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Subject: Bush, Clinton win Kansas primary
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Date: Tue, 7 Apr 92 19:40:44 PDT
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 (complete writethru -- Bush, Clinton win)

	WICHITA, Kan. (UPI) -- President Bush and Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton
won their party's nominations in Kansas' first presidential primary in
more than a decade Tuesday but a significant percentage of voters
registered their disapproval by voting for ``none of the above.''
	With more than 70 percent of the state's precincts counted, Clinton
had captured 52 percent of the vote. In second place was a ballot option
reading ``None of those named above.'' Former Massachusetts Sen. Paul
Tsongas was just 200 votes behind, also with 15 percent of the vote
while former California Gov. Jerry Brown trailed with 13 percent.
	A candidate must capture at least 15 percent of the vote to win any
of the 42 delegates up for selection in the Democratic race.
	Bush rolled to an easy victory, leading with 62 percent of the vote.
Conservative challenger Patrick Buchanan had 17 percent, and ``None of
those named above'' wracked up 14 percent,
	All of the state's 30 Republican convention delegates will go to
Bush.
	Early predictions of record turnouts at the polls faded late in the
day.
	Assistant Secretary of State John Rienhardt said the final figure
will probably be close to 45 percent. Some counties had controversial
local questions on the ballot, and in those areas turnouts ranged as
high as 70 percent, Reinhardt said.
	Kansas Secretary of State Bill Graves credited the large vote for
none of the candidates listed to voter discontent and the fact that
George Bush seems to have the Republican nomination sewn up.
	``People are figuring out that there is power at the ballot box,''
Graves said. ``I don't ever recall a time when the general mood of
people was so negative toward those in elective office. I'm thankful
that I'm not running for office this year.''
	Graves said the fact that George Bush has no real competition meant
Republicans felt free to cast a protest vote. He said the lack of
consensus on a Democratic candidate contributed to the ``none of the
above'' vote in that party.
	Kansas has held only one presidential primary in the past. The 1980
primary was widely hailed as successful but cost considerations forced
the state to scrap the idea in 1984 and 1988. Seventeen Democrats and 15
Republicans crowded the ballot.
	Kansas requires only a $100 filing fee to get on the ballot and there
is no provision for removing a name, once it has been included.
	Kansas Gov. Joan Finney started the trend toward ``none of the above''
Monday, when she cast an absentee ballot before leaving the state. She
told election workers that she chose not to vote for any of the
candidates on the Democratic ballot.
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