Candidate For Governor

RAYMOND SCHOENKE -- the one-time Redskins footballer and about-to-be Democratic primary candidate for governor -- showed up in Annapolis on Friday with a pungent foretaste of his campaign's main course."

In the sweet vapors of an extended fall, Mayor Martin O'Malley prepares for the minefield of Annapolis. He's the Democratic Party's main man after retaking the governor's mansion in the recent election, so he'll have a lot of help. He'll need it. He'll arrive as a conquering hero, but he'll be tried quickly in an atmosphere where he has to earn respect as a leader of 188 men and women - 47 senators and 141 delegates - all of them cut from the rough cloth of political ambition. The campaign gave him a head start.

Fly the flag with respectThe writer was Republican candidate for governor in 1994.Pub Date: 7/01/96

Tough on crime? Good. Plan for education. Also good. Hot bod, good hair and nice smile? Well, now we're talking a candidate for governor. It sounds superficial, but experts say even in this age where voters are more informed about issues than ever before, the way a candidate looks still matters when it comes to getting elected. "We are a television and visual audience in all categories, and politics is no different," says Jerry Shuster, a professor of political communication and presidential rhetoric at the University of Pittsburgh.

ClarificationA box Sunday omitted the name of a Democratic candidate for governor, Eileen M. Rehrmann. Though she has suspended her campaign, her name remains on the Sept. 15 ballot.Pub Date: 8/25/98

Hizzoner won't sue the state for more school money after all. What self-respecting candidate for governor would?The Baltimore Orioles will sell for $141.3 million and the Boston Globe for $1.1 billion. A newspaper is worth eight times a baseball club.

JAKARTA, Indonesia - A prominent Islamic university rector who was a leading candidate for governor of Aceh, a province roiled by secessionists, was assassinated early yesterday, underscoring the violence that has plagued the region and all Indonesia in recent months. Two unidentified men shot Safwan Idris, 51, in the neck at his home on the campus of the State Institute of Islamic Studies on the outskirts of provincial capital, Banda Aceh, said Superintendent Sayed Husaini. Safwan died at a hospital.

Quotes from state politicians and NFL officials about the proposed Redskins move:Washington Redskins (presented as No. 4 on press release list ** of "Stadium Facts"): "This is not a ploy to negotiate a better deal with any other locality. It is a firm commitment by Jack Kent Cooke and the Washington Redskins to build the new Redskins Stadium in Laurel."Lt. Gov. Melvin A. Steinberg, Democratic candidate for governor: "Although we have to proceed cautiously, the proposal should ++ not be summarily dismissed.

'Twas the day after Christmas and all through the (political) house, not a creature was stirring, not even . . . William Donald Schaefer.It was, indeed, a merry Christmas for many declared candidates for elective office in Maryland next year. When they looked under their brightly baubled fir trees, they found exactly what they'd been wishing for. Santa had been listening to their bedtime prayers.In a few cases, though, Santa got nasty. Old St. Nick apparently treats politicians the same as he does little boys and girls: If you've been good, you get what you requested; if you've been bad, watch out.Here's a list of what some of Maryland's politicos found in their stockings yesterday, and also what was missing from the pile of presents:* Helen Delich Bentley, Republican candidate for governor.

In the third education initiative announced this week by a candidate for governor, Democrat Douglas M. Duncan proposed a $100 million higher education plan yesterday that would offer $5,000 scholarships to public high school students who graduate in the top 10 percent of their class and go on to attend public colleges in Maryland. To expand access to the state's need-based scholarship programs, Duncan's proposal also would raise the income eligibility limit to $39,000 for a family of four.

When Bob Ehrlich decided to give up a safe congressional seat to run for governor, he was hoping for a homecoming. The idea of shaping state policy, thwarting liberal Democrats and building a two-party system in Maryland was appealing, but what really got him to put his heart in the race was the memory of what Annapolis had been like in 1987 when, as a 28-year-old, he first took his seat in the House of Delegates.

In the third education initiative announced this week by a candidate for governor, Democrat Douglas M. Duncan proposed a $100 million higher education plan yesterday that would offer $5,000 scholarships to public high school students who graduate in the top 10 percent of their class and go on to attend public colleges in Maryland. To expand access to the state's need-based scholarship programs, Duncan's proposal also would raise the income eligibility limit to $39,000 for a family of four.

WASHINGTON -- A coalition of liberal women's groups wants the White House to withdraw the nomination of Ellen R. Sauerbrey to the top refugee post at the State Department, saying the former Maryland lawmaker and two-time Republican gubernatorial candidate is "utterly unqualified" for the job. President Bush tapped Sauerbrey last month to be assistant secretary of state for population, refugees and migration. Refugees International, an advocacy group, immediately condemned the choice, saying she lacks experience dealing with refugees or in coordinating responses to humanitarian emergencies.

There was Martin O'Malley, preparing to declare himself a candidate for governor last week, when Peter Angelos whacked him in the head with a rhetorical two-by-four. The Orioles owner called the Baltimore mayor a "Washington suburbanite." I know, I know. This is a family newspaper, and we usually don't print such salty language. We're bracing for a bunch of angry letters, like the ones we got way back when we quoted O'Malley cursing out a certain state's attorney. But then, as now, The Sun feels obliged to lay it all out there.

LOS ANGELES - In the typical Arnold Schwarzenegger movie, the star almost always triumphs, but not without averting a series of catastrophes. So far, it seems, that is not how Schwarzenegger, the candidate for governor, likes to manage his personal finances. According to state records and interviews with investment advisers, Schwarzenegger appears to be decidedly tamer than his on-screen persona would indicate when it comes to his own money, amassing a fortune by cutting movie deals, buying real estate and taxable bonds and hiring money managers to invest his fortune.

Elaine Marjorie Ayres, 89, a character actress who played a little old lady in commercials for chain saws and muscle cars, died April 30 of breast cancer. Mrs. Ayres began acting and modeling in her 40s, making commercials for products from Lay's potato chips to Boeing jets and landing roles in theater and opera productions. In her 80s, Mrs. Ayres wore a lacy blouse and cameo pin with her hair pinned up as the Homelite Little Ol' Lady in television commercials for Homelite E-Z chainsaws.

The high drama has ended. Rep. Helen D. Bentley has chosen to leave Congress and run for governor. The 2nd District respresentative leaves her seat wide open for political contenders (see editorial below), but she immediately becomes the candidate-to-beat in the 1994 Republican primary.Mrs. Bentley has held Maryland's underdog Republican Party together for the past decade; within Baltimore County she has built a growing party infrastructure. Still, she is not a shoo-in for the GOP nomination.

THERE WAS NO ambivalence in Harford County Executive Eileen M. Rehrmann's letter released yesterday: She is a candidate for governor. Given sufficient financial support and elevated visibility, the 52-year-old Democrat could pose a threat to Democratic Gov. Parris N. Glendening.Yet she starts off a long-shot. No Maryland governor has been defeated in a party primary. While the current governor is unpopular with many Democratic officeholders, the public's response is tougher to gauge. Various polls indicate a continuing high unfavorable rating, but Mr. Glendening is a relentless campaigner.

Rudolph W. Giuliani is starring in an ad running on 15 radio stations throughout the Washington area, urging voters to return Bethesda Republican Constance A. Morella to Congress. He is planning to lend his name to a fund-raiser and share a Maryland stage with two other prominent members of the GOP -- including the gubernatorial candidate -- just two days before the coming election. In the past week, Giuliani has been in Minnesota, headlining a fund-raising luncheon for Norm Coleman, the former St. Paul mayor and GOP candidate for U.S. Senate.