[1988 Election Night Coverage]

Date1988

Can DescriptionsResults from Election Day 1988. Includes interviews with Kenneth Hayes, Ted O'Meara, Joseph Brennan. // Later on tape: portions of other newscasts.

AbstractEloise Daniels and Don Carrigan provide initial reports on election night returns; Mitchell is said to win the U.S. Senate; Russ VanArsdale reports from Bangor that a high turn out seems to be helping some of the democrat candidates; Janet Smith reports from Bangor that the spending cap seems mixed; video of Ken Hayes shaking hands with well-wishers and then he speaks to the crowd and responds to reporters; George Mitchell takes the podium and speaks to his supporters; Ted O'Meara talks about what appears to be his loss to Brennan; Brennan talks to his supporters in his congressional race, which he appears to have won; the spending cap in Bangor seems to have been defeated;