ELECTIONS ’94 / The East : CONNECTICUT

The major races in the East: Senate races: 11 House races: 100 Governor: 11

Governor--Republican John G. Rowland narrowly defeated Democrat William E. Curry Jr. despite losing support because of his efforts to keep confidential a police report of a nonviolent dispute with his ex-wife. Rowland will succeed retiring Gov. Lowell P. Weicker Jr., an independent.

* Senate--Incumbent Democrat Joseph I. Lieberman handily defeated Republican opponent Jerry Labriola for a second term.

* House--Six seats, evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans. GOP Rep. Gary Franks won despite charges by his opponent, Democrat James Maloney, that he is out of touch with his constituents. Franks is the only black Republican in Congress and his district is 90% white. Incumbent Democratic Rep. Sam Gejdenson claimed victory with 80% of the votes counted, but both he and his opponent, Republican Edward Munster, agreed that a recount was likely.

DELAWARE

* Senate--Republican William Roth Jr., already the longest-serving statewide officeholder in Delaware history, won his fifth term with a victory over Attorney General Charles M. Oberly III.

* House--GOP incumbent Michael N. Castle retained his seat, defeating Democrat Carol DeSantis and two others for the state’s only seat.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

* Other--Voters approved term limits for the mayor, city council and school board.

MAINE

* Governor--Millionaire businessman Angus King, an independent, defeated former Gov. Joseph Brennan, a two-term Democrat, in a close race.

* Senate--Republican Rep. Olympia Snowe defeated Democrat Rep. Thomas Andrews in the battle to succeed retiring Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell.

* House--The state’s two seats, held by Snowe and Andrews, were close. Democrat John Baldacci edged out Republican Richard Bennett. The race between Democrat Dennis Dutremble and Republican James Longley too close to call.

* Other--Voters approved a ballot measure to restrict the terms of congressional officials. The state’s voters had previously approved term limits for state lawmakers.

MARYLAND

* Governor--Democrat Parris Glendening and Republican Ellen Sauerbrey were battling in an extremely tight race that was too close to call. Despite a 2-1 party registration advantage for Glendening, Sauerbrey waged a surprisingly strong campaign. Each candidate garnered close to half the vote.

* Senate--Incumbent Democrat Paul S. Sarbanes easily won reelection over the GOP’s William Brock, a former senator from Tennessee who was labeled a carpetbagger.

* House--Eight seats, evenly split between the Democrats and Republicans. Democrat Kweisi Mfume, chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, easily won reelected, as did six other incumbents.

MASSACHUSETTS

* Governor--GOP incumbent William F. Weld won a landslide reelection over Democrat Mark Roosevelt, a state legislator who is the great-grandson of Theodore Roosevelt.

* Senate--In one of the most closely watched U.S. Senate races, incumbent Democrat Edward M. Kennedy was reelected to his seventh term after a hard-fought campaign against Republican businessman Mitt Romney.

* House--10 seats. Democrats kept their stranglehold on the delegation by retaining eight seats. Two Republican incumbents, Peter Blute and Peter Torkildsen, held their districts. Democrats Barney Frank and Joseph Kennedy were uncontested, while Democrats Edward J. Markey and Gerry E. Studds easily won reelection.

* Other--Voters passed a ballot measure to restrict the terms of elected officials.

NEW HAMPSHIRE

* Governor--GOP incumbent Steve Merrill won a second term, defeating Democrat state Sen. Wayne King.

* House--Two seats. Incumbent Republican William H. Zeliff Jr. retained his seat, and Republican Charles Bass captured the seat held by Democrat Dick Swett, who campaigned in a bullet-proof vest after receiving several threats over his vote to ban assault weapons.

NEW JERSEY

* Senate--Incumbent Democrat Frank R. Lautenberg fought off a stiff challenge from Republican state Assembly Speaker Garabed (Chuck) Haytaian to win a third term.

* House--Of the state’s 13 seats, eight were won by Republicans and five by Democrats, who had a net loss of two seats. Longtime Democratic Rep. Robert Torricelli retained his seat.

NEW YORK

* Governor--Republican challenger George Pataki, in a stunning upset, narrowly defeated 12-year incumbent Democrat Mario M. Cuomo in one of the nation’s most closely watched gubernatorial races. Cuomo surged ahead of Pataki, a state legislator, after receiving the endorsement of New York City Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, a Republican, but was unable to retain his lead.

* Senate--Incumbent Democrat Daniel Patrick Moynihan was reelection, defeating GOP challenger Bernadette Castro and four others.

* House--31 seats. Democrats had a net loss of at least two seat, dropping to 15, with Republicans capturing 15, up from 13, and one race was yet undecided. Incumbent Democrat Charles E. Schumer easily defeated Republican James McCall, while Democrat Hamilton Fish Jr. lost to Republican Sue Kelly in a district once held by his Republican father and grandfather.

PENNSYLVANIA

* Governor--Republican Rep. Tom Ridge defeated Democrat Mark Singel, the state’s lieutenant governor.

* Senate--Republican Rick Santorum ousted incumbent Democrat Harris Wofford in one of the nation’s most closely watched Senate races. The election was one of the few that offered a clear choice, between Santorum, a young Reagan conservative, and Wofford, a liberal former aide to President John F. Kennedy. Wofford had defeated former Republican Gov. Dick Thornburgh in a special 1991 election, after Sen. John Heinz was killed in a plane crash.

* House--Of the state’s 21 seats, 11 went to Democrats and 10 to Republicans, with each party gaining one seat. First-term Democratic incumbent Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky tried to reprise her miracle victory of 1992 despite taking heat for casting the deciding vote for Clinton’s ’93 budget, but she was defeated by Republican Jon Fox.

RHODE ISLAND

* Governor--Former U.S. Attorney Lincoln Almond, a Republican, defeated two-term state Sen. Myrth York, who had ousted Gov. Bruce Sundlun in the Democratic primary.

* Senate--GOP incumbent John H. Chafee coasted to a fourth term, defeating Democratic challenger Linda Kushner.

* House--Two seats. Democrat Patrick Kennedy, son of U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.), easily won against Republican Kevin Vigilante, gaining a seat for the Democrats. Incumbent Democrat John F. Reed defeated GOP challenger A. John Elliot.

* Other--Voters approved, by a 2-1 margin, a ballot measure to allow casino gambling in the state.

VERMONT

* Governor--Incumbent Democrat Howard Dean, considered the nation’s most popular governor, won reelection in a race that was never seriously in doubt. He defeated the GOP’s David Kelley and six other candidates.

* Senate--Republican Sen. James Jeffords won a second term, defeating state Sen. Jan Backus, who campaigned as an ordinary mom hoping to return the Senate to ordinary people.

* House--One seat. Independent incumbent Bernie Sanders was in a tight race with Republican John Carroll and the winner was too close to call.

WEST VIRGINIA

* Senate--Incumbent Democrat Robert C. Byrd overwhelmingly won reelection, defeating Republican Stan Klos.

* House--Three seats, all held by Democrats, were retained by the incumbents.