LAWMAKERS
LAWMAKERS
00.14.56-DUKE-DURENBERGER won re-election, as did HATCH. LINDA WERTHEIMER discusses the role of FINANCING, significant in the HOUSE and a big advantage to INCUMBENTS. The SENATE was determined by money, with big spenders getting over the top in narrow races. Moderate Republican Congresswoman MILLICENT FENWICK was defeated in New Jersey Senate race after being outspent 2-1. 00.17.10-DUKE intro discussion of MINORITY ISSUES in the election. Shots of BLACK CHURCH CONGREGATION in MISSISSIPPI, c/s a woman singing. DUKE v.o.-the black majority in the DELTA area gave ROBERT CLARK a chance to be the state's first black congressman since Reconstruction. Shot of CLARK speaking to the congregation, asking for votes, organizational help, and influence to win. Shot of gathering of WHITES in a small General store, listening to speech by WEBB FRANKLIN, REPUBLICAN. Shots of FRANKILN speaking to white crowd in Auto repair garage. Clip of FRANKLIN AD, slogan "HE'S ONE OF US". DUKE v.o.-some argued that FRANKLIN appealed to RACISM in the campaign. Shot of FRANKLIN denying that the slogan was racist. 00.18.43-Shots of HISPANICS, shot of strip-mall belt in SAN GABRIEL VALLEY, Southern California. Shot of REPUBLICAN candidate JOHN ROUSSELOT in campaign office. Shot of DEMOCRAT candidate MARTY MARTINEZ. Driveby of Warehouses. Shot of small bungalows, Latino teenagers on street. Older LATINO woman interviewed says Latinos should vote for MARTINEZ. ROUSSELOT in office, defending his record of service to his HISPANIC constituents. Shot of MARTINEZ, indignant to be pigeonholed as "HISPANIC CANDIDATE".