From: lippard@violet.ccit.arizona.edu (James J. Lippard)
Newsgroups: alt.politics.marrou,alt.politics.libertarian
Subject: Arizona Libertarians
Date: 9 Nov 92 21:09:00 GMT
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The following appeared in the November 6, 1992 edition of _The Arizona
Republic_, in the "North Community" section (i.e., it was only in newspapers
delivered to residents of Deer Valley, Moon Valley, North Central Phoenix,
Paradise Valley, and Sunnyslope).

Republicans coast to wins in pair of districts
[This headline was over two articles, both of which mentioned
Libertarian candidates; I'm typing in only one of them.]
District 24 Libertarian looking toward 1994
By Herb Whitney
Staff Writer
Even in defeat, Gary Fallon said he is optimistic about the future.
   "If you take away the people who just vote the straight party line,
you have to admit we fought a darn good race," Fallon said.
   "Now we have a starting point for 1994.  We have excellent name
recognition and also understand the dirty tricks the other guys play."
   Fallon, a member of the Libertarian Party, finished third behind the
two incumbent Republicans in Tuesday's election for the two state House
seats in northeast Phoenix's District 24.
   Sue Grace won with 30,590 votes, followed by Ernest Baird with 23,610,
Fallon with 8,993 and another Libertarian, Lee Crosby, with 8,595.
   Last week, Grace and Baird, along with District 24 Senate incumbent
John Greene, mailed campaign fliers to district voters accusing the
Libertarian platform of not favoring laws to protect children against
drugs and pornography, among other accusations.
   Fallon took exception to the implication that he, Crosby, and Marilyn
Titschinger, who lost to Greene in the Senate race, approve of pornography
and drugs for children.
   "That hurt us, I think," Fallon said.  "It was a negative distortion
put out by all the incumbents, and we didn't have the time and the money
to respond to it."
   Greene defended the mailings, saying, "I would characterize it as
explaining their party's platform, not attacking it.  It boggles my
mind the Libertarians could be so upset when the literature came right
from their platform.
   "The mailings weren't twisted or embellished.  I guess they don't want
people to know what their platform says."
   Greene breezed to his second two-year Senate term with 29,782 votes, more
than three times the total of the runner-up, Independent Party candidate Tom
Beauchamp.
   Beauchamp finished with 9,285 votes, and Titschinger had 7,371.
   During the campaign, Titschinger said she thought a Libertarian candidate
had a chance to be elected to the legislature for the first time in history.
   "I never thought I had much of a chance, but I thought Gary and Lee did,"
she said.  "But obviously that's not what the people want.  They want to
be represented by people whose strings are pulled by the monied and
special-interest types."
   Grace said she was helped by the inclusion of Proposition 110 on the
ballot.
   The proposition, which sought to limit abortions, was defeated by more
than a 2-1 margin.
   "That brought out a lot of pro-choice voters, and that probably helped
me," Grace said.  "I thought both Libertarians got a good block of the
votes, and I hope they feel they can come to Ernie and me.  We can do a
good job representing their interests."
   Grace also defended the mailings critical of the Libertarian Party.
   "They have fussed about it, but I stand by it," she said.  "We took
what they had in their platform, and that's fair game for discussion."
   Baird said the Libertarian Party has written Greene, Grace and him
a letter, threatening a lawsuit.
   "We made our case from what they say in their platform," Baird said.
"It's a logical application of their stated position.
   "In their platform there is no support for laws dealing with
victimless crimes, or with the sale of recreational drugs.  It's pretty
clear they want private schools and are against public schools.  Their
ultimate goal appears to be not to have any public schools."
   Baird accused Libertarian candidates of trying to distort his and
Grace's legislative accomplishements.  "They were having a pretty good
time, advertising Sue and Ernie as a pair who raise taxes," he said.
"We never raised taxes, and they were having a doggone good time distorting
our voting records.  But we didn't distort their party's platform."
   Meanwhile, Beauchamp, who didn't enter the race until after the
September primary, said he was delighted to receive 20 percent of the
district's Senate vote.
   "It was a great showing, considering we had no money and maybe eight
good volunteers," Beauchamp said.  "I imagine the votes came mostly from
precincts we walked where we dropped off literature."
   "I think the frustration factor showed up.  People like the old-fashioned
politician who will get out and talk to them.  The Republicans still claimed
the majority of seats, but I hope they don't proceed with business as usual."
   Greene said he wasn't surprised by Beauchamp's showing.
   "He was called an unknown or a fringe candidate, but he is well known in the
community and has a reputation for being an honest and decent man," Greene
said.

Jim Lippard              Lippard@CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU
Dept. of Philosophy      Lippard@ARIZVMS.BITNET
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721
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