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34 THE ALABAMA JOURNAL, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1986 SAMPLE GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT NOVEMBER 4, 1986 MONTGOMERY COUNTY, ALABAMA proposeo ame moment TO THE CONSTITUTION OF ALABAMA A VOTE FOR JIM CHEHMAU STATE SENATE DISTRICT 25 IS A VOTE FOR A BETTER MONTGOMERY s- -h v- 51 GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 10S6 MONTGOMERY COUNTY jfj. NAMES OF OFFICES III! I TO BE VOTED FOR jjj ZlSllII "I HrnMHUi MX rT -rr- -j? nut mm wmm mi I 1 -gjs irr-M1 IZ (Z DR. JIM CHERNAU BELIEVES: DISTRICT 25 DESERVES EFFECTIVE, PROGRESSIVE REPRESENTATION IN THE STATE SENATE. IT'S TIME THAT SOMEONE LISTENED TO THE PEOPLE AND NOT JUST ONE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP. A STATE SENATOR SHOULD BE PROGRESSIVE AND NOT MERELY A NEGATIVE PERSON DRAWING A PAYCHECK.

A STATE SENATOR SHOULD REPRESENT ALL THE PEOPLE OF HIS DISTRICT; SCHOOL CHILDREN. PARENTS, WAGE EARNERS, FARMERS, BUSINESSMEN AND HOMEMAKERS. A STATE SENATOR SHOULD SEE THAT THE PEOPLE OF HIS DISTRICT RECEIVE THE BEST. CAST YOUR VOTE FOR JIM CHERNAU: IF YOU ARE TIRED OF SEEING YOUR CHILDREN ATTEND SCHOOL IN PORTABLE UNITS AND RECEIVING AN EDUCATION IN A SYSTEM THAT IS RANKED 49TH OUT OF 50 IF YOU ARE TIRED OF CONSTANT PRORATION OF THE STATE BUDGETS IF YOU BELIEVE THAT TAX REFORM SHOULD HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED IN ALABAMA YEARS IF YOU BELIEVE THAT DISTRICT 25 SHOULD BE REPRESENTED BY A PROFESSIONAL BUSINESSMAN INSTEAD OF A SINGLE ISSUE POLITICIAN TIED TO A SINGLE SPECIAL INTEREST After all selections have been made, push green "vote" button to cast your ballot Above is a copy of the Nov. 4 ballot as it will appear in Montgomery County Wild political season wo 1 1 clion Bit Tuesday JIM LH3 rnau STATE SENATE DISTRICT 25 A MAN FOR EDUCATION AND THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY paid political advertisement by friends of Dr.

Jim Chemau More Shan A turbulent political season will climax Tuesday when Alabama voters go to the polls to make their choice for the governor's seat, U.S. Senate and a host of other state and local offices. Here is the lineup of candidates that area voters will find on the ballot: Governor The governor's race will top the ballot with Lt. Gov. Bill Baxley and Holly Pond businessman Guy Hunt vying for the chance to succeed four-term Gov.

George Wallace, who will retire in January. Both are making their second bids for the state's top job after losing in 1978 to former Gov. Fob James. James beat Baxley for the Democratic nomination that year, and he went on to defeat Hunt in the general election. Hunt, 53, is attempting to alter the state's political character by becoming the state's first Republican governor since Reconstruction.

Relatively unknown until this election year, Hunt has served two terms as Cullman County probate judge. He also served as President Reagan's state campaign chairman in 1976 and 1980. Baxley, 45, is completing a term as lieutenant governor and has served two terms as attorney general from 1971-79. U.S. Senate Sen.

Jerem'rh Denton, a Republican from Mobile, is seeking his second term as senator. The first Republican from Alabama elected to the Senate this century, Denton has brought President Reagan and other administration officials to Alabama to help with the campaign. Denton's Democratic opponent, Rep. Richard Shelby of Tuscaloosa, has represented the 7th Congressional District since 1979. Shelby also served two terms as a state senator in the 1970s.

Shelby has criticized Denton for distancing himself from the people of Alabama and for voting against Social Security increases during his term. Lieutenant Governor Jim Folsom the 37-year-old Democratic nominee and son of for which is being vacated by L. Charles Wright. U.S. House of Representatives 2nd Congressional District: Rep.

Bill Dickinson is seeking his 12th term in Congress. Dickinson, 60, is from Montgomery and serves as the ranking Republican on the House Armed Services Committee. He is opposed by Democrat Mercer Stone, a 59-year-old Montgomery businessman. Stone was defeated in the 1982 Democratic primary for Dickinson's seat. 3rd Congressional District: Rep.

Bill Nichols, a Democrat from Sylacauga, is seeking his 11th term in the House of Representatives. Nichols, 67, chairs the investigations subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee. Whit Guerin, an Auburn accountant, is challenging Nichols as a Republican. Guerin, 35, has emphasized a conservative platform of tax reform, effective national defense and a balanced budget. 6th Congressional District: Rep.

Ben Erdreich of Birmingham, a Democrat, is being challenged by Republican Morgan Williams of Iron-dale. 7th Congressional District: Democrat Claude Harris, a former circuit judge from Tuscaloosa, and Republican Bill McFarland, a Tuscaloosa businessman, are vying for the seat being given up by Shelby. State Board of Education District 1: Incumbent Democrat John Tyson Jr. of Mobile is unopposed. District 2: Democratic nominee Steadman Shealy and Republican nominee Bill Lupinacci are vying for this seat.

Both are from Dothan. Shealy is a Dothan lawyer and former University of Alabama football player. Lupinacci is an emergency room physician and former college science teacher. Neither man has been elected to a statewide political office. District 3: Democratic incumbent Isabelle Thomasson of Montgomery faces a Please see REPUBLICAN, 4 4th-term Gov.

George Wallace won't seek a 5th term in office governor, is the Democratic nominee and faces no opposition. State Auditor Jan Cook is seeking her second term. She is unopposed. Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries Commissioner Albert McDonald is unopposed. Public Service Commission Two of the three PSC seats are up for grabs this year, but in one race the incumbent faces no opposition.

Lynn Greer has no challenger for the Place 1 seat. In the other race, state Rep. Charles Martin, D-Decatur, and Republican Jim Bacon of Hueytown are vying for the Place 2 seat being vacated by Lt. Gov. candidate Folsom.

Alabama appellate courts Alabama Supreme Court Justices Gorman Houston, Janie L. Shores and R.P. Almon face no opposition. Kenneth Ingram, a circuit court judge from Ashland, is running for the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals. He faces no opposition for the seat, Records filed with the State Ethics Commission show State Rep.

John Starr, Jr. received more than 1900,000.00 in State Business for Signal Construction Inc. of which he is president, while serving in the Legislature. The contracts include: $185,014.00 for Project ACIR-85-1 (91) 6 in Montgomery County. Aug.

30, 1985. $687,625.00 for roadway lighting at various locations from Lewisburg to North of Gardendale in Jefferson County. Project Numbers are (86) 263. Jan. 31, 1986.

East Alabama Paving Co. sub-contract for the furnishing and installation of traffic control units and systems on State Project located on Wire Road from County Road 5 to Auburn in Lee County. April 11, 1984. No dollar amount shown. Wiring for Air Conditioning for Hayneville Road School, $19,345.

February, 1986. Montgomery Board of Education through State of Alabama, Department of Education. Claud Walker says he will not do business with the State of Alabama under any circumstances, sealed bids or otherwise. Claud Walker believes a state representative must be free to represent only the people. "You can't do business with state government and state officials and represent the people of District 75 in the Legislature the way they should be represented." At the same time he was getting 1900,000.00 in State Business, John Starr, Jr.

voted for $370,000,000.00 in new taxes on the people. Yet John Starr voted against taxing the dog racing tracks this year. Claud Walker says, "I will fight all new taxes that affect the family pocketbook." It's Time For A Change Nov. 4. FREE RIDE TO VOTE CALL: 265-1070 Vote mer Gov.

James E. "Big Jim" Folsom, made his first statewide bid for office in 1980 against Denton. Tuesday, Folsom will face Republican nominee Don McGriff in the lieutenant governor's race. McGriff, 44, is the owner of Bedsole and Gwin department store in Fairhope. Secretary of State Rep.

Glen Browder, D-Jackson-ville, and Republican Jim Watley of Hamilton are vying for the office being vacated by two-term Secretary of State Don Siegelman. Browder, a political science professor at Jacksonville State University, pushed for campaign financial disclosure deadlines before the primaries, runoffs and general election. Both Browder and Watley, a retired engineer and real estate agent, have said they would review state election law and party regulations and make needed changes. Attorney General Secretary of State Don Siegelman is unopposed. State Treasurer George C.

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