Style, Race Influencing Eastern Primary for N.C. Senate (The Charlotte Observer)

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Style, Race Influe""ih$
Eastern Senate" Prinihfi,':rl

' . Contlnucd From prgc lB as-mlih appeat er'nlr idga
Moore has persondly tlDDed "He came up ttc hard iey,"

that clout. Wheh he told Harhlc- says Wlilt8n young, a blacl acdv-
ton he wlnted r strtc heata lEt h Llttleton. ..Hc knowt bow
a8ency !!t a tenant ln a dwelllnr tbe Fople are sufferlng."
hls "av8ngellstlc tssoclatloa" E -Ball!3ce -s8,y! he hu lo[d racm.
bulldlng la Weldon, the senator odel ot ! chlldhood rp€nt rhrklnt
put hlII ln touch wlth offlctats pelnutst getherlng cotr ![d r.t
troD the state hDsrtment of Hu- lDg tobacco otr t o.Dt frrEs ltr
m!! Reaourca!. .- .. .. Ecruo Coulqy. "htt .wa hrd to

The Ee€tln8 dlda't cad in en w-orl-h8rd," he s.!r& "\t/G could!'t
asroemenL But l.larrlnSton'8 8es. :,rro-r.rl !9- bl_re- arybody, D thc
ture was enouSh to wil-n Moo'reis taolty dld aU tte wort. Asd thlt
endorsemenL - me!!t ctEytng out of.school Et

The senator, r hulk of a mlD 8t celialn times."
6leetll2 whohoverssrou1d200 But IE 1959 Ballsnce won r
pountts, ilso h8s attended more scbolarshiP to blsck N.C-. Ccntrsl
than a few black luaerals and Uolversity la DurhrE htlr erru-
we<tdlng recepuons ln thts cam- ing e hw degree. . tpq$ yeql. Bdlatrce opeDd 8 hw pracffct

."I've always gotten along good ln Warren Cbunty aaa w6o locatwtth the blacks and love the flmc as an NAAcp lelder atrd rs
blacks_as I dld the whltes,,' he the rttorney for restdents flghdng
says.''That's rust my platform, It's hazrrdous-waste dumplng- aeai
Just that damn slmple." thetr hom€!.
. But a! rec€ntly I 1984, Hrr- A. a leElslator. thc dcefvDlce4

rlnSton wlsE't at all turc that that errytolnt BdtaDcc lr vlqicd es aa
Iove was mutual, When lcglstadvc rttlcuhta rapr?se[t8ttw -ot the
dlstrlcts were redrawtr lor elec- trcGdy. HG gtoEot t 8ood rctldonstlons that year, mepmakcrs wlth tta Eora conrcnrrdvr House
stltched together parts bt etSht lerdcrrhlp by suppordnt most
rura.l courtles to create au emoe. Dcmocntlc Party proporils, He
ba-shiped 2nd Dlstrlct tn whtih chrln tho Houdni Con:mtttee ana
blacks_make up 57% o, the regls. h8r-pushcd bius outllwhg capltrl
tered Democratic voters. puBlshmeot tor EIDors sld mak-

Hsrrlngton thought he saw the lnt lt murder to kllt I lotus while
wrlungonthewallaDdannounced beaunt up r prrgaalt rfomau.
that the_1984- campalgn would b€ Neither measure parscd.
hls last. But then sbmittrtng uuei. I! the Senate,'the high-school-
pected happened: bE won erslly, educrted Harrln8ton's lafluence
wlth 58% of the vote agalnst two sterns more trom 6aDtorlty th8!
black opponents" So now he's run. leglsledve acumen. But oie col-
nlnS g8sin. league srys, ..even though he,! not

Ballance ha8 trted to make Har. r detdl m8!, he can & trcmen-
rln8ton's turnarouDd an t8sue. But dously lnfluendal on general G
the senator, who also has chlneed sue&'i :r+il
hls ml_nd about not runnlng foi E -- Harrtngton, who graw u-fh thc
second term as prcsldent pro tem dlstrlct tnd who lnierltcd-r l8ntrtf reelected, ls pbllosophlcsl: ,.A machlnery ptatrt.t tge 30, lr now
year ls a long time. And alt p€ople redrqt "Etd am able to devot!
chanSe thelr mlnd. So thet's no bi8 most of my dme to polidc.I ltt..,'
hang-up. That'r ,ust what youi -, But he do€sn't bui the tder thrt
oppositlon llkes to use." bhcks should autoniadcallv rcon
_ Ballance's maln campalgn sent predomlnantty Utack- Sciate

theme, though, ls t}st HErrinston dlstrlcts. "The Unlted States ls not
looks out for the haves ln a distrlcl rnade thrt way," he saye. ..The

lJlale up mostly ol heve-trots. JudSes have sai<t thts li a black
"Monk supports the blg msn, the dlstrlct. But the voterE lre tle
blS.industries, the blg banks,'. says ones who'll put h who thcy
B8ll8nce, who was flrst elected io want."
the House ln 1982. Bellance ltrees there should b€

-_-for many blacks. ln I dlstrlct no guanntee: ..But there outht tow}€re shecks remain a oonrmon be ar opportulity," he saysl.,I'm
sl8ht. and where the number of not trylng to 8et brct at anvbodv
raml[es- llvlng ln poverty ls Derrly for aDy past OscAminadou.-Whal

ilii"""".T,:,iffiii1l3Jli,iJ,"rT-:; llff"'o rn oe past rs ta rbc

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