folsom of Cullman both tossed their runoff support to McDonald.

However, former state egg inspector Jeff Dean of Gadsden, who finished fifth in the Sept. 7 primary, did not offer public support to McDonald. The agriculture commissioner race is a normally quiet contest that turned into a noisy, tractor-riding road race featuring the Farm Bureau, cattlemen and another influential segment of agriculture, the Extension Service. Trotman, 55, president of the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce, is a past president of the Alabama and National Cattlemen's Associations McDonald, on the board of directors of the Madison County Farm Bureau, is vice chairman of the Senate' Agriculture Committee and chairman of the powerful Senate Rules Committee. At Davis' urging, runoff support from many county Extension agents went to McDonald.

Both Trotman and McDonald won runoff help from leaders of state poultry associations. Trotman said today he believes McDonald will be an efficient commissioner and an effective voice for farmers and the agriculture department before the Alabama Legislature. "He'll. make us a great commissioner," Trotman said. Trotman said he plans to stay in touch with his 67 county campaign coordinators and others who helped him win a runoff spot.

"I want to be part of the political process in the future," Trotman said. "Now we have a base with name recognition. But we just want to keep our options open. I want to keep in close communication with our supporters." HE SAID HE looks forward to helping McDonald as an adviser, although McDonald said Trotman likely not have a formal position in the agriculture department. "Just because you get knocked down doesn't mean you can't get up again and go forward," Trotman said.

He said he plans to return to the chairmanship of the Montgomery County Production Credit Association, from -hlch he took a leavref absence during his campaign. Etowah sheriff ekes out victory over deputy captured more 1han ALBERT McDONALD 512,000 votes to Trotmkn's 324,000. McDonald took 61.2 percent of the vote to Trotman's 38.8 percent. The results mean McDonald, the Democratic party nominee, will succeed retiring Commissioner J. McMillan Lane in January.

There are no Republican or independent candidates for the job'. "We got a little life into the campaign that probably helped voter turnout and made us win," McDonald said. USE OF GIMMICKRY to attract voter attention before the Sept. 7 primary and concentrating on issues in the three weeks before the runoff pushed McDonald ahead of Trotman and three other candidates in the Sept. 7 primary, McDonald said today.

Momentum from the primary also helped the two-term state senator defeat Trotman and capture more votes Tuesday than any other statewide candidate, including former Gov. George C. Wallace. Before the first primary, Trotman, McDonald and three other Democratic candidates used gimmicks to attract voters' attention. Trotman drove a tractor through downtown Birmingham and showed off a hand-made poplar horse-drawn show wagon in Anniston.

McDonald, trying to do Trotman one better, rode a tractor from Dothan to Huntaville. "I did silly things," McDonald said today. "The (Old crnaldmeradlolnglftSrhe-tractor-ide- GADSDEN Roy McDowell sur the primary, has been an Etowah County chief deputy for six years. Before becoming sheriff, McDowell was chief of the sheriff's Investigators. In other unofficial results for Etowah County on Tuesday, Donald W.

Stewart defeated Roy Moore for" Place No. 3 on the 16th judicial circuit. Stewart had 16,580 votes against Moore's 12,403. Moore is a former deputy district attorney, and Stewart is a Gadsden attorney. Billy Yates will become the coun- ty's new circuit clerk after receiving 14,898 votes to top Dolores Parsons, the incumbent, with 13,375.

Yates, who currently operates a car dealership, has been a county commissioner. She was elected in 1976 In the coroner's race, Bill Bragg, the incumbent, won 18,474 to 10,244 for former Coroner Noble Yocum. And W.A. Lutes, with 14,800 votes, finished ahead of Johnny Osborn with 13,098 for the District 4 seat on the Etowah County Commission. vived a close race with Harold B.

Lockridge to remain sheriff of Etowah County. McDowell, who was appointed to the county's top law enforcement post in 1980, received 15,128 votes against 14,180 for Lockridge, according to complete but unofficial returns Tuesday night, McDowell contended with four opponents in the Sept. 7 primary. Lockridge, who finished nearly 5,000 votes behind the incumbent sheriff in.