NATIONAL ELECTION RETURNS : THE SOUTH

The major races in the South:

Senate races: 9

House: 137

Governor: 1

Term limit measures: 1

ALABAMA * President--With 96% of votes counted:

Bush 772,723 48% Clinton 661,229 41% Perot 175,880 11%

* Senate--Incumbent Democrat Richard C. Shelby easily defeated Republican Richard Sellers, 69% to 31%. * House--George Wallace Jr., state treasurer and son of the former governor, had been favored to win the 2nd District seat over Republican Terry Everett. But Everett led Wallace, 51% to 49%.

ARKANSAS * President--With 92% of votes counted:

Bush 302,796 36% Clinton 449,279 53% Perot 89,962 11%

* Senate--Incumbent Democrat Dale Bumpers defeated Republican Mike Huckabee, 60% to 40%. * House--Secretary of State Bill McCuen had a slim lead over Republican Jay Dickey. * Other--A term-limit referendum was approved, 76% to 24%.

FLORIDA * President--With 92% of votes counted:

Bush 1,864,336 41% Clinton 1,832,474 40% Perot 901,057 20%

* Senate--Incumbent Democrat Bob Graham defeated Republican Bill Grant, 66% to 34%. * House--Democrat Alcee Hastings won election to the institution that impeached him, defeating Republican Ed Fielding by a 64% to 36% margin. Democrat Carrie Meek, who was unopposed, became the first black woman elected to Congress from Florida. * Other--Voters endorsed a term-limit proposal, 76% to 24%.

GEORGIA * President--With 92% of votes counted:

Bush 850,884 43% Clinton 856,335 43% Perot 269,155 14%

* Senate--Democratic Sen. Wyche Fowler Jr. narrowly led a three-way race that could end in a runoff. Fowler led former Peace Corps Director Paul Coverdell and Libertarian Jim Hudson. * House--House Republican Whip Newt Gingrich won his third reelection dogfight in two years. He turned back a challenge from Democrat Tony Center, a lawyer and political novice who ran an aggressive campaign with financial support from Gingrich’s opponents across the country.

KENTUCKY * President--With 100% of votes counted:

Bush 615,753 42% Clinton 659,706 45% Perot 202,689 14%

* Senate--Incumbent Democrat Wendell H. Ford defeated Republican David Williams, 64% to 36%. * House--The state’s delegation remained the same, with four Democrats and three Republicans. Incumbent Republican Jim Bunning defeated Democrat Floyd Poore by a 61% to 39% margin.

LOUISIANA * President--With 99% of votes counted:

Bush 719,910 41% Clinton 808,069 47% Perot 207,215 12%

* Senate--Incumbent Democrat John B. Breaux was unopposed. * House--Four of the seven incumbents were uncontested in their races. Three-term conservative Rep. Richard Baker of Baton Rouge beat fellow Rep. Clyde Holloway of Forest Hill in a reapportioned district.

MISSISSIPPI * President--With 99% of votes counted:

Bush 474,755 50% Clinton 388,185 41% Perot 83,826 9%

* House--Jamie Whitten, elected to Congress a month before the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, led the parade of victorious incumbent Democrats, defeating Republican Clyde Whitaker, the former mayor of Tupelo, 58% to 42%. * Other--A proposal to lift a century-old ban on state lotteries was narrowly ahead.

NORTH CAROLINA * President--With 96% of votes counted:

Bush 1,057,463 43% Clinton 1,036,860 43% Perot 331,526 14%

* Senate--Republican Lauch Faircloth defeated incumbent Democrat Terry Sanford, 52% to 48%. The 75-year-old freshman lost his edge when he became ill during the campaign. * House--Democrat Eva Clayton became the first black woman to be elected to Congress from North Carolina, defeating Republican Ted Tyler, 69% to 31%. “I sense the hopes and prayers, the pains and fears of my ancestors,” Clayton said. “And I also sense their jubilation and joy.” * Governor--Democrat James Hunt, a moderate to liberal who was governor of North Carolina from 1977 to 1985, was returned to power. He defeated Republican Lt. Gov. Jim Gardner, 59, a former member of Congress and a co-founder of the Hardee’s fast-food restaurant chain.

OKLAHOMA * President--With 88% of votes counted:

Bush 488,182 42% Clinton 397,708 34% Perot 268,232 23%

* Senate--Incumbent Republican Don Nickles defeated Democrat Steve Lewis, 59% to 38%. Nickles, who was criticized for his strong anti-abortion position, spent an estimated $3 million on the campaign, three times more than Lewis. * House--Incumbent Democrat Mike Synar led Republican Jerry Hill by a 56% to 41% margin.

SOUTH CAROLINA * President--With 97% of votes counted:

Bush 554,143 48% Clinton 461,672 40% Perot 132,723 12%

* Senate--In the toughest election in his 26-year career, incumbent Democrat Ernest F. Hollings defeated Republican Thomas Hartnett, 53% to 47%. * House--Democrat James Clyburn became the first black South Carolinian to go to Congress since 1897, defeating Republican John Chase, 64% to 36%.

TENNESSEE * President--With 91% of votes counted:

Bush 730,895 42% Clinton 839,647 48% Perot 175,440 10%

* House--All nine incumbent congressmen--three Republicans and six Democrats--appeared headed for re-election.

TEXAS * President--With 93% of votes counted:

Bush 2,304,777 41% Clinton 2,132,956 38% Perot 1,247,542 22%

* House--In East Texas, 10-term incumbent Charlie Wilson held off former Army Capt. Donna Peterson, a Republican who came close to an upset two years ago. * Other--Democrat Lena Guerrero, who falsely claimed a college diploma for 12 years, lost her bid for a seat on the Railroad Commission to GOP challenger Barry Williamson.

VIRGINIA * President--With 99% of votes counted:

Bush 1,116,135 45% Clinton 1,002,858 41% Perot 337,517 14%

* House--Democrat Robert C. Scott defeated Republican Daniel Jenkins, 79% to 21%. Scott becomes the state’s first black congressman since Reconstruction. The state also elected its first female member of Congress. Democrat Leslie Byrne, a member of the state House of Delegates, won the seat for a new district in northern Virginia.