Newcomer Leads in Presidential Vote
From Times Wire Reports
Political novice Arturas Paulauskas triumphed in the first round of Lithuania’s presidential elections but was heading for a tough runoff with former Chicago resident Valdas Adamkus. With 64% of the vote counted, Paulauskas, 44, had garnered 45.3%. But without a majority, Paulauskas was set to face fellow political newcomer Adamkus, 71, who polled 27.6%, in a runoff Jan. 4. Political warhorse Vytautas Landsbergis, who led Lithuania to independence from the former Soviet Union in 1991, was in third with 15.9%.
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