To print this page, select "Print" from the File menu of your browser salon.com > News Nov. 3, 1999 URL: http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/11/03/results Election results at a glance A roundup of election results from around the country. - - - - - - - - - - - - Associated Press GOVERNORS: KENTUCKY: Democrat Paul Patton -- the first Kentucky governor since 1800 to be eligible for successive terms -- easily beat Republican Peppy Martin and marijuana-legalization advocate Gatewood Galbraith. MISSISSIPPI: With votes still being counted, neither Republican former Rep. Mike Parker nor Democratic Lt. Gov. Ronnie Musgrove had a majority, making it likely the Democratic-controlled state House will choose. The winner succeeds Gov. Kirk Fordice, the state's only GOP governor this century. ------ STATE LEGISLATURES: NEW JERSEY: Democrats picked up at least two seats, narrowing the 48-32 edge Republicans had in Assembly before Tuesday. VIRGINIA: Republicans took control of both houses of the Virginia General Assembly for the first time, retaining their majority in the state Senate and picking up at least two seats in the House. WASHINGTON: Democrats lost a chance to take control of state House when a Republican won a special election for district along Idaho line that has steadily voted GOP since 1936. Democrats control Senate and governor's office. ------ MAYORS: ALLEGHENY COUNTY, Pa.: Republican businessman Jim Roddey became county executive in a newly created position that includes suburbs of Pittsburgh. He defeated Cyril Wecht, the longtime coroner. BALTIMORE: Democrat Martin O'Malley cruised to victory in a city where Republicans are outnumbered 9-to-1. He had emphasized a zero-tolerance policing strategy similar to the one that helped lower crime in New York. BIRMINGHAM, Ala.: Councilman Bernard Kincaid upset interim Mayor William Bell, who was chosen to take over this summer after 20-year mayor Richard Arrington stepped down. COLUMBUS, Ohio: Democratic City Council President Michael Coleman became the city's first black mayor. Republicans had ruled City Hall since 1972. HOUSTON: Lee P. Brown won a second two-year term over the publisher of a weekly newspaper and a wrestling promoter. INDIANAPOLIS: Developer Bart Peterson becomes the first Democrat to lead Indianapolis in 30 years after beating Indiana Secretary of State Sue Anne Gilroy. MONTGOMERY, Ala.: Lawyer Bobby Bright beat conservative Emory Folmar, who had been mayor since 1978. PHILADELPHIA: City Councilman John F. Street, a Democrat, narrowly beat businessman Sam Katz, who was trying to become the first Republican mayor of Philadelphia in nearly 50 years. SALT LAKE CITY: Rocky Anderson beat fellow Democrat Stuart Reid to preside as mayor over the 2002 Winter Games. Incumbent Dee Dee Corradini stepped down. SAN FRANCISCO: Democrat Willie Brown, seeking a second term, was forced into runoff by crowded field that included a late write-in candidate, Board of Supervisors President Tom Ammiano. ------ BALLOT MEASURES: ARIZONA: Voters in Tucson rejected a measure involving the use of Colorado River water for drinking purposes. Utility officials can blend river water with groundwater for use beginning in 2001. COLORADO: Voters approved a $2.3 billion bond issue for transportation, including widening congested Interstate 25 around Denver. HOUSTON: Voters rejected a proposal to spend $80 million for new basketball/hockey arena. KANSAS CITY, Mo.: Voters rejected a 15-year extension of sales tax, half of which was to be used to fund a light rail system. MAINE: Voters approved legalizing marijuana for some medicinal purposes; rejected another measure that would bar a late-term abortion procedure. MIAMI: A charter amendment passed, eliminating the city manager's job and creating a strong-mayor form of government. MISSOULA, Mont.: College town rejected measure to force $8-an-hour minimum wage on employers that get city assistance. MISSISSIPPI: A constitutional amendment to limit legislators to two consecutive terms was defeated. OREGON: A measure that would have allowed murder convictions by an 11-1 jury vote instead of a unanimous one was rejected. SAN ANTONIO: A proposal to increase car rental and hotel taxes to help fund new basketball arena for San Antonio Spurs was approved. SAN FRANCISCO: Voters banned surcharges at automated teller machines; bankers have promised a court fight. SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA: Three wealthy communities, San Ramon, Pleasanton and Livermore, rejected slow-growth measures considered among the most restrictive in the nation. Two required that city voters approve new projects as small as 10 homes. SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.: Voters agreed to let developers of new arena for the NHL's Phoenix Coyotes recover sales taxes from arena for five years. ST. PAUL, Minn.: Voters rejected a proposal to increase sales tax to help fund new baseball stadium for Minnesota Twins. WASHINGTON: A sweeping measure to slash the car tax and give voters veto power over all future taxes and fees was approved; voters rejected a ban on most commercial fishing nets. salon.com | Nov. 3, 1999