Word: allott
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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MAGGIE SMITH in Maine? Gordon Allott in Colorado? Jack Miller in Iowa? Until the vote count was well under way, such senior Republican Senators seemed nearly invulnerable. Many of the other Republican candidates in the 33 Senate contests appeared to have good prospects as well, and party leaders hoped to reduce the 55 to 45 Democratic advantage by at least two. Some even dreamed of G.O.P. control. After all, there were those long presidential coattails. The voters had other ideas. Said one Washington Republican on Election Night: "Coattails, hell! That guy is wearing a T shirt...
...expected Nixon took the Rocky Mountain State with an overwhelming 65 per cent of the vote. Incumbent Republican Senator Gordon Allott was in trouble because of a surprisingly strong showing by Democrat Floyd Haskell...
...these men to strike ... we at least ought to give them the cost of living pay raise," argued West Virginia Representative Harley Staggers. That Congress seemed to be bowing to the bullying strike threats of Dennis and others worried some legislators. "If we do this," cautioned Senator Gordon Allott, a Colorado Republican, "we are going to be settling wage disputes in every industry in this country that is of sufficient size to have an influence on the national economy...