Word: governor
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Even as Bush dismissed the abortion rights debate as unimportant, Virginians were proving him wrong. A CBS news exit poll found that one-third of the Virginia voters considered abortion rights the foremost issue of the campaign. They proved it by electing as governor Democrat L. Douglas Wilder, a pro- choice advocate. They proved it by electing as lieutenant-governor the underdog Donald S. Beyer, Jr., an automobile salesman who ran on a pro-choice platform...
During the ceremony, Governor Dukakis said that the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD), the state agency responsible for investigating cases of discrimination, "is ready to begin enforcement...
...first time in U.S. history, a Black--Lieutenant Governor L. Douglas Wilder--seemed likely to win a race for governor. And, also for the first time, New Yorkers tapped a Black--David N. Dinkins--for the chief executive office of the largest city in the nation...
Flynn's proposal would need City Council and Legislative approval, as well as the governor's signature, before taking effect...
David N. Dinkins won election as New York City's first Black mayor, while L. Douglas Wilder of Virginia clung to a slender lead over Republican J. Marshall Coleman in his bid to become the nation's first elected Black governor...