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The inimitable genius
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November 5, 1986
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Vol.86 No.52
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Ready Orr not, here she comes;
Nebraska gets its First Gentleman
By Jen Deselms and
Kevin Freadhoff
Staff Reporters
At 8:05 p.m. Tuesday night, Kay Orr
supporters first heard their candidate
was projected a winner by CBS news.
But it wasn't until four hours later
that Democratic opponent Helen Boo
salis formally acknowledged defeat,
sealed with a concession speech from
her party across town in the Corn
husker Hotel.
Early Wednesday morning, with 91
percent of the votes counted, Orr had
263,727 votes, 52 percent, and Boosalis
241,623 or 48 percent.
At 8:05 p.m. Barry Kennedy, Media
Coordinator for the Orr Campaign said
Orr was running ahead in Omaha,
slightly behind in Lincoln, and the
numbers in the third district were
really good.
"We're coasting now to victory I
believe," Kennedy said.
The ages of the supporters varied jis proclaimed the race to still be "a
from the old to the very young. One SqUeaker" a 10:55.
child ran across the floor carrying a During Boosalis' concession an-
baby bottle. nouncement at 12:20 a.m. someone
Heath Smith, a 9-year-old third grader yelled "just say it" and one woman
from Ithaca, predicted Orr as the winner explained what conceding meant to a
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he was going to do as first man of the
state. He said, "Cook."
Bill Orr later proved he was serious
about cooking by showing the covers
for the famous Bill Orr's cookbook. He
said he had been threatening to pub
lish a first gentleman's cookbook for
some time but hadn't compiled any
recipes yet. He said he could make
good chicken salad, and that would
probably be the first recipe in his book.
Bill Orr said he and his wife had
plans for a vacation, and the place they
plan to go to is "five hours from Puerto
Rico by phone."
When Orr, 47, first addressed the
crowd from her platform at around 9:30
p.m. she said, "We haven't done it yet.
There is good news, wonderful to watch
that television set, hear those national
networks predict that we are going to
win this, but it's not over yet."
The crowds watching television cov
erage of the election cheered through
out the nlghf as 'Orr' s lead over 'Boosalis
increased, but was silent when Boosa-
salis. Heath said he helped his mother,
chairwoman of the Orr campaign in
Saunders County, pass out stickers
during the campaign. He met Orr and
saw President Reagan in Omaha, which
he said "gave me the goosebumps."
Heath said he told Orr she was going
to be the next governor and "she would
make a nice governor."
When Orr and her husband, Bill,
greeted the crowd, he was asked what
After the Boosalis announcement,
the crowd began chanting "Go Kay
Orr" and "We Want Kay." Orr appeared
about 15 minutes later.
Orr said in her victory speech that
she stood before the people of Nebraska
with a great deal of gratitude. She said
that improving Nebraska will be tough,
but can be done. Orr said that united
Nebraskans can accomplish their goals,
and nothing can stop them.
School consolidation law repealed;
seat belt law retained by voters
By The Associated Press
amendment to reduce the burden of
Nebraska's school consolidation law proof needed to convict a state official,
was repealed by voters Tuesday, and An amendment allowing the Legisla
te mandatory seat belt law was ture to convene in December to organ
retained, ize for its 90-day sessions was on a path
Voters approved a constitutional toward passage.
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Governor-elect Kay Orr and her husband Bill are all smiles after Orr's victory speech early
Wednesday morning.
The party's over; Boosalis bunch bows in defeat
By Michael Hooper
Senior Reporter
It was shortly after midnight at the
Cornhusker Hotel, and the diehard
supporters of Helen Boosalis were
cheering, clapping and chanting, "We
want Helen. We want Helen."
Boosalis took the stand and spoke.
"It was an open, honest and for
thright campaign." she said, in con
ceding her defeat to Republican oppo
nent Kay Orr. "But my dear friends. . .it
has become increasingly apparent as
the returns come in that the people of
Nebraska" have chosen Orr
Boosalis, 67, told the crowd of
about 300 to 500 that she hoped they
would pledge to help the next governor
.through the next four years.
The next four years in Nebraska are
going to be tough years, she said, and
Nebraskans need to work together to
survive and solve the state's problems.
With 1,741 of 1,912 precincts report
ing or 91 percent, Boosalis had 241,623
votes or 48 percent and Orr had 263,727
or 52 percent.
Boosalis reminded her supporters
that they "answered the call" to help in
the campaign and that together "we
made one heck of a race."
The crowd began to dwindle after
the count showed 158,636 for Boosalis
and 164,687 for Orr. This count came
after most of the 1st and 2nd district
votes had been counted and many of
the 3rd district had just come in.
But Boosalis and her supporters
weren't willing to concede so quickly.
About 10:45 p.m., when Boosalis was
behind in the count, she appeared with
Gov. Bob Kerrey and her husband
Michael Boosalis, and said she was
going to win.
Boosalis entered the race not for
herself, Kerrey said, but the people of
Nebraska.
"I believe she still will win," he said,
"and be the next governor.
" . . .Regardless of the outcome, here
was a battle worth fighting, here was a
cause worth winning," Kerrey said.
Theresa Hayden, a full-time volun
teer for Boosalis, said Boosalis taught
Nebraskans what government is all
about.
"My only regret is the lost opportun
ity of what Helen would have done for
this state," Hayden said, "and the way
she would have brought people together."
The hundreds of supporters in the
room full of red, white and blue bal
loons, varied from the elderly to small
children, some of them plastered with
Boosalis bumper stickers.
Seven-year-old Eric McAndrew said
he has been a long-standing Boosalis
fan.
McAndrew said he put stamps on
letters, handed out stickers and "little
pieces of paper telling about Helen."
"I'm just .waiting for the reports to
come out to see who wins," McAndrew
said around 10:30 p.m.
Roger Aden, director of communi
cations for Boosalis, said that after
nearly a year of campaigning he was
"tired."
"But at the same time I have this
nervous energy,'and that's what keeps
me going," he said.
"It almost seems unfair to have it all
end in one night," Aden said.
Although much of the crowd was
cheering for Boosalis, many were
"bummed" that she lost against Orr.
"I'm bummed, real bummed" that
Boosalis lost, said Dave Meile, a UNL
student.
As the Boosalis supporters drank,
ate and mingled, or stood in front of the
televison watching the results come in,
Boosalis supporter Marc Seger said he
was unhappy with the outcome.
"I thought Helen was going to pull it
out," said Seger, a UNL student. "But
right now (about 11 p.m.) I don't
know."
In her closing speech, Helen reminded
the crowd that "tonight will probably
be the strongest memory of the cam
paign." But, she said, the campaign
also had its good times, .
