Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, September 14, 1994 TAG: 9409150029
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: B-5 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
In another contest with a comeback theme, former Tennessee Sen. Bill Brock led developer Ruthann Aron for the GOP Senate nomination in his new home - Maryland. The incumbent, Democrat Paul Sarbanes, crushed token primary opponents.
Sundlun was crushed by Myrth York, a two-term state senator. York would be Rhode Island's first woman governor if she can defeat former U.S. Attorney Lincoln Almond, who won the GOP primary.
The governors of Minnesota and Arizona also endured bruising primary campaigns, but both were favored. New Hampshire Gov. Steve Merrill handily defeated two primary challengers.
And in one of the fall's marquee races, New York Democrats nominated Gov. Mario Cuomo for a fourth term. The GOP's handpicked candidate, state Sen. George Pataki, easily won the Republican primary. Early polls have shown Cuomo vs. Pataki as a tight contest.
Several sons of prominent politicians also were on Tuesday's ballot, none with a name more famous than Rhode Island state Rep. Patrick Kennedy. The son of Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., easily won a Democratic House nomination.
The winner of Washington's Democratic mayoral primary will be the overwhelming November favorite. So Tuesday was the biggest hurdle in Barry's effort to win back the office he left when his 1990 arrest for smoking crack cocaine landed him in prison for six months.
With 52 percent of Washington's vote counted, Barry held a narrow lead over fellow City Councilman John Ray, 43 percent to 40 percent. Mayor Sharon Pratt Kelly trailed badly with 14 percent.
Parris Glendening, a county executive, won the Democratic nomination to succeed Maryland Gov. William Donald Schaefer, who could not seek re-election. State lawmaker Ellen Sauerbray appeared on the verge of a major upset in the Republican primary. With 22 percent of the vote counted, Sauerbray led Rep. Helen Bentley 51 percent to 37 percent.
As Republicans seek to gain seven seats and a Senate majority, the nine races without incumbents are major battlegrounds, and the fields for two of those were picked Tuesday.
In Minnesota, freshman Rep. Rod Grams was favored in the Republican primary, while Democrats had a spirited two-way race. GOP Sen. David Durenberger is retiring.
And in Arizona, four Democrats sought the nomination for the seat being vacated by Sen. Dennis DeConcini. Freshman Rep. Sam Coppersmith was considered the front-runner. Four-term Rep. John Kyl was unopposed on the Republican side, and favored in November.
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