Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, November 8, 1995                   TAG: 9511080032
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-7   EDITION: METRO 
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AROUND THE NATION

CHARLESTON, S.C. - Democrat Joseph P. Riley, already the longest-serving mayor in Charleston's 325-year history, won a sixth term in a landslide over his Republican opponent Tuesday.

Riley, who narrowly lost the Democratic primary for governor last year, beat state Rep. Ron Fulmer by a 3-1 margin with all precincts reporting.

- Associated Press

Kentucky says `no' to Gingrich, Dole

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Democratic Lt. Gov. Paul Patton, a millionaire coal mine owner who billed himself as ``a different kind of Democrat,'' narrowly beat a Republican businessman for governor Tuesday.

Patton saw his victory as a rejection of Republican politics on the national level, including GOP efforts to cut Medicare and other social programs.

``This will be remembered as the day that Kentucky stood tall,'' Patton said. ``Kentucky has said `no' to Newt Gingrich and Bob Dole.''

- Associated Press

Anti-gay rights measure fails

Maine voters Tuesday rejected an anti-gay rights measure that didn't mention ``homosexuality'' or ``sexual orientation'' but would have barred such categories from human rights laws.

Voters in New Jersey approved a ban on state unfunded mandates for localities, and at least 16 gambling measures were being considered around the country. While voters in Chicopee and Springfield, Mass., said no to casinos, across the state in New Bedford they approved casinos.

Washington state voters rejected a proposal to let American Indians install slot machines at their casinos and promise every registered voter part of the take.

In Mississippi, voters decided they didn't want term limits. With 83 percent of precincts reporting, the state's first use of the citizen initiative went down 54-46.

Pennsylvanians agreed to relax a constitutional requirement that criminal defendants meet their accusers ``face to face'' in court. The ballot question they approved also asks the legislature to enact a law allowing children to testify by videotape or closed-circuit television. The measure had nearly a 3-to-1 margin with 21 percent of precincts reporting.

And people in Lewis County, Ky., voted against allowing the farming community of Tollesboro - angry since the county closed two schools - to secede and join the county next door.

- Associated Press

Baltimore mayor beats opponent 3-1

BALTIMORE - Mayor Kurt Schmoke glided to a third-term victory Tuesday, propelled by a heavily Democratic electorate and a low voter turnout.

With more than 57 percent of the votes tallied, Democrat Schmoke led Republican Victor Clark, 23,731 votes to 7,933.

- Associated Press

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