Though she did not endorse anyone she did not object to a national term

Though she did not endorse anyone, she did not object to a national term limits organization’s ads linking her politics to Mansfield’s.Mansfield, who focused on social and moral issues, is a staunch opponent of abortion. Otter opposes abortion but says he takes a more libertarian approach that keeps government out of people’s lives, and prefers to talk about land rights issues and gun control.The winner will face Democrat Linda Pall, a Moscow City Council member, and candidates from the Libertarian and Reform parties.In President Bill Clinton’s home state, the crowded field ensured a June 13 runoff.With 99 percent of precincts in Arkansas reporting, state Sen. Mike Ross was the leading vote-getter, with 44 percent, or 41,340 votes. Second-place was less clear: former TV reporter Dewayne Graham had 22 percent, or 20,838 votes, while former state Rep. Judy Smith, who lost to Dickey in 1998, also had 22 percent and 20,288 votes. A fourth candidate got 11 percent of the vote.To avoid a runoff, the winner had to get more than 50 percent.None of the candidates hoping to challenge Dickey made his vote for impeachment an issue, though Dickey said he expected it to come up in the campaign Republican Rep.

Asa Hutchinson – one of the House prosecutors in Clinton’s trial – faced no opposition from either party.Dickey is seeking his fifth term in the traditionally Democratic district, which includes Clinton’s hometowns of Hope and Hot Springs.In Kentucky, state Rep. Eleanor Jordan defeated two lesser-known candidates to win the Democratic nomination to challenge two-term Republican Rep Anne Northup in a district that is 2-1 Democratic. Jordan, the only black woman in the state Legislature, hopes to become Kentucky’s first black member of Congress.Northup had no opposition in the primary.. George W. Bush is trouncing Al Gore in the race for computer-industry donations, according to an independent group that tracks campaign contributions

George W. Bush is trouncing Al Gore in the race for computer-industry donations, according to an independent group that tracks campaign contributions.
Bush, the likely Republican presidential nominee, has received about $815,000 and Gore, the presumptive Democratic candidate, about $363,000 from industry workers between Jan. 1999 and March 2000, the Center for Responsive Politics reported Tuesday.Reform Party contender Pat Buchanan received nearly $17,000.The nonpartisan, Washington-based center examined contributions from workers in computer firms nationwide, as well as “dot-coms” that sell products and services.

It did not include donations of less than $200 or contributions from political action committees.Nevertheless, the report offers a glimpse at the donations flowing from one of the most sought after blocs of donors and voters – high-tech workers.Vice President Gore touts himself as being Internet savvy and carries Silicon Valley’s favorite toy, a Palm Pilot But Texas Gov. Bush has taken in more than double the amount of donations from high-tech donors than Gore has, according to CRP.Bush appears to be n his home state, which has donated heavily to his campaign, the center said. He also enjoys a business-friendly image in Silicon Valley.”Governor Bush is pleased to have broad-based support for his agenda of improving our public schools and creating an environment where entrepreneurship, innovations and economic growth can flourish,” said Scott McClellan, a spokesman for the Bush campaign.The Gore campaign did not immediately return requests for comment Tuesday.. Israel pulled the last of its soldiers out of south Lebanon at daybreak today, completing an unexpectedly hasty and chaotic withdrawal that capped one of the most divisive chapters in Israel’s history.