Carnahan Wins in 8Th District ST

Carnahan Wins in 8Th District ST

! ii ii i ! ' ' ' - - ww hi in ii - r " r' x ,, Si.'.ii iu - 1 y 'J-- ,.v ? i i-V- f 7 '"' u, s- 65 c-.v- i'- J" - 72nd Year No. 275 Good Morning! It's Wednesday, August 6, 1980 5 Sections 50 Pages - 15 Cents Gov. Teasdale Bond set for rerun ST. LOUIS (AP) With nearly half the re-sn-tts can of Kansas City, had 8,830 votes and Grego- er utility rates and for what he said was ized horse racing m Missouri his central cam- During the campaign, both Bond and Phelps in from Tuesday's primary election, Gov. ry Hansman of University Gty had 7,924. Teasdale's "erratic" behavior as the state's paign issue. had criticized Teasdale for what they saw as on chal- UJS. anti-busine- Joseph Teasdale held to his edge over Incumbent Sen. Thomas Eagleton easily chief executive. Right up until election day, public opinion his ss policies, which they said had lenger James Spainhower in the Democratic won renomination in the Democratic primary, Spainhower also said his long service in the polls showed Bond with a 2-t-o-l edge over dampened new business investment and cost primary for governor. swamping his two opponents, Lee Sutton of Co- Missouri Legislature and his two terms as state Phelps. But Phelps had countered the polls did the state's" economy revenue and jobs. They Teasdale had 140,465 votes to the state trea- lumbia and Herb Fillmore of Independence. treasurer gave him more experience in hand- not actually reflect the views of those who also bad criticized him for failing to deliver on surer's 118,790 with 43 percent of the vote in Second District Congressman Robert Young, ling state government than Teasdale, who had would be voting in the Republican primary. his promise in 1976 to lower utility rates for ? froml,761ofthe4,061precmctsreporting. 4th District Congressman Ike Skelton and 9th never held a statewide office before being elect- Bond, 41, is a native of Mexico, Mo., and was Missourians. J Milton Morris of Kansas City, the third candi--i District Congressman Harold Volkmer also ed governor. elected governor in 1972 while Phelps, 46, a Ne- BingeHi, 62, Kansas City, also is a perennial date in the Democratic primary, had only 5,024 won renomination in the Democratic primary. Spainhower also had cited Teasdale's inabili- vada, Mo., native, five in Mis- who campaigned on ! served terms the candidate had the promise votes. In the closing days of the campaign, Spain- ty to get along with the Legislature as a reason souri House from Kansas City before being of providing better state care for mentally re- And former Gov. Christopher Bond was hold- hower had urged independents and Republi- to oust the incumbent. elected lieutenant governor in 1972. Phelps sur- tarded children. Spencer, 30, is an editor of a ing the lead over Lt Gov. William Phelps in the cans to vote in the Democratic primary Teasdale had refused to answer many of 1976 up- ' vived the election where Teasdale had small newspaper in Farmington and styled Republican gubernatorial primary. Bond had against Teasdale. But the tactic drew criticism Spainhower's attacks and had refused to debate set Bond. himself as an evangelist. 89,311 votes while Phelps had 49,596. from Bond and Phelps, who said it was the act him, claiming the treasurer had waged a cam- In their primary battle, Bond and Phelps had Eagleton, 50, had been expected to win the Troy Spencer of Farmington had 1,400 votes of a "desperate candidate." paign of "vicious, personal attacks" against concentrated on criticizing Teasdale instead of primary easily, where he was opposed by Lee while Paul Binggeli of Kansas City had 836 to Meanwhile, Teasdale, who had been confi- him. attacking each other, with the exception of the Sutton, 74, a retired farmer from Columbia. round out the GOP primary for governor. dent of victory, had curtailed his campaign ac- The governor also had said Spainhower's issue of busing to integrate schools. and Herb Fillmore, 53, a retired ousuiessman In the Republican primary for the VS. Sen- tivities during the last week of the campaign. campaign consisted mostly of "nitpicking" and Phelps, an adamant opponent of forced bus- from Independence. Eagleton was first elected ate, St Louis County Executive Gene McNary Teasdale, -- 44, first won election in 1976 when he neither the attacks by the Democratic challeng- ing, had criticized Bond for his plan for "volun- 1968 after serving as attorney general of Mis- had 72,808 votes while his chief primary rival, upset Bond. er nor by Bond and Phelps had tarnished his tary" transfers of students to achieve racial de- souri and lieutenant governor. state Sen. David Doctorian of Macon, had During the primary, Spainhower had at- image with voters. segregation in St. Louis, which has been Both McNary, 44, and Doctonan. 45, were 38,864. tacked Teasdale for what he said was the gov- Morris, 68, a Kansas City tavern owner and ordered by a federal court to begin desegregat- making their first bid for statewide elected of- Another GOP senatorial hopeful, Morris Dun- - ernor's failure to deliver on his promise to low- - perennial candidate for governor, made legal-- ing its schools. fice. Rotkman scores Bailey, Gardner major victory; win party nods Carnahan wins in 8th District ST. LOUIS elec- (AP) As primary Blunt, 30, of Stafford was the only GOP By Russell King, Lynne Appel Bailey, like Lybyer. worked hard for tion J. results continued to flow in Tues- candidate in the lieutenant governor's and Jennifer Hull agricultural support and got endorse- day night, House Speaker Kenneth race and in the Republican primary for State capital bureau ments from the Missouri Farm Bureau Ger- Mid-Ameri- Rothman held on to a huge lead over state treasurer, former state Sen. and ca Dairymen. Dietrich, his chief rival in the Democratic con- ald Winship, 46, was the lone GOP can- Wendell Bailey and Steve Gardner, the arch-conservati- ve who had the sup- governor. anti-aborti- on anti-Equ- al test for lieutenant didate. both members of the Missouri House of port of and Rothman 124,749 had votes with Rothman's bid for the lieutenant Representatives, will fight it out in No- Rights Amendment forces, held onto 43 percent of about the vote in while governor's nomination was his first try vember to reach the federal level and large margins in his home St. Louis former Missouri Director of Public for statewide elected office. The Clay- Christopher the 8th District congressional seat County, only a part of which is in the Safety Kenneth Carnes bad 50,661. ton Democrat, 44, had served in the Gov. Joseph Teasdale Bond Republican nominee Gardner, a Democrat from EDisville 8th District. Greene County Sheriff Mickey Owen Missouri House for 18 years, the last Democratic nominee Running substantially behind on the was close behind Cames, with 30,055 one of in St. Louis County, depended heavily four as speaker, regarded as the on strong showings GOP ticket, with 19 percent o the vote, votes. He was trailed by William Bean most powerful positions in state gov- GOVERNOR George 9,002 in his home neighs Jones borhood and in Boone County to finish was former state Sen. Larry Marshall of Fletcher, who had 19,851 and Roy ernment. Democrats Walter Pfeffer 15.279 I of Columbia, the lone moderate Repub- Smith of Cape Girardeau, who had ahead of state Rep. Mike Lybyer, a Rothman had campaigned on bis ex- 1,761 of 4,061 Precincts cattleman from Texas County. lican in the race who gained 62 percent 13474. of Boone County vote failed to perience in state government, saying James Spainhower 11 8, 790 STATE TREASURER1 With 95 percent of the vote counted, the but Former House Majority Floor Lead- he felt he was most qualified of pick up the win he hoped for in St. Mel Carnahan RoUa vic- the the Joseph Teasdale 140,465 Democrats Gardner led Lybver, 14,250 votes to er of scored a to Missou- Louis County and the three-wa- y splits tory over Rep. Sweeney candidates preside over the Milton Morris 5,042 1,766 of 4,061 10,290. state Edward Senate the main duty of a lieuten- Precincts he had sought in Jefferson City and in the Democratic primary for state ri Republicans Mel Carnahan 145,38' On the Republican side, Bailey ant governor. pulled ahead of Ballwin state Rep. other areas. Since his election to the treasurer. Carnahan had 145,381 votes 651 of 4,061 Edward Sweeney 89,942 1972 en- Precincts Paul Dietrich with heavy majorities in state Senate in against an to Sweeney's 89,942. Carries, 47, was fired from his job as Bill Phelps 24.387 trenched Democratic incumbent, Mar- Long-tim- e public safety 1978, the rural, southern counties of the Secretary of State James director in late but Paul Binggeli 422 ATTORNEY GENERAL shall has long been considered a likely Korkpatrick, meanwhile, scored an said he held no ill feeling for the gover- sprawling 8th District, which stretches Christopher Bond 46,448 Democrats from Columbia in the northwest to candidate for the 8th District seat. easy win over his rival for the Demo- nor. St also-ra- n on GOP 1,778 of 4,061 Louis suburbs in the northeast and Another the ballot cratic nomination, James Askew of St. During his campaign, Carnes advo- Precincts was Don Meyer, a Labadie fanner and Louis. Kirpatrick had 220,790 votes to LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Robert Baine 124,920 down to the Arkansas border in the cated a constitutional amendment to south.

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