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FLORIDA Election '82 The Orlando Sentinel, Thursday, November 4, 1982 A-1 5 GOP controls Senate but ideology shifts iri ni ASSOCIATED PRESS Hecht Trlble 49, San Diego mayor since 1971 and a lawyer. He won 53 percent of the vote to defeat Gov. Jerry Brown's bid to move to Washington. Wilson generally supports Reagan's tax and budget policies, as does the man he is succeeding, retiring Sen. S.I.

Hayakawa, a Republican. GOP leaders may find cause for concern in the fact that 17 of the winning Democrats picked up 58 percent or more of the vote in their races but only two Republicans could savor such landslides. Several moderate Republicans who won re-election did so after questioning Reagan's economic program. Among those moderates: Lowell Weicker of Connecticut, a frequent Reagan critic who took 51 percent of the vote in beating Rep. Toby Moffett; John Danforth of Missouri, who beat Harriet Woods by about 25,000 votes out of 1.5 million cast; David Durenberger of Minnesota, who won 53 percent in beating Mark Dayton, and Robert Stafford of Vermont, who captured 51 percent in defeating James Guest.

who beat Rep. Millicent Fenwick for a seat Republican Nicholas Brady had been holding by appointment since Democrat Harrison Williams resigned in the Abscam scandal. Fenwick generally supported Reagan's tax and budget programs; Lautenberg opposes them. Republican Paul Trible of Virginia, 35, a lawyer and three-term House member who edged Lt. Gov.

Richard Davis for the seat being vacated by the retiring independent Harry Byrd Jr. Democrat Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico, 39, a former state attorney general who unseated Schmitt, a former astronaut. Economics was a big issue due to high unemployment in the state's copper mines; Schmitt supported Reagan's plan; Bingaman wants something different. Republican Chic Hecht of Nevada, 53, a clothier who vanquished the four-term Cannon. Cannon, a moderate, seldom sided with Reagan on economic issues; Hecht favors the president's approach.

Republican Pete Wilson of California, WASHINGTON Republicans may retain their S4-46 Senate majority after Tuesday's elections, but the membership's ideological makeup might have shifted enough to leave in doubt the future of President Reagan's economic program. Even the final division of seats between the parties was in question Wednesday. Republican Sen. John Chafee of Rhode Island held a lead over Democrat Julius Michaelson. The outcome hinged on about 15,000 absentee ballots, which may not be counted for days.

Each party lost one senator Democrat Howard Cannon in Nevada and Republican Harrison Schmitt in New Mexico. Three members retired voluntarily, so the Senate in the 98th Congress will have only five new faces, the fewest in a quarter century. The new members: Democrat Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey, 58, a wealthy computer executive There will be only 5 new senators In the 98th Congress, the fewest in the past quarter century. Wilson Blngaman Democrat House wins to shackle president FROM SENTINEL SERVICES I Tv JA yf -Afs UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL He's not too young to be a winner Reagan for high unemployment, big budget deficits and worry among senior citizens over Social Security. Those efforts seemed most successful in areas hardest hit by the economic recession.

But Reagan said GOP House losses fell within the administration's of 17 to 27 seats and added: "We feel very good about what's happened." Other administration backers said that while the president would still be able to piece together a coalition on some issues, he will find the going a lot tougher than in his first two years. Noting the Democratic House gains, Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker warned of a "possible stalemate" between the Re- publican-controlled Senate and the Democratic House. The election also put a scare into some Republican incumbents who barely avoided defeat. In his toughest fight since his first election in 1956, House Republican Leader Robert H. Michel of Illinois edged out his Democratic rival by a scant 5,000 votes.

Michel's opponent, G. Douglas Stephens, a virtual unknown in the district, hammered at the economic issue and gave Michel such a strong challenge that Reagan devoted a full day to campaigning in the 18th District for Michel. After the election, Michel suggested that Reagan's economic policies might need a "slight modification" and that the president might find it impossible to live up to the Republican campaign slogan: "Stay the course." With the exception of 1934, the party occupying the White House has lost congressional seats in every off-year election since the Civ-ilWar. Since World War II, the presi- dent's party has lost an average of 19 House seats in the off-year elections of the incumbent's first term. By that standard, the Re- i publicans fared worse than normal.

Democrats gained at least 26 House seats in Tuesday's elections, mostly moderate and liberal lawmakers not likely to join the coalition that gave President Reagan the greatest victories of his first two years. The gain, although not as great as might be expected in an election held in economically troubled times, is expected to force Reagan to rely more on compromise than on political bulldozing to push his economic and social programs. Two races in normally Democratic territory in Georgia were postponed until Nov. 30 because of redistrictlng problems. The current lineup in the 435-member House is 241 Democrats and 192 Republicans with two vacancies.

