Not that there wasnt good news for the GOP, too - at least if your name happened to be Bush. Jeb in Florida and George W. in Texas both coasted to victory in what may be a foretaste of the next presidential election. Elsewhere, it seems, the religious conservative base of the Republican party was simply not motivated enough to turn out in the same kind of numbers that made 1994 such a watershed. Does that mean President Clinton is off the hook? Not according to Branegan. "After a deep breath of one or two days," he says, "the Washington establishment will again be baying at the moon of impeachment."
The most topsy-turvy race of all was for the Minnesota governors mansion, where Reform party candidate and former wrestling champ Jesse "The Body" Ventura pulled off the upset of his career, defeating political scion Hubert Humphrey III in the process. Get ready to rumble in 2000, Washington.
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