Word: assemblywoman
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Jersey's populous Sixth District (Union County), handsome, bustling Assemblywoman Florence Dwyer, fiftyish, took away from personable, 36-year-old Democrat Harrison Williams Jr. the seat he has held since 1953. Even more startling were the results in traditionally Democratic Hudson County, whose two House seats the Democrats had considered money in the bank. In the 14th District, bumptious Democrat T. (for Thomas) James Tumulty, whose boast it was that he carried more weight (330 Ibs.) than any man in Congress, ran well behind 49-year-old Auditor Vincent J. null In the 13th District, 45-year-old Major...
...like Kefauver." In Idaho's First District, Republican Louise Shadduck, 39, is just beginning to make progress against 50-year-old Incumbent Democrat Grade Pfost (pronounced, as in her 1952 campaign slogan, "Tie Your Vote to a Solid Post"). In the populous Sixth District of New Jersey, Republican Assemblywoman Florence Dwyer is a real threat to hardworking, young (36) Democratic Representative Harrison ("Pete") Williams Jr. And in West Virginia, Republican Mary Elkins, 53, wife of onetime (1919-25) Senator Davis Elkins, has an advantage over most House candidates in her race against Democratic Incumbent Harley Staggers, 49. A Washington...