Mayoral Nominees Win Handily

James Stephenson, Franz Mogdis and Benita Kaimowitz all easily swept aside challengers to grab mayoral nominations in Tuesday's primary election. Other victors of contested primary races in the election were Democrats Ethel K. Lewis in the Fourth Ward, and Mona L. Walz in the Fifth Ward; Human Rights Party member Andrei I. Joseph in the First, Frank Shoichet in the Second, and Philip Carroll in the Fourth, and Republican Robert Henry Jr. in the Third Ward. There was a light turnout throughout the city. In Ypsilanti, there were four contested races on that city's first partisan primary ballot. Winners of the contested races were Republican Nathalie E. Edmunds in the Second Ward, Democrat Norman E. Kennedy in the First Ward, Democrat Lawrence J. Lobert in the Third Ward, and Democrat M. Georgina Fries in the Fifth Ward. See Page 17 for a complete look at the Ypsilanti election and the results of primary elections in Dexter, Pinckney and Clinton. In Ann Arbor, Republican candidato Stephenson, a patent attorney and mer city councilman, led the voting by capturing about 47 per cent of the total vote cast Tuesday, 4,882 votes out of an 1 unofficial total turnout of 10,583. Democrat Mogdis, a división manager at Bendix, received 70 per cent of the Democratie mayoral votes cast. Kaimowitz, a 37year-old housewife, turned into a landslide vvhat was previously thought to be the only close mayoral primary, beating the nearest of three competitors by more than a 2 to 1 margin for the HRP nomination. Perhaps the most significant, and at the same time puzzling, outcome was in the HRP race in the Second Ward. In what was looked upon as a philosophical battle amoiiïï three ideas for üartv tion, Shoichet's campaign against factionalizing won him a 92 vote victory over the Rainbow Peoples Party candidate David A. Sinclair. The losing factions in that race were the "Chocolate Almond" caucus and its candidate Lisa North, who emphasized creation of a national and statewide mass movement íor social jyhange, and Sinclair, whose HRP status backed placing cmphasis on local changes. Shoichet took more of a middle ground, saying attention had to be paid to creating mass support, but at the same time he advocated a liberal interpretation of the city's municipal powers for bringing about change. The most puzzling aspect of this race was the fact only about 10 per cent of the Second Ward voters turned out for what had been billed as the city's hottest primary. The heaviest voting activity for a council seat primary was in the Third Ward GOP contest where attorney Henry outpolled Roger Bertoia by more than I a 2 to 1 margin with more than 2,000 votes cast. Both candidates hit hard against the Democratie and HRP actions on the present council. In the only other actively contested I council primary Fourth Ward Democrat I Lewis, a member of the city Planning I Commission, swamped Cari S. Hollier by I more than 600 votes. Three of the contested primaries were I in effect, non-races. In the HRP's First I and Fourth Ward primaries, the 1 nents of winners Andrei Joseph and 1 lip Carroll had unofficially withdrawn in I favor of the winners. In the Democratie I Fifth Ward contest Mrs. Walz was I ally assured of victory because her I nent, Richard Stoneman, had been I clared ineligible because he moved from I the ward. The total turnout for the primary, I based on votes cast for the mayoral I race, was only about 14 per cent. At the I last primary involving selection of I oral candidates, 1971, there was a 30 per I cent turnout. In Tuesdays' voting both I the First and Second Wards registered I only a 10 per cent turnout, while the I Third Ward was high, thanks largely to I the GOP primary between Henry and I Bertoia, with 17 per cent. The Fourth I Ward turnout was 13 per cent, and 16 I per cent of the Fifth Ward voters cast I ballots. On a citywide basis, according to the I mayoral voting, about 50 per cent of the I voters choose a GOP ballot, 32 per cent I a Democratie ballot and 18 per cent an I HRP ballot. The only position still undetermined is I the HRP status in the Third Ward. No I HRP candidate appeared on the ballot, I but party members begin a last minute I drive to write in the name of Robert I Alexander, former party coördinator. I Alexander needed 50 valid write-ins tol be eligible for the April 2 general 1 tion, and whether or not he made it will I not be known until after the city Board I af Canvassers finalizes the totals todayB arJVednesday. H