BOC & Olympics

[Jean Lansford]

On Wed, 31 Jul 1996, Bryan Irby wrote:

>I still can't explain how Jesse Helms has
>managed to stay in office for so damn long without admitting there's
>obviously some large, unpleasant portion of the NC population who want
>him there.

Because he hasn't had any real opposition the last couple of
elections.  A lot of people refused to vote at all the last time
(Helms vs Hunt).


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