Word: bellmon
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Dates: during 1962-1962
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...Oklahoma, Republican Henry Bellmon captured the governorship by a hefty margin, becoming the first G.O.P. Governor in the state's history. In Kentucky, Republican Senator Thruston B. Morton decisively defeated Democrat Wilson W. Wyatt in one of 1962's most meaningful political battles. It was an uncompromising clash, without any me-too touches to blur the issues: Morton, a former G.O.P. National Chairman, a hard-punching conservative; Wyatt, a founder of Americans for Democratic Action, one of the last of those who might be described as an unmistakable left-winger. The New Frontier made Morton's defeat...
...Henry Bellmon became the first Republican governor of Oklahoma, beating favored Democrat W. P. Atkinson. Democratic Senator Mike Monroney won an easy victory over Republican challenger B. Hayden Crawford...
With his young recruits, Bellmon successfully brought out the big Nixon vote in 1960, then set to work preparing for 1962. Like a military commander, he issued attack programs that scheduled a calendar of activities, organized "commando'' groups of workers assigned to fund raising, advertising and "reregistering" Democrats. The Republicans contracted early for most of the state's best billboard space, leaving the Democrats pretty much behind the bushes. All that remained was to select their Republican candidates-and Organizer Bellmon was the obvious choice for Governor...
Heading toward November, Bellmon faces a badly split Democratic Party. Democratic candidate for Governor is W.P. (Bill) Atkinson, who had the backing of Senator Robert Kerr. With Kerr's organization behind him, Atkinson won a bitter primary victory over former Governor Raymond Gary. But Gary himself still has a considerable organization-many of whose members are now working for Bellmon...
Long Wait. Gubernatorial Candidate Bellmon is less doctrinaire. He wants to modernize the state government, trim the payrolls, and straighten out a badly built road system. Democrat-Atkinson's big argument is for an increase from 2% to 3% in the state sales tax-a plan that has notably failed to capture the voters' imagination. Bellmon obviously senses that victory is within reach. "After 55 years of Democrats," he says, "it's up to us this year to head up an honest, hardworking and harmonious Governor's office. If we don't, it may take...