Nation IN BRIEF : ARIZONA : Feb. 26 Runoff Vote for Governor Set

The Arizona Legislature voted in Phoenix to conduct the state’s first runoff gubernatorial election Feb. 26, despite complaints by Indian lawmakers that voters could be trapped at home by snow on reservation roads. The bill on the runoff between Fife Symington and Terry Goddard was signed by Gov. Rose Mofford. Symington, a Republican, edged Democrat Goddard 49.7% to 49.2% in the Nov. 6 election. State law requires that a governor be elected by a majority of the votes cast. Symington received about 4,200 more votes than Goddard. Other candidates received more than 11,000 write-in votes.