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HOUSE. 10ft DISTRICT Incumbent Andy Jacobs' win is one of the closest in his 30-year career. Page A8 CONGRESSIONAL ROUNDUP Incumbents Frank Mc-Closkey and Jill Long fall to Republicans. Page A8 IND. HOUSE 74th DISTRICT House Speaker Mike Phillips appears in danger of losing his seat Page A14 INDIANA HOUSE AND SENATE GOP takes over contro-lof House and keeps rein-sin Senate.

Page A 14 SUBURBAN RACES Republicans romp in the counties surrounding Indianapolis. Pages A 15.16 MARION COUNTY OFFICES Republican Jack Cottey leads GOP romp in Marion County. Page A17 U.S. SENATE. MASS.

Sen. Edward Kennedy pulls away from challenger Mitt Romney. Page A9 US. HOUSE ILLINOIS Rep. Dan Rostenkowski loses his re-election bid.

Page A12 S. GOVERNORS GOP challenger George Pataki upsets Mario Cuomo in New York. A13 US. GOVERNORS Incumbent Pete Wilson keeps gubernatorial seat in California. Page A13 US.

GOVERNORS George W. Bush defeats Texas Gov. Ann Richards. Page A13 US. GOVERNORS Florida's Lawton Chiles beats back a challenge from Jeb Bush.

Page A13 AT A GLANCE lf i 1 1 I i i 1 i The Indianapolis Star "Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is Liberty" II Cor. 3:17 SINGLE COPY 350 REPUBLICANS SCORE BIG GAINS IN INDIANA, NATIONWIDE MMMro) (5L ft i i i GOP wave rolls mightily across races in Indiana, denying Democrats any consolation. By Mary Beth Schneider STAR POLITICS WRITER Republicans marched through Indiana this Election Day the way Sherman went through Georgia. One after another, the Democrats fell. Jim Jontz.

Jill Long. Jeff Modlsett. Frank McCloskey. Joe Hogsett. Possibly Indiana Speaker of the House Mike Phillips and definitely' Democratic control of the Indiana House of Representatives.

On and on the toll went. The first Democrat was crushed by the onslaught only minutes after the polls closed at 6 p.m. Jontz was engulfed In the victory of Sen. Richard G. Lugar, who became the first Hoosier ever elected to four terms In the U.S.

Senate. The next victim was Jill Long, who had hung on to the Republican-dominated 4th Congressional District since 1989 but. couldn't maintain her grip In a year when everything was going the Republican way. She was soon followed by McCloskey, who was defeated by John Hostettler In the 8th District, and Hogsett, defeated by David Mcintosh in the 2nd District. In the 9th District, even the venerable Lee Hamilton was struggling to hang on for his political life.

In Marlon County, It threw a scare Into longtime member of Congress Andy Jacobs Jr. and doomed Prosecutor Jeffrey Modlsett. 'This Is my wildest dream." said a Jubilant Al Hubbard, chairman of the Indiana Republican See WAVE Page 15 0 SECOND DISTRICT victory. Mcintosh said his victory was clearly a result of voters rejecting President Clinton and his allies and instead opting for his conservative agenda. "It's very clear from you all here tonight as well as the (rest of) voters that freedom and the family won," Mcintosh told a buoyant 3 dianapolis Mayor William Hudnut to become secretary of state.

He stumbled badly In his race, for the Senate against Republican Dan Coats and Tuesday night fell to Mcintosh. "Believe me. losing doesn't get any easier with practice," Hogsett told a group of somber supporters in Rushville. See MclNTOSH Page 7 f( v. VJ -2 j-Cr- i A I.

11 V- rC iy 1 1, I I Star Staff Photo Rob Qoebel WINS FOURTH TERM: Republican Sen. Richard G. Lugar acknowledges the cheers of supporters at a post-election rally. Mcintosh comes long way to beat Hogsett Democrats likely will lose control of Congress in wake of nationwide voter discontent. By John King ASSOCIATED PRESS Resurgent Republicans moved to take control of Congress for the first time In 40 years Tuesday, capturing the Senate and making a stunning showing In the House.

A projection by Voter News Service, based on voter surveys and returns from key precincts, said Republicans would capture the House. The GOP won a string of governorships, too, in elections that sent President Clinton a chilling midterm message. Voters voiced profound discontent with Clinton and Democratic liberalism, propelling Republicans to breathtaking gains In state after state just two years after putting Clinton in the White House. Bob Dole, In line to be majority leader In a Republican Senate, cast the results as a "vote of no confidence In the Clinton agenda." GOP Chairman Haley Barbour said voters were sending Clinton a booming message: "Government is too big for its britch-es. Republicans haven't controlled both chambers of Congress since 1954.

And they won the races for governors In seven of the eight most populous states more bad news for Clinton when he seeks re-election in two years. -1 Among the wide swath of vlcr tims were Govs. Mario Cuomo In New York and Ann Richards of Texas. Richards lost to one son of former President George Bush. Another son, Jeb Bush, lost a tight race to Lawton Chiles In i Florida.

The GOP needed to gain seven seats for Senate control, and they See GOP Page 9 Higher voter turnout in Center Township might have helped Jeffrey Modisett PROSECUTOR'S RACE bent, with more than $625,000 in contributions, had an even bigger fund-raising edge. Newman acknowledged his doubts In a victory speech to party faithful, tearing up what he said was his concession. See NEWMAN Page 17 mi 11 t. group of supporters at the Hotel Roberts in Muncle. With about 75 percent of the precincts reporting, Mcintosh had 54 percent of the vote.

About 10:45 p.m.. Democrat Joe Hogsett called Mcintosh to concede. The call, and the election, may have ended Hogsett's political career. Only four years ago, he became one of the Democrat wonderklds by defeating In Newman shocks Modisett to win tough-guy contest Robb holds off North as voters hold noses Star Staff heport The Incredible roller coaster ride of David Mcintosh ended Tuesday night In a rush of exhilaration for the young Republican elected to Congress from Indiana's 2nd District. Only a year ago, Mcintosh was given no chance of winning this race.

Tuesday, persistence, luck and a GOP surge brought him U.S. SENATE Nancy Reagan denounced North as a liar and the candidate blundered by attacking Social Security during an appearance at a nursing home. The Cable News Network projected Robb to be the winner when, with 46 percent of the vote counted, the Democrat led 46 percent to 42 percent. Republican J. Marshall Coleman, running as an independent, took 12 percent of the vote.

Robb's win was an important victory for President Clinton and the Democratic Party, which was waging a vain struggle to maintain control of the Senate. See ROBB Page 9 7 Xv ft By Kevin Morgan and Janet E. Williams STAR STAFF WRITERS On a day of big Republican wins, Marion County Prosecutor-elect Scott Newman might have had the biggest. Certainly the most unexpected. Even Newman admitted doubts about beating Democratic Incumbent Jeffrey Modlsett, let alone beating him by several thousand votes.

With nearly all precincts reporting, projected unofficial returns from The Star's Computerized Election Service had Newman with 94,542 votes and Modisett with 88,966. Polls among them The Indianapolis Star's had given Modisett a 2-to-l lead. The incum- Virginians choose what many in state consider the lesser of 2 embarrassments. By Elizabeth Shogren and Michael Ross LOS ANGELES TIMES McLean, Va. Virginians, faced with what many voters regarded as a choice between bad and worse, said no to Republican Oliver North on Tuesday and allowed Charles Robb to keep his Senate seat despite a lackluster first term and sullied personal reputation.

The race was neck-and-neck until the last days of the campaign, when former first lady Star Staff Photo Rob Goetoel HARD RACE: Republican Scott Newman and his wife, Natalie, savor his victory in the Marion County prosecutor's race. WrKt I Crj'JI'JI JA It's good politicians hAZmJ Keep up with the latest cosmetic trends. Some have even tried cranial liposuction. 4 Thank You, Lord, for our i if i mil nil growing faith, for our health and for all the blessings we can receive from Your love. Amen.

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