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...leading Democratic liberals: George McGovern in South Dakota, Frank Church in Idaho, Birch Bayh in Indiana, John Culver in Iowa, Warren Magnuson in Washington, Gaylord Nelson in Wisconsin, and John Durkin in New Hampshire. Only a few liberals managed to keep their seats: California's Alan Cranston and Missouri's Thomas Eagleton won easily, while Colorado's Gary Hart barely beat back his Republican challenger, Mary Estill Buchanan and Vermont's Patrick Leaky seemed to have won by a hair. Two other Democrats refused to concede defeat on Election Night: Elