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THE PALM BEACH POST WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9. 1992 msl lo Hastings to face Frankel in Oct. 1 runoff Bv BRIAN rpnui rv Hastings said. "I am going to stay on the high road but I will, however, point out her arrogance." "He has a public record and I have have a public record," Frankel said. "I'll be happy to run on our records." Not enough Republicans were registered in Dade to change the outcome of the GOP primary in District 23.

Stuart real estate broker Ed Fielding and Fort Lauderdale lawyer Oliver Parker will be in a runoff to decide who will face the Democratic winner. Staff Writer John Fernandez contributed to this report. Dade vote counted, Frankel took 35 percent of the vote in the seven-county district to Hastings' 28 percent and 27 percent for Clark. Hastings had a 44 vote lead over Clark before voters in six Dade County precincts finally went to the polls after Hurricane Andrew forced them into a late primary. Hastings gained a 312 vote lead over Clark in Dade County.

Hastings captured 51.9 percent of the Dade vote to 30.8 percent for Clark and 14.9 percent for Frankel. Outnumbered and outmaneu-vered, Clark was unable to overcome the scores of volunteers who stormed the precincts on behalf of Hastings. They were trying to reach the 4,441 Democratic voters in the Norwood and Norland bedroom communities of North Dade. When Clark's volunteers knocked on doors they found that most voters were familiar with Hastings who has a law office in the middle of the district. Clark, who lived 20 miles north in Broward County, was a stranger.

The Frankel-Hastings runoff promises to be a ferocious war of words. Both candidates are articulate, colorful and outspoken. "We are going to have the toughest 23 days of campaigning that any candidate could have," Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Alcee Hastings' Dade County neighbors stood by him Tuesday giving him the votes he needed to stay in the Democratic race for the District 23 congressional seat. Defeating state Rep. Bill Clark of Lauderdale Lakes, Hastings, a federal iudIe.

wl face state Rep. Lois Frankel of West Palm Beach in the Oct. 1 runoff. Frankel won the top position Sept. 1 when votes were counted in the other six counties in the district, Palm Beach, Broward, Martin, St.

Lucie, Okeechobee and Hendry. With 99 percent of the Meek was first black woman in Florida senate Final Results U.S. SENATE REPUBLICANS Hugh Bill Rob Brotherton BGrant Quartel MaTtiii 3.118 6,489 3,38. Okeechobee 129 427 104t. Palm Beach 6,419 19.814 9.698 St.

Lucie 2.477 6.290 2,311 Dade 5907 28.340 6.856,, STATE TOTAL 126,595 413,042 197,202 17 56 27: DEMOCRATS Bob BGraham Mahornf Martin 3,728 646 Okeechobee 3.897 1,335 Palm Beach 56,805 6,260 St. Lucie 9.532 2.408 Dade 80,412 5,564 STATE TOTAL 967,331 84 16 U.S. HOUSE DISTRICT 23 DEMOCRATS Bill Kenneth Lois Alcee Bill' Clark Cooper -frFrankel-frHastings Wshngtn Martin 38 27 134 31 18- Okeechobee 252 289 897 223 125 Palm Beach 1,531 436 5,459 3,475 983, St. Lucie 189 150 542 738 152; Dade 457 15 221 769 19; DIST. TOTAL 9,881 1,872 12,556 10,237 5 35 28 5 REPUBLICANS Ed Jerome Oliver Fielding Gray Parker Martin 106 47 106, Okeechobee 89 49 661 Palm Beach 1,307 829 1,311 St.

Lucie 2l8 Fl7 U8, Dade 55 26 54 DIST. TOTAL 3,091 2,042 3,084 38 25 38 i 0 winner in runoff i MEEKfrom 1A and we need more black women in Congress because the burdens on women are compounded when we talk about black women," she said. "Poverty, reproductive rights and other issues hit these women a lot harder." In another major race, a second Cuban-American Republican was sent to Congress from Dade County with the election of Lincoln election following the death of Claude Pepper. She was re-elected this year without opposition. In the District 17 race, Reaves, 32, was expected to be Meek's only serious opponent.

His was a campaign of youth and energy. He promised hard work and change suggesting that Meek had few new ideas or the stamina to handle the rigors of a congressional office. Jones, 40, was never considered a serious contender. As it turned out, neither man was. District 17 was created as a minority district because of legal challenges that resulted in federal judges drawing the state's congressional map.

When they were d6ne, two predominantly black congressional districts and a third minority access district were created. A long-time community, political and civil rights activist, Meek, in 1982, was the first black woman elected to the state Senate and only second black state senator to sit in that chamber in this century. Before that she served for three years in the state House. Meek is known as an able legislator and an outspoken advocate for issues near to her. When Meek takes office in January, she will be following the footsteps of Josiah Thomas Walls who was elected to Congress in 1870.

The son of free parents, Walls served three terms in Congress. He lost after his first term but came back twice to win re-election. During the Civil War, Walls served in both armies. He was forced to work with the Confederates in an artillery battery. When he joined the Union forces he rose to the rank of sergeant major.

After the war, he became an attorney in a Gainesville law firm and a successful farmer. He later took charge of the farm at Florida Agricultural College in Tallahassee, where he died in 1905. In the District 21 race, Diaz-Balart, 38, a lawyer, painted Souto, 52, a retired pharmaceutical salesman, as an ineffective legislator. Souto labeled his opponent as a tool of the wealthy exile establishment. Sen.

Bob Graham of Miami Lakes was renominated with 84 percent of the vote in the Democratic primary Sept. 1. Former U.S. Rep. Bill Grant of Tallahassee, locked up the Republican nomination in a three-way race with 55 percent last week.

He appeared to increase that margin with the Dade vote to 56 percent. His closest opponent, former Federal Maritime Commissioner Rob Quartel of Orlando, who finished with 27 percent, all but conceded before the Dade vote. Staff writer John Fernandez contributed to this report. uiaz-naian wno aeteatea Javier Souto. There was no Democratic opposition.

With all precincts reporting, Diaz-Balart had 68.6 percent of the vote to Souto's 31.4 percent. The two Cuban-born, Miami state senators fought bitterly for the nomination in the District 21 race. Diaz-Balart had the sunnnrt of leading Miami Cubans while Meek Souto, who participated in the Bay of Pigs invasion, counted on backing from hardline Republicans. The first Cuban-American elected to Congress was Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Miami who went to Washington in 1989 after a special Starts Today 25 OFF OUR FALL SHOE ESSENTIALS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH THROUGH SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20TH Come find terrific savings and wonderful selections from your very favorite names! Etienne Aigner Hx" mflm tmtmm I Evan-Picone Amalfi Sesto Meucci Van Eli Nickels Bandolino and more Enzo Caressa Unisa Nine West Vittorio Ricci Sam Libby Aerosole Your reduction off ticketed prices will be taken at the register. Selected collections; not every style in every store.

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