Democrats had won 267 seats in the House, 26 more than they now hold. Republicans held 164 seats with all races called. Among the Republican losers were 24 incumbents, including Reps. John H. Rousselot of California, Thomas Evans of Delaware, Margaret Heckler of Massachusetts and Tom Hagedorn and Arlen Erdahl of Minnesota.

Two other GOP lncunibents were trailing in still-undecided races. Only three Democratic incumbents lost. Beyond restoring most of the 33 Democratic seats lost in the 1980 Reagan landslide, the election bolstered House liberals, who were battered the last two years as Reagan worked with conservative Democrats to push through major cuts in social programs and taxes. "It was a disastrous defeat for the president," said House Speaker Tip O'Neill who led the nationwide attack against Reagan's economic and social policies, which Democrats denounced as unfair to the poor and middle class. Democrats attempted to blame Like most candidates, 15-year-old Eric Salem caster County Weed Control Board.

He may of Lincoln, was keeping track of elec- be the youngest elected official in the coun- tion returns Tuesday night. Eric spent $400 try. A crew from NBC's That's Incredible was on his campaign and won a seat on the Lan- on hand to tape his reaction. Governorships tantalize Democrats Statehouse gains could be key to '84 presidential race 1 1 1 i i i Arms-limit issues win in 38 areas California gun curbs, 5 bottle bills defeated ASSOCIATED PRESS Bottle bills were set back in four Western states, handgun control was defeated in California, but nuclear weapons freeze measures scored a near-clean sweep in the 39 places that considered them on Election Day. As Americans considered more ballot issues than they have since the Depression in 1932, pet environmental issues generally fared poorly at the polls.

Massachusetts voted not to repeal an existing bottle law due to take effect in January, but California, Arizona, Washington and Colorado defeated propositions that would have put a nickel deposit on soda and beer bottles. In Maine, voters rebuffed environmentalists by rejecting the proposed shutdown of the state's only nuclear power plant, Maine Yankee. A similar measure was defeated in 1980. Faring far better at the polls were the numerous get-tough initiatives on crime in several states. Massachusetts, a state that hasn't had an execution in 25 years, voted in favor of a constitutional amendment to restore the death penalty 59 percent to 41 percent.

Arizona voters likewise passed, 79 percent to 20 percent, a proposition denying bail to persons considered a danger to society. Virginia cast aside a proposed change in the state constitution that would have given the Legislature the authority to restore civil rights to felons. And as Callfornians rejected a proposal for the stiffest handgun control in the nation, 70 percent of New Hampshire voters approved an amendment reaffirming their right to bear arms. No issues fared better than proposals calling for a mutual freeze on nuclear weapons production. Arizona was the only one of nine states considering such measures to defeat it.

And cities like Chicago, Denver, Washington, Reno, and Olympia, added their voices by passing similar measures. In one of the more unusual local contests, patient was seemingly pitted against psychiatrist as Berkeley, voters imposed a ban on electroshock therapy. It was the first time such a ban on the treatment occurred as a result of voter initiative. Among other closely watched ballot measures: The District of Columbia took a step closer to becoming "New Columbia," the 51st state, as voters approved a controversial state constitution which has among Its provisions a guarantee of either a job or an income for all its citizens. Congress still has to approve the constitution.

Alaskans defeated a proposal to spend up to $2.84 billion to move the capital from Juneau to the tiny settlement of Willow, 580 miles away. Washington state turned down a consumer-backed initiative that would have establshed a legal interest rate ceiling of 12 percent, or 1 percent over the federal discount rate, on bank and retail loans. Ohio voters refused to hike their state sales tax by a penny in order to finance 150-mph bullet trains to connect large Ohio cities. Texans re-elect Democrat who died giving elected state officials far more clout than in the past, makes this week's statehouse gains the more significant for the out party. Mondale and Glenn will benefit since both men come from states that elected Democratic governors.

It is no accident, either, that both men were very visible these past weeks, campaigning for Democratic candidates and collecting political IOUs. Party pros had hoped for a victory in California, where Democrat Tom Bradley battled state Attorney General George Deukmejian. But Deukmejian finally topped Bradley to give the GOP one of its two victories. The other was in New Hampshire, where John Sununu upset Democratic Gov. Hugh Gallen.

The closest race for governor was the Illinois contest between GOP Gov. Jim Thompson and Democratic challenger Adlai E. Stevenson III. Thompson was hanging onto a slim lead and Democratic officials in the state were saying privately the outcome could be decided by as few as 3,000 votes almost guaranteeing a recount. To one party official in Washington, the closeness of the vote, and the prospect of yet another Democratic gain in a key industrial state, called to mind the glory days of the Cook County political machine.

In those days lax enforcement, rigid party discipline and not a little chicanery could swing elections for the Democrats, sometimes on the strength of votes by the dead. "Where is Richard Daley now that we need him?" groused the official, referring to the late Chicago mayor and ironhanded political boss. NEW YORK DAILY NEWS In picking up at least seven governorships in the midterm elections, Democrats set the stage for a formidable grass-roots political organization that could play a large part in defeating Ronald Reagan or any other Republican presidential candidate in 1984. The results also will help the presidential prospects of two ambitious Democrats, Walter Mondale and John Glenn. Democrats wrested the statehouse from the GOP in nine states and lost only two, for a net gain of seven.

The gains were in states like Ohio, Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin and Texas areas where Reagan made significant inroads when he trounced Jimmy Carter two years ago, but where growing doubts about Reaganomics could spell political trouble in the future. "We have to get into the Midwest to do well in '84," a Democratic Party insider said Wednesday." A Democratic congressional strategist said, "We've got the East; they've got the West. The Midwest is the battleground and to a lesser extent, the South." A strong state party organization, with the governor at the top, traditionally had been able to get out the vote for the party's presidential candidate. This has changed in recent years with the rise of single-issue politics and the subsequent breakdown in party discipline. But the Democrats' new party rules, ASSOCIATED PRESS the precincts counted, Wilson had 66,922 votes.

His closest opponent, Republican J. Everett Ware, a doctor, had 32,327, or about 32 percent. Ware did not campaign until after Wilson died. Democrats scrambled to replace Wilson on the ballot after his death. Republican Secretary of State David Dean ruled they could not, however, because Wilson died one day after the deadline for changing candidates.

A special election will be held to fill Wilson's seat. AUSTIN, Texas The Democratic tide in Texas was so strong on Election Day that it carried a dead man to victory. State Sen. John Wilson, who died of lung cancer on Sept. 19, collected more than 66 percent of the vote Tuesday, winning reelection In a south-central Texas district that covers 18 counties stretching from the Gulf Coast to Austin.

With more than 90 percent of Candidate whom Reagan Ex-astronaut fights cancer, coasts to seat on Congress i. told to 'shut up' defeated fc ASSOCIATED PRESS ASSOCIATED PRESS Swigert amassed $280,000 for his bid to represent the district, a U-shaped area carved from the suburbs on a seat in Congress but in filling a void in America we will replace fiction with fact." Arnold, a marketing DENVER Former astronaut Jack Swi-gert, who campaigned vigorously despite suffering from cancer, coasted to victory in Colorado's new 6th Congressional District. Complete returns Wednesday showed Swigert, a Republican, with 92,582 votes or 64 percent. His Democratic opponent, Steve Hogan had 52,404 votes or 36 percent. "I feel really good stronger than I have since I started," Swigert said.

Hogan, a city councilman from Aurora, appeared later at Swigert's campaign headquarters in Englewood and praised his opponent's "tremendous personal courage." "He has earned all of our respect," said Hogan, 34, whose $23,000 second mortgage made up the bulk of his $40,000 campaign budget. MONTEREY, Calif. The Republican candidate whom President Reagan told to "shut up" last month lost his race for Congress. Gary Richard Arnold went down to resounding defeat at the polls Tuesday, receiving 24,068 votes to incumbent Democrat Leon Panetta's 140,602, according to unofficial results with all votes counted. Write-in candidate Ann Nixon Ball received 3,791 votes.

The victory sends Panetta, of Carmel Valley, to his fourth term as representative for California's 16th District. Arnold, reached in Los Angeles where he was attending victory parties for both Republicans and Democrats, said his failed campaign was nevertheless a success because "victory wasn't predicated on filling three sides of Denver Swigert that grew rapidly during the 1970s. Swigert, 51, had tried for a U.S. Senate nomination in 1978 but was beaten by William Armstrong, now Colorado's junior senator. Last spring, Swigert disclosed he had undergone surgery for a malignant nasal tumor.

Shortly after the September primary he entered a Denver hospital to find the cause of severe back pain. He left two weeks later with a diagnosis of bone marrow cancer. He cut his campaign schedule from 15 hours a day to nine, but said he was tolerating drug therapy fairly well. consultant from Santa Arnold Cruz, caught the nation's attention in October when Reagan told him to "shut up" after Arnold had interrupted him during a White House talk for GOP hopefuls. He had accused Reagan of betraying conservative causes.

Arnold said Wednesday he was forming an organization called IMPAC Independent Majority Political Action Committee to support candidates "willing to take off their gloves and go round for round in the fight for freedom." "Unlike Paul Revere, we're not going to shout, The Redcoats are but that the turncoats are here," he said. "We are going to upset the nation's slumber.".