1982_11 The Daily Collegian November 1982

              Election '82
Dairy CoUaaian   November 3,1M2 6
Bronzan whips
Slinkard for 31st
Assembly seat
i
Amid family, friends, and campaign
workers Tuesday night, Bruce Bronzan,
the new 31st District Assemblyman,
thanked everyone fora great victory after
a rough campaign.
Jo-Anne Slinkard, Bronzan'sopponent,
waged what some called "a dirty cam
paign" by exposing his past record.
Bronzan, 35, has been a Fresno
County Supervisor for the last seven
years and was a CSUF Student Body
President in 1968-69.
The Slinkard/Bronzan race was a bitter
battle of words and accusations with
Slinkard attacking Bronzan's record in
the last 14 years.
"I was thinking about the meaning of
the campaign and this one has been an
unusual experience for me, said Bronzan
"I have never been in anything like this."
"1 think that everything she did hurt
her, she's a victim of poor advice," said
Bronzan. "Their attacks backfired."
Bronzan was introduced by Congress¬
man Richard Lehman, the former 31st
District Assemblyman, who said he was
passing the torch to Bronzan, as cheers
1 think everything
she did hurt her,
she's a victim of
poor advise.'
rose from the crowd at the Bronzan cam
paign headquarters.
Lehman has gone on to win the 18th
District Congressional seat.
By midnight, with 77 percent of the vote
in, Bronzan was leading with 60 percent of
the vote. Slinkard said she would not
concede until 100 percent of the vote was
When asked about the make-u
support. Bronza
broad base and c.
majority of the vote.
"1 think that we spread well across the
boards," said Bronzan
In his victory speech, Bronzan said he
didn't regret that he was in the front line
'ing to change things and make things
■ferring to one of Slink
which labeled him as a
leader in the past.
: all the fact that 1 have
Ironzan. "A candidate
l said he covered a
rried an overwhelming
better
Bronzan w
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apparent victory over Jo-Anne Slinks
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liberal and radi
should not be afraid to care
tions. It's important that politicians not to
be afraid at that level."
Bronzan, who appeared confident
throughout the evening, was joined later
hy 33rd District Assemblyman Jim Costa,
who ran unopposed in his district.
"We are going to be facing a difficult
time in terms of the future," said Bronzan.
"It's important for the public to recognize
that government does not have all the
In his closing remarks, Bronzan said
that in the last seven years he has been
administering policy and now would like
to the news of Bronzan's   to,^in P|ace *° ^tabfoh the policy.
That is what r^ want to do, said
Bronzan.
Slinkard: I
would not
change
Joanne Slinkard, whose unsuccessful
campaign against Bruce Bronzan for the
31st Assembly District seat was consi¬
dered one of the most negative in the
Fresno area, said she would not change
anything if she had the chance to do the
campaign over.
• Slinkard trailed by almost 15,000 votes
at 1:30 a.m. when 77 percent of the pre¬
cincts were tallied. At that time she had
not officially conceded defeat, vowing to
stay in the race until 100 percent of the
Slinkard's campaign included a com¬
mercial criticizing Bronzan for his alleged
46 airplane trips to Sacrameijto at
government expense and for an incon¬
sistent voting record.
One version of her campaign buttons
portrayed Bronzan with long hair saying,
"Trust Me, Trust Me."
Slinkard denied that there was any
negativism in her campaign.
"The campaign has not been negative,"
she said. She added that her plan was to
point out what the problems were, such
as Bronzan's voting record, and that
Bronzan reacted negatively.
Slinkard denied that her charges
against Bronzan had anything to do with
her loss. When asked why she thought
she lost, all she would ay is, "because he
■ "He may have been the favorite son of
Willie Brown," Slinkard said. "But III tell
you one thing, when he goes up there
(Sacramento), he's going to have to be
the favorite son of Fresno."
Some of the approximately 50 suppor¬
ters who waited for the results with Sfrhk-
ard at her campaign headquarters had
more negative things to say about Bron¬
zan than she did. One woman glared ang¬
rily at the large screen television when
Bronzan appeared and said, "I hate htm, I
hate him.'*
Many of the mainly Republican suppor¬
ters, groaned whenever Bronzan menti¬
oned his small children during his speech
on TV.
In a champagne toast to Slinkard
immediately after television election cov-
. erage ended, some supporters suggested
that she would run for Assembly again in
1984.
Slinkard said she didn't know if she
would or not.
Election '82 xL.
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Pashayan wins re-election in 17th
By Richard Lantl
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From the rr.oment one entered Rep.
Charles "Chip" Pashayan's campaign
headquarters in Visalia, one could sense
At 10 p.m. only 10 percent of the votes
were tablulated," but the room that
housed Pashayan's bid for re-election was
abuzz with celebration.
It was only a matter of time before the
results were official. Doubt, however, was
not prevalaent among Pashayan's sup-
The sound of three television sets fill
t he wood-paneled room. Campaign work¬
ers and well-wishers discuss ongoing elec¬
tion results blaring over the airwaves.
Good news continues to eminate from
the news media. Pashayan has a substan¬
tial lead. His opponent, Democrat Gene
Tackett, appears on television reluctant
to admit defeat. Instead, Tackett said that
Pashayan spent twice as much as he did
on the campaign.
"I'm gonna nail that son of a bitch,"
Pashayan proclaims. In a few hours, the
voters will bear that statement out.
The fog outside the Pentacostal Park
Association of visalia Hall does not keep
supporters from filtering into the two
rooms occupied by Pashayan's followers.
Pashayan mingles with his constituents
throughout the night. Many of his suppor¬
ters cite that appproachable quality as a
reason they like Pashayan.
"My slogan for Chip," said volunteer
Florence Brazil, "Is that he cares and that
he listens."
Pashayan continues to listen to the
election results. He refuses to announce
his victory "until it's mathematically im¬
possible to lose." But with the tabulated
uotes showing Pashayan enjoying 58 per¬
cent of the vote over Tackett's 42 per¬
cent, he notes that " the numbers speak
for themselves."
Pashayan attributes his successful cam¬
paign to his voting record. "lju*t cam¬
paigned on the issues." The renin issues
for the Pashayan camp were to cufle^eral
spending, cut back income tax rateT and
to reduce the federal deficit. H» suppor¬
ters claim he did just that. Tackett's sup¬
porters do not agree.
Tackett's campaign literature charges
Pashayan with voting for the highest defic¬
its in history, turning his back on Social
Security and increasing military spending.
When those charges ar«po*ed to Pash¬
ayan, he responds in a guarded manner. It
is the only time in the night he wiD get his
dander up. He has heard those charges
throughout the campaign, and now on the
verge of victory, he does not appear
happy to hear them again.
"I don't know where he got that stuff,"
Pashayan says. "If you find out where he
got those facts let me know." Pashayan
denies he voted for high deficits. He
claims he voted for cuts in military spend¬
ing. And he cites the support of the
National Alliance of Senior Citizen* as
proof of his corruTsttment to Soda! Secur •
««y.
Tackett's charges are fake, Pashayan
says. "The election results show that the
people simply don't beaeve that"
The people didn't believe the Fresno
er, a cam¬
paign worker said. The Bee endorsed
Tackett.
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Close to midnight Chip Pashayan and supporters joke about his opposition, Gene Tackett during an interview on TV.
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