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...Florida, Republican William Cramer poured nearly $100,000 into commercials. His opponent, State Senator Lawton Chiles, set out on a 1,000-mile hike through Florida, which captured everyone's imagination and appeared regularly on the evening news. Chiles walked into the Senate seat virtually free of charge. Plainly, no one should overestimate the political magic...
...Administration's efforts to reunite the bitterly divided Republican Party in Florida failed and Rep. William Cramer, a shoo-in before his primary fight with Harrold Carswell, lost to Democratic State Sen. Lawton Chiles, a political unknown who eschewed TV commercials for a highly publicized hike across the state. "Walkin' Lawton's" running mate, State Sen. Reubin Askew, also won, ending the stormy political career of Gov. Claude Kirk...
FLORIDA. With regular infusions of wealthy retirees, Florida has taken on an increasingly conservative political coloration. Republicans four years ago captured the statehouse and two years ago elected a Senator. This year a bitter primary fight split the party. Representative William C. Cramer won the nomination over Harrold Carswell and now must face the most engaging new figure to emerge from Florida Democratic ranks in a decade. Lawton Chiles, 40, overcame a lack of financial support in the primary with a 1,000-mile walk through the state. He recently bugged Cramer by staging a dollar-a-plate dinner...
...sense it is. Thousands of voters have seen "Walkin' Lawton" in the flesh, clad in khaki pants, light blue shirt, scuffed ankle boots. Not easily tarred by the permissiveness brush, Chiles counters Cramer's tough law-and-order campaign with his own call for a crackdown on bombings...
...Cramer, 48 and chubby, argues that "a Republican-controlled Senate is vital to the success of the President's programs." Unless a Nixon visit turns the tide. Chiles is expected...