Word: ballot
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Rhode Island (16): If Stevenson really shoots for a first-ballot nomination he can get all 16 of Rhode Island's votes, including that of Kefauver Adviser Howard McGrath...
Missouri (38): Instructed to stick with Favorite Son Stuart Symington until released. Symington says he will hold the delegation at least through the first ballot. After that: Stevenson...
...Jersey (36): New Jersey is ready to throw all its votes to Stevenson, but the safest first-ballot bet remains 36 for Governor Robert Meyner...
...Favorite Son Lyndon Johnson. But Lyndon is the boy to release the delegation at the right moment (Permanent Chairman Sam Rayburn of Texas will surely recognize the Lone Star standard at its first wave) and perhaps win credit for putting Stevenson over the top on the first ballot...
Virginia (32): A probable early-ballot, unit-rule vote to Lyndon Johnson, with a later swing to Stevenson if the civil-rights plank seems satisfactory...