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...People realize that Sen. Helms is different from President Reagan," Hunt told reporters recently. "People know the difference, and they're just not going to buy that business of him being so close to Reagan ... they're going to distinguish in this race...
...Linden and Bonnie Franklin, singers James Taylor and Peter, Paul and Mary, and hairdresser Vidal Sassoon have appeared on the governor's behalf While both members of the Democratic presidential ticket have flown in for brief rallies and a handful of southern governors have held news conferences boosting Hunt, only Sen. Gary W. Hart (D-Colo) has appeared recently on the governor's behalf...
Helms holds a slim lead, due in large part to Reagan's popularity in a state where Democrats outnumber Republicans three-to-one. But Hunt is confident that his superior get-out-the-vote organization will make up the difference...
...every stop, the 63-year-old senator kisses babies, while spinning yarns about the "good ol'days" and his "never-ending battle against communism." Hunt, 47, seems limitless in his energy on the trail. From dawn 'til dusk, the gregarious governor works the factory lines and tobacco warehouses, shaking hands, giving speeches, and "listening to people...
Across the state, Helms, the champion of the New Right, blasts at Hunt, calling the two-term governor a "racist," a "felon," and a "consummate liar." Hunt, whose billing as a moderate New South politician gave him an early but fleeting lead, fires back, attacking Helms as the "High Priest" of a nationwide "network of right-wing extremists...