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fiWn i i SELECTION The Salt luike Tribune Thursday November 10 19X8 A7 Revolt Barely Dents Republican Armor MAKEUP OF STATE LEGISLATURE Di earn of Demo House a Royal Flop As GOP Remains King of the Hill Salt Lake County Races District 22 21 of 21 Districts District 38 19 of 19 Districts By Dan Bates Tribune Staff Writer Both parties seized rival turf but Republicans managed to thwart steep Democratic expectations on Election Day and hold their ground in the Utah Legislature Most incumbents had feared a backlash by tax-weary constituents But the anticipated fury never fully evolved Utah Republicans also were more likely sustained through Presidentelect George overwhelming victory here than Gov Norm Ban-gerter's come-from-behind win party observers mused skirmish did cost the GOP two seasoned Salt Lake City lawmakers House Majority Whip Olene Walker and Rep LaMont Richards Democrats however only mustered a one-seat net gain in the House They fell far shy of toppling a Republican majority in that polity which some Democratic Party chiefs insisted could wobble their way Whereas the House currently slants 48-27 for Republicans it will take a 47-28 GOP dimension when the 1989 annual session convenes Jan 9 Yet in the face of the Democrats' slight inroad in the House the Senate gained a Republican on Tuesday Boyd Storey a former GOP Weber County commissioner ousted three-term Democratic Sen Darrell Renstrom of North Ogden It never became a public campaign issue but the incumbent recently was tried and acquitted on a sex-abuse charge lodged by a hitchhiker As a result of Mr Storey's win Republicans now will rule the Senate by a formidable 22-7 margin All told outcomes in Tuesday's 14 Utah Senate contests retained seven Republican and three Democratic incumbents They also confirmed Craig Peterson of Orem a GOP senatorial appointee from the House ranks Lane Beattie a GOP newcomer from Bountiful and Dixie Leavitt a former Cedar City senator who managed an unopposed comeback Taking full stock of the still-unofficial returns the 104-membership makeup will remain 69 Republicans and 35 Democrats So in a nutshell the GOP foundation remains sturdy on Utah's Capitol Hill even though campaigns were laced with anti-tax anti-educator and thus anti-incumbent inclinations a positive movement WTe did pick up one seat" said House Minority Whip Blaze Wharton D-Salt Utah House of Representatives Lake one of Tuesday's winning incumbents not too bad" said House Majority Leader Nolan Karras R-Roy said Wednesday of the gam while savoring his own re-election win wasn the mass defection among GOP supporters) that we thought could he noted the dust settled and when you think of the tax rebates the thrifts and income-tax reductions we had to grapple with heck you have to think Houdini is still alive" said the GOP leader thought win a few more frankly" he added The Democrats netted a surprising 13 House seats in 1986 prompting some party officials this year to entertain thoughts of gaining 11 more Tuesday to secure a 38-vote minimum majority Rep Wharton who is also the Utah Democratic Party's executive director said he figured Democrats could realistically win from six to eight more seats in 1988 really tough for us in a presidential he stressed noting the GOP stronghold on Utah's national-politics scene and 1986's strides in 1990 will be important for us for reapportionment" said Rep Wharton alluding to partisan control over the drafting of new legislative districts based on the next census Democrats woke us up two years ago" said Rep Karras we spent more time and resources on these campaigns this year than ever before" House Republicans still yielded five seats to Democratic candidates Tuesday including the two occupied by Reps Walker and Richards and three left open by incumbents who declined re-election bids this year The new Democrats elected to previously GOP seats are: Dionne Halverson a former House administrative staf'r who beat GOP businessman Joseph Florence in Ogden's District 10 Paula Julander a nurse and businesswoman who took District 24 in Salt Lake City A venues University of Utah area from Rep Walker who was seeking a fifth two-year House term David Jones a marketing executive who unseated eight-term Rep Richards in District 27 the southeastern section of Salt Lake City Max Young a property manager and transportation consultant who defeated Republican Lynn Suksdorf a Salt Lake Community College instructor in District 36 which includes parts of Murray and Midvale Bob Anderton a water-quality engineer who beat the GOP's Thomas Goudie a trucking manager in District 49 parts of western Salt Lake Valley Republicans meanwhile captured four seats held by House Democrats including two occupied by contending incumbents in Utah County and two in Weber County vacated by lame-duck representatives crippled in spring county-convention fights The new Republicans who won those seats are: Martin Stephens mayor of Farr West who defeated Democrat Duane Winchester a Mountain Bell executive from Harrisville in Weber District 6 Douglas Holmes a South Ogden lawyer who beat Democrat Bernard Allen an Ogden lawyer in District 11 Don Strong a Springville lawyer and former representative who took District 65 seat back from first-term Democratic Rep Glenn Bird a Springville High School teacher Bill Wright an Elberta resident who unseated first-term Democratic Rep Drew Daniels a Spanish Fork teacher Many Republican newcomers Tuesday also succeeded resigning GOP incumbents in open House contests They were Don Bush in northern Davis County's District 15 Nancy Sontagg Lyon in southern Davis County's District 20 Jerrold Jensen in Salt Lake's District 31 Larry Lunt in Salt Lake's District 34 Reese Hunter in Salt Lake's District 35 Conrad Maxfield in Salt Lake's District 39 and Robert Slack in Washington District 75 Rep Wharton conceded that Reps Utah Senate District 2 52 of 52 Districts District 1 40 of 40 Districts 1 Lee Allen (R-Inc) i Thomas Munns (D) District 2 25 of 25 Districts Rob Bishop (R-Inc) Unopposed 0 District 3 22 of 22 Districts Stephen Bodily (R-Inc) Richard Anthony (D) District 4 20 of 20 Districts Keith Gates (R) 1 1 Franklin Prante (D-Inc) District 5 19 of 19 Districts Evan Olsen (R-Inc) Gerald Allen (D) District 6 21 of 21 Districts Martin Stephens (R) Duane Winchester (D) District 7 17 of 17 Districts i Jerry Dahlberg (R) Grant Protzman (D-Inc) District 8 21 of 21 Districts 1 Dixon Pitcher (R) Haynes Fuller (D-Inc) District 9 18 of 18 Districts vi Randy Tippets (R) John Arrington (D-Inc) District 10 21 of 21 Districts i Joseph Florence (R) Dionne Halverson (D) District 11 23 of 23 Districts Doug Holmes (R) i Bernard Allen (D) District 12 18 of 18 Districts Nolan Karras (R-Inc) Gene Jones (D) I District 13 21 of 21 Districts Kaye Browning (R) Joesph Hull (D-lnc) District 14 22 of 22 Districts Scott Holt (R-Inc) Bruce Parry (D) i Reed Newmeyer (Ai District 15 16 of 16 Districts i Don Bush (R) 1 Jim Hurst (D) Kevin Cardon (L) District 16 21 of 21 Districts Franklin Knowlton (R-Inc) Jay Ann Preston (D) Glen Hunt (L) District 17 23 of 23 Districts Walt Bain (R-lnc I Jack Distel(D) District 18 23 of 23 Districts Stanley Smedlev (R-lnc Lillian WmidiDi District 19 24 of 24 Districts Kim Burningham (R-lnc Unopposed 0 District 20 23 of 23 Districts Nancy Snnntag Lvon (Hi Sieve'll (IP Herbert Henderson A District 21 29 of 29 Districts Beverly White I) Inc I Unopposed 0 District 54 I 42 of 42 Districts il Glen Brown (R Inc I lean Stauffer till victories showed the minority party forward" in claiming what have been strong Republican districts The district one we thought we had two years ago" the Democrat noted Mrs Julander a new challenger this year ran an incredible campaign She must have walked the district at least twice" Rep Wharton also boasted of the win by first-term Rep Frank Pignan-elli D-Salt Lake City He again beat Republican Robert Svkes the former representative of Capitol Hill hard-fought partisan District 23 And he pointed to Rep Franklin Prante's re-election in Logan's historically stout-Republican District 4 as an added plus for Democrats lot of it is getting the right candidate who has the energy to pull it off" Rep Wharton said Rep Karras said those Republicans and Democrats survived Tuesday still had to answer to deep sentiments for tax and spending limits nil said Hey we heard your message and well work on it' At least that's the platform I ran on" said the GOP leader Although Rep Wharton believes Democratic legislators run mostly on their own he admitted that gubernatorial nominee Ted Wilson would have helped us more if he had run stronger State Hoard of Kdueation Bird and Daniels represented surprises" two years ago but Democratic leaders still expected them to win again Tuesday But he said the Jones and Young Legislator Wins Seat After Trailing During Early Count On any given Election Night partial ballot returns can leave any given contest in an inconclusive limbo Early returns late Tuesday night for instance had first-term state Rep Melvin Brown trailing in his re-election bid But Wednesday morning re- Melvin Brown suits had the Re- District 38 publican incumbent coming back to beat Democratic challenger Sam Moore in District 38 The district takes in sections of Midvale and Salt Lake County's east bench Rep Brown is an agricultural businessman from Midvale Mr Moore is a high school counselor from Midvale 30710 votes Mr Harmsen got 427 percent a vote total of 22876 District 4 covers the Salt Lake City municipal area Richard Maxfield won a re-election bid in District 6 defeating Keith Henschen With 69 1 percent of the vote Mr Maxfield took 40452 votes to re-claim his seat on the board Mr Henschen received 18008 votes or 30 80 percent District 6 is in the Ilolladay-Cot tonwood area But in the Provo-Orem area Dix trirt 8 Jay Liechtv Provo defeated Lenora I) Plothow for a seat vacated ov Margaret Nelson who did not seek re-election Mi Liechtv re ceived 25055 votes to the 20 955 cast for Ms Plothow Mr Liechtv received 54 4 percent of the vote Ms Plothow took 45 5 percent Utah Board of Education Has New Member A new face will be added to the Utah Board of Education but three board members survived challenges Tuesday Keiih Checketts the board's president won a race in District 2 The incumbent was challenged by William Garner the former Ogden School District Superintendent District 2 covers portions of Cache Box Elder and Weber counties as well as Rich and Morgan Counties Mr Checketts received 54 4 percent of the vote to Mr Garner's 45 5 percent The board president took 29837 votes to the challenger's 24987 In District 4 Ruth Hardy Funk was successful in her bid for re-election against businessman Randall Harmsen Ms Funk captured 57 3 percent of the vote for a total of District 2 175 of 175 Districts Keith Checketts line 29837 William Garner 24987 District 4 214 of 214 District Randall Harmsen 22876 Ruth Hardy Funk line I 30710 District 6 181 of 181 Districts Richard Maxfield 'Inc I 40452 Keith Henschen 18008 District 8 99 of 99 Districts Jav Liechtv 25055 Lenina Plothow 20955.