ELECTIONS ’94 / The South : ALABAMA

The major races in the South: Senate races: 7 House races: 137 Governor: 8

* Governor--Incumbent Democrat Jim Folsom was running neck and neck with his GOP challenger, Fob James Jr., with three-fourths of the vote counted.

* House--Four of the seven seats were held by Democrats before the election, and that division did not change.

ARKANSAS

* Governor--Incumbent Democrat Jim Guy Tucker, Bill Clinton’s successor as the state’s chief executive, turned back a challenge from Republican Sheffield Nelson.

* House--The state’s four seats were evenly split between Democrats and Republicans before the election. That ratio remained the same afterward.

FLORIDA

* Governor--Republican Jeb Bush, one of two sons of former President George Bush who sought governorships, conceded defeat in a close race against incumbent Democrat Lawton Chiles.

* Senate--GOP incumbent Connie Mack easily defeated Democrat Hugh Rodham, the brother of First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton.

* House--Twenty-two of the state’s 23 races had been decided. The GOP had held 13 seats; they now hold at least 14. Among the winning incumbents was Democrat Alcee Hastings.

* Other--A ballot measure to allow casino gambling was defeated.

GEORGIA

* Governor--Incumbent Democrat Zell Miller won a tight race against Republican Guy Millner.

* House--Ten of the state’s 11 seats had been Democratic, but the balance shifted dramatically. Seven seats went to the GOP. Republican Newt Gingrich won a landslide victory and was likely to become Speaker of the House.

* Other--Voters approved a measure calling for life in prison for those who commit a second violent felony.

KENTUCKY

* House--The GOP took at least four of the six seats; four had been held by Democrats. One Democrat had survived, Scotty Baesler. A power failure at a precinct in Louisville left a close race without a winner until today.

LOUISIANA

* House--All seven of the state’s representatives won election in open primaries earlier. Three are Republicans; four are Democrats.

MISSISSIPPI

* Senate--GOP incumbent Trent Lott was reelected in his race against former Democratic state Sen. Ken Harper.

* House--The five seats all had been held by Democrats. Republican Roger Wicker took one away.

NORTH CAROLINA

* House--Democrats had held eight of the state’s 12 seats, but the election gave the majority of the delegation to the Republicans. They have eight; the Democrats have four.

OKLAHOMA

* Governor--Republican Frank Keating crushed his Democratic challenger, Jack Mildren, in a race for an open seat that had been held by a Democrat.

* Senate--Republican James Inhofe won a race for an open seat against Democratic U.S. Rep. Dave McCurdy.

* House--Four of the six seats had been held by Democrats. Once again, the balance shifted decisively; the GOP now holds five. Incumbent Democrat Bill Brewster survived.

SOUTH CAROLINA

* Governor--Democrat Nick Theodore vs. Republican David Beasley and two other candidates.

* House--The state’s six seats were evenly split between the Republicans and Democrats. On Tuesday, the GOP took four. Incumbent Democrat James E. Clyburn survived.

TENNESSEE

* Governor--Republican U.S. Rep. Don Sundquist defeated Democrat Phil Bredesen in the race to succeed Democratic incumbent Ned McWherter.

* Senate--Republicans took both seats in the only state where both seats were up for grabs. Republican William Frist, a millionaire surgeon, defeated Democratic Sen. Jim Sasser, allowing the Republicans to pick up an extra Senate seat. Republican Fred D. Thompson, minority counsel during the Watergate hearings who later acted in such movies as “In the Line of Fire,” defeated Democratic

ep. Jim Cooper on Tuesday, capturing the Senate seat once held by Vice President Al Gore.

* House--The majority of the House delegation switched. Where only three of the nine seats had been Republicans’, they came away with five. Incumbent Democrat Harold E. Ford survived against the GOP’s Rod DeBerry.

TEXAS

* Governor--Republican George W. Bush, part owner of a professional baseball team, ousted popular incumbent Democrat Ann Richards, who drew national attention with her acidic comments about his father, the former President.

* Senate--GOP incumbent Kay Bailey Hutchison, who had one a special election for the seat of Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen, easily defeated Democrat Richard Fisher.

* House--The state has 30 seats, and 21 of them were held by Democrats before the election. Of the 29 races decided by press time, the Democrats had won 18 and the GOP 11. Among the winners was incumbent Democrat E. (Kika) de la Garza, who turned away Republican Tom Haughey.

VIRGINIA

* Senate--Incumbent Democrat Charles S. Robb, son-in-law of former President Lyndon B. Johnson, turned back a difficult challenge from his Republican opponent, Iran-Contra figure Oliver L. North, in one of the most bitterly fought battles of the midterm elections.

* House--The GOP picked up one seat, but the Democrats still held a bare majority of the 11 seats, six seats to five.