Marine
02-05-2003, 4:23pm
PHOENIX -- Arizona's tight gubernatorial race last year left a phone book company confused.
In the newest edition of the National Directory Co. phone book, Republican Matt Salmon is listed as governor under "Governor's Office" -- even though Democrat Janet Napolitano won the race.
The mistake came about as the Tustin, Calif.-based company was putting together the phone book in December and looked at the Maricopa County recorder's website for election results.
In Maricopa County, one of 15 counties in Arizona, Salmon received 337,954 votes to Napolitano's 313,107 votes.
Statewide, Napolitano eked out a narrow win against Salmon.
NDC doesn't plan on fixing the mistake in this edition, which was distributed to about 160,000 households, said Dorothy Carmadella, NDC vice president of operations.
"It's an unfortunate mistake for the phone book directory," said Napolitano spokeswoman Kris Mayes. "The phone numbers in it were right, the only thing they got wrong was the name."
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In the newest edition of the National Directory Co. phone book, Republican Matt Salmon is listed as governor under "Governor's Office" -- even though Democrat Janet Napolitano won the race.
The mistake came about as the Tustin, Calif.-based company was putting together the phone book in December and looked at the Maricopa County recorder's website for election results.
In Maricopa County, one of 15 counties in Arizona, Salmon received 337,954 votes to Napolitano's 313,107 votes.
Statewide, Napolitano eked out a narrow win against Salmon.
NDC doesn't plan on fixing the mistake in this edition, which was distributed to about 160,000 households, said Dorothy Carmadella, NDC vice president of operations.
"It's an unfortunate mistake for the phone book directory," said Napolitano spokeswoman Kris Mayes. "The phone numbers in it were right, the only thing they got wrong was the name."
http://www.boston.com/news/daily/05/odds_phone.htm