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President & Vice President ^«HCHiitoa AIGore U.S. Senate ^Chuck Hagei U.S. House 1st District ^DougBmilir U.S. House 2nd District ^fon Christensen U.S. House 3rd District +BHI Barrett Nebraska Legislature District 21 rvaroi Iranians District 25 ^Heroine Wiimt District 27 rttAnna Schhnek District 29 ^laVon Crosby NU Regent 1st District kii ■ ■— - rvnaiNS WIMNI NU Regent 2nd District ^Htaiicy O'Brien Initiatives 411 & 412 Initiative 409 (term limits) Congress Nebraskans keep Republicans in the House — Pages 6-7. Ballot Initiatives 411,412 lose support after divided campaign — Page 9. National Nebraskans react to Clinton win — Page 2. I • dfi i The president becomes the first Democrat to win re-election since Franklin Roosevelt. By John King The Associated Press President Clinton won an Electoral College landslide re-election and political redemption Tuesday night as Americans optimistic about the economy brushed aside Bob Dole’s challenge to his character. But voters hedged their bets by keeping a GOP Senate, and Republicans were on a path to hold the House, too. Clintoii strongly in every regio of die country for a coast to-coast victory that made him the first Demo cratic president re-elected since Franklin Roosevelt. It was a dramatic rebound from the 1994 midterm elections that delivered Congress to the Republi cans. “They have affirmed our cause and told us to go forward,” Clinton said of voters who returned him to office. Still, he acknowl edged that Americans were bent on splitting the balance of power in Washington. “They are sending us a message: Work together,” Clinton said. Fireworks erupted after the president addressed a crowd of thousands jamming the streets of Little Rock, Aik. Wee President A1 Gore called it a “glorious evening” and indeed the numbers were very good for the Demo cratic ticket. Clinton was on a pace to match if not exceed the 370 Please see CLINTON on 2 Benjamin Krain/Arkansas DsifocKAff-GAiiriv PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON, along with wife Hillary and daughter Chelsea, salutes a crowd of supporters in Little Rock, Ark., Tuesday night, after Clinton’s victory speech. Hagel ices dead heat Scott Bruhn/DN THE W]-El: Republican Chuck HageL By Matthew Waite Senior Reporter P OMAHA — Pulling off (me of the biggest upsets in Nebraska political history, Republican Chuck Hagel soundly defeated Democratic Gov. Ben Nelson Tuesday to become the first Nebraska Republican elected to the U.S. Senate since 1972. Capping off a late surge, Hagel rode his momentum to an unofficial 15-point win Wednesday morning — 57.7 per cent to 42.3 percent— in a race that several, including many in Hagel’s own party, thought was going to be a much tighter contest With his family at his side, Hagel, 50, anative of North Platte, said in his victory speech that by working to gether, America can accomplish much. “This is not about one person,” Hagel said. “This is not about Quick GOP looks to hold Senate, House control WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans drove for continued control of the Senate Tuesday night, laying claim to Demo cratic seats in Alabama sndNe braska. On a night generally kind to incumbents, Sen. Jesse Helms triumphed in North Carolina and Strom Thurmond coasted to a new term in South Carolina at 93. In the marquee contest of the night among Democratic incum bents, Massachusetts Democrat John Kerry prevailed o^er Gov. William Weld. i. With the polls still open in the West, Majority Leader Rent Please see CONGRESS on 3