Angelo State University - Rambouillet Yearbook (San Angelo, TX)

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0 N 'v in . X, Q 1 ll 11 01. - Q ,, -su il Q l Ay!! -ll gi YN 1 - ,, President Ronald Reagan and Vice President George Bush wave to supporters while run- ning for re-election in 1984. fAPfWide World Photosl President and Mrs. Reagan celebrate his land- slide victory Nov. 6. Reagan swept 49 states to win a second term. lAPfWide World Photos? Democratic presidential candidate Walter Mondale made history in July when he nomi- nated Rep. Geraldine Ferraro to be his vice presidential running mate. lAPfWide World Photosl

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Reagan sweeps 49 states to second term ln the largest electoral landslide in American history, President Ronald Reagan cruised to a second term in office, easily defeating Democratic challenger Walter Mondale. Reagan swept 49 of the 50 states, winning by an electoral margin of525 to 13. Mondale won only his home state of Minnesota with 10 electoral votes and the District of Columbia, which has three. You ain't seen nothing yet, Rea- gan said in a victory address. To- night is not the end of nothing, it's the beginning of everything. The president promised to continue his economic programs and his strength- ening ofthe nations defenses. On the heels of the president's vic- tory, Republican Congressman Phil Gramm won 64.6 percent of the vote to defeat state Sen. Lloyd Doggett, the Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate. Gramm fills the seat of retiring Sen. John Tower. Gramm had the largest margin of victory ever for a Republican candidate in Texas. The Senate race had been particu- larly bitter, with Gramm claiming that Doggett was a liberal supported by homosexual groups. Doggett, on the other hand, accused Gramm of violating federal campaign funding laws. Nationally, the Republican party maintained its Senate majority with 54 seats to the Democrats 46. Howev- er, they gained only 15 seats in the Democrat-controlled House of Re- presentatives. In the 99th Congress, the Democrats hold 252 seats to the Republicans 183. Rep. Tom Loeffler, the Republican Congressman for San Angelo and surrounding counties, won his fifth straight term representing the 21st Congressional District of Texas. Loeffler won 80 percent of the vote to defeat Democratic challenger Joe Sullivan. In what was perhaps the closest race locally, state Rep. Richard J. Dick Burnett squeaked past F.L. Steve Stephens to win a third term in the Texas Legislature. Only 497 votes separated Democrat Burnett from Republican Stephens in Tom Green County. - Gary Dulude 18

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Election special competes with dailies, gives first-hand experience Complete coverage achieved Election night has long been the Super Bowl of newspaper coverage, and ASU journalism students got an early experience while working on the The Ram Page Election Special. About 45 students worked election night and some stayed as late as 5 a.m.. Jim Batts, head of the journal- ism department said. Batts and Ram Page Editor David Ramirez said the election issue gave students first-hand experience for working on a professional newspaper. They were competing head up with any daily, Batts said. Batts said the Ram Page moni- tored network TV and The Associat- ed Press for their election returns. The key to the success of the elec- tion issue was planning, Batts said. Pages were laid-out in advance, and stories were pre-written. Election re- sults were then quickly incorporated into the story. I was going around with a big ul- cer, Ramirez said. He said the night strained everything - my ingenu- ity, my self-confidence and my san- ity. Staff writer Barbara Dempsey, who wrote the election overview story, had to find another source when the networks went off the air without giv- ing any official results, forcing her to use the AP broadcast wire. Before midnight I ate, after mid- night I panicked, she said. - Gary Dulude gs: S 20