Thursday, November 6, 1986 Daily Nebraskan
BSereuiteF supporters agree
He has experience,
can cut through
red tape, they say
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By Merry Hayes
Staff Reporter
Experience and effectiveness were
touted as Congressman Doug Bereut
er's major assets by a confident crowd
of supporters at his post-election party
Tuesday. Bereuter defeated his oppo
nent, Lincoln lawyer Steve Burns, 38, .
with: 121,145 votes; or .64 'percent, to :
Burns' 67,080 votes, pr ,36:percent. -f
Bereutery -47; told the-crowd .he.:
would be "proud and pleased" to serve
his fifth terra in the House of Represent
titives "with as muclienergy and effec-. ;
tlveness as I can." . .-. -
? He said: he .would. need their con- ;
tjnued support if he decides to run for. .
statewide office in 1988 or 1990.
; Supporters said that in Bereutes
eight years as Nebraska's 1st' District'
representative, he has obtained power-,
fill positions on key committees to help
Nebraska.
Jeff Porter, UNL junior construction
management major, said Bereuter is
effective because he is well-respected
in Washington.
"When Doug is for or against some
thing, people listen," Porter said. "Just
by taking a stand or speaking on an
issue, he will have an effect on the
outcome."
Bereuter's campaign manager, Mary
Johnsons, said "Doug's background
and experience have given him senior
ity in the House. He has been effective,
and effectiveness is the key."
Lincoln City Council member Dick
Johnson said Bereuter has the ability to
get through governmental red tape. He
said an example of this is the "tre
mendous amount of federal money that
has come into the district."
"Being on city council, I have par
ticular admiration for some of the fed
eral money he has managed to bring
into the city," he said,
j Troy Butler, UNL sophomore and
Gender gap
played role
in election
Tuesday's governor's race may have
been decided with the largest gender
gap in Nebraska history, according to
Susan Welch, political analyst and
Regents professor of political science
at UNL.
Based on pre-election polls, Welch
said more women than men preferred
Helen Boosalis and more men than
women preferred Kay Orr. This gap may
be as large as 10 percent, she said.
Only the 1 980 presidential race came
close to this difference, Welch said.
And, of course, those candidates were
not women. : i i , - .;v " )
In Nebraska and across the country,
more women generally vote Democratic,
Welch said. And, she said, Boosalis
"had become known for her work with
women's business and professional
groups throughout the state"
However, Orr's role as state treas
urer may have appealed to male voters
with financial concerns, says Welch.
Still, Welch thinks the fact that the
candidates were women didn't concern
Nebraskans much.
"I think the election is based on the
issues of economic development, agri
culture and leadership, which, in my
opinion, would have been important
issues had there been twojnale candi
dates," she said.
Welch said Tuesday's election is
part of a national trend which shows "it
isn't just a man's world anymore."
"That it happened in Nebraska first 1
is happenstance," she adds.
Welch's national research on women's
issues in campaigns indicates that
most potential barriers for women can
didates have disappeared.
Welch is author of a new book,
"Women: Elections and Representa
tion," which will be published in
January.
secretarytreasurer of UNL's Collegiate
Republicans, said, "Doug has done
more for this district than any other
congressman in history."
Butler cited discretionary funds
brought in by Bereuter to build the new
bridge across the Missouri River in
Nebraska City, the airport in Norfolk,
and the North 27th Street overpass in
Lincoln.
Supporters of Bereuter said he has
been effective in helping agriculture in
Nebraska. Bereuter supported the 1985
Farm Bill, which Johnson said is a team
.effort that, is needed for Nebraska
.farmers, , ."' ,
; ,Mary Johnson said, "Pepple Know
,he's there and that he's listening,":
She said Bereuter would continue to
keep in touch with, .his district and
push important. legislation in the House.
,i "I think you. will see more of the
same," she said. "He will continue to
bring things, back to tye district." ,
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