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GOVERNOR SENATOR ALA. George C. Wallace(D) No Race ALASKA * No Race ARIZ. Bruce Babbin (D) Dennis DeConcini (D) ARK. Bill Clinton (D) No Race CALIF. George Deukmoflan (R) Pete Wilson (R) COLO. Richard D. Lamm (D) No Race CONN. William A. O'Neill (D) Lowell P. Weicker Jr. (R) DEL. No Race William V. Roth Jr. (R) FLA. Bob Graham (D) Lawton Chiles (D) GA. Joe Frank Harris (D) No Race HAWAII George Ariyoshi (D) Spark M. Marsunaga (D) IDAHO * No Race ILL. Adlai E. Stevenson III (D) No Race IND. No Race Richard G. Lugar (R) IOWA Terry...
NUCLEAR ATTACK. Democratic Governor Jerry Brown, 44, a former seminarian whose flaky image won him the title Governor Moonbeam, lagged 22 points behind San Diego Mayor Pete Wilson as recently as last June. But his well-placed salvos have put Wilson, 49, on the defensive. Brown scored direct hits by publicizing the Republican's opposition to a nuclear-freeze initiative, which is expected to win handily in California, and Wilson's failure to pay federal income taxes in 1980 despite an income of $75,000. An early poll showed 43% of Wilson's backers in his camp...
...Clark Higley, a local farmer, then mortgaged the ranch for $880,000 in 1976 and defaulted on the mortgage. Higley was evicted. Says Higley: "De Lorean is as smooth as silk. His henchman, Roy Nesseth, was on the scene giving us a real struggle. They're just crooks." Inventor Pete Avery of Phoenix says that De Lorean cheated him out of the lucrative rights to a widely used automobile coolant system. Yet Avery, after years of litigation with De Lorean, appreciates his charm. "He's a vicious man," says Avery, but adds: "I like the guy. That s.o.b...
Despite their difficulties, the New Right PACs remain ready to get out the brass knuckles when the stakes are high. Last week, with the Senate race in California between Democrat Jerry Brown and Republican Pete Wilson becoming very close (the latest poll shows them almost even), the Fund for a Conservative Majority announced plans for a $250,000 negative ad campaign against Brown...
...only some $750,000 so far, not enough for the heavy TV exposure she may need to unseat an incumbent. To compensate, Woods marches in just about every parade she can find, arriving at the scene at the wheel of her own modest Chevette. She also calls on Son Pete, a former starting quarterback at the University of Missouri, for handshaking appearances...