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Former Alabama Gov. Guy Hunt, which ousted from office in 1993 when convicted on an ethics charge. Pardon and parole officials restored his rights, he’s now running for state Senate.

Arkansas’ first couple, Republicans and Janet Mike Huckabee, are putting their marriage to an unusual test - he’s seeking re-election as governor while his wife tries for secretary of state.

The Huckabees foresee no legal or ethical problems from having spouses in statewide offices; others, especially Democrats, are not so sure. Recent polls showed the governor leading his race by about 10 percentage points, while his wife trailed her little-known opponent by more than 20 percentage points.

Marital politics also has surfaced in Colorado, where a former town councilor from Avon published a newspaper ad showing council of his two rivals in bed together. Those two councilors are husband and wife, but that’s precisely why Rick Cuny is upset - he claims Debbie and Pete Buckley vote the same way too often and seek to dominate the six-member council.

“Do you really want 33 percent of votes coming from one bedroom?”Asks the ad, which opposes Debbie Buckley’s re-election. Her husband has two years left on his term.

Debbie Buckley, who differed with her husband in seven of 13 non-unanimous votes this year, says the ad is offensive.

“This is not the 1950s,’’she said.” Most women I know are pretty independent.”

For election-inspired family squabbles, the Cleary clan of Southington, Conn.., Sets a standard that’s tough to match.

Republican Dennis Cleary is seeking a sixth term in the General Assembly on but have taken out a newspaper ad and planted signs on their lawns supporting his opponent.

“We are tired of Dennis,’’says the ad.” Are you?”

Jude Cleary, a brother of the legislator, said family members consider Dennis selfish - resentment stemming from a disagreement over Dennis’ handling of his father’s estate.

“There have been sibling rivalries since Cain and Abel, Dennis”retorted Cleary.” Anyone with integrity and maturity would keep it within the family.”

Scores of ballot items await voters, many on arcane subjects with eye-glazing wording. In two municipalities, however, ballot proposals address a genuine consumer concern - what sort of beverages can be sold

At Berkeley, a proposed law would make it a crime punishable by up to six months in jail to sell brewed coffee not certified as Fair Trade organic or shade-grown. Fair Trade means farmers are assured equitable prices; shade-grown coffee is grown under trees that provide bird habitat and protect soil.

Mayor Shirley Dean likes the Fair Trade concept, but it imposes on businesses issues. “Who’s going to enforce this?”She asked.” I believe anybody would not be sent to jail.”

– In Monmouth, which has banned liquor sales for nearly 150 years, voters will decide whether to remain Oregon’s only dry town or allow wine and beer sales.

Monmouth is home to Western Oregon University, and one-third of the 7700 residents are in their 20s. “Why have a law everyone breaks anyway?”Wondered Travis Dutcher, 18-year-old student from Alaska.

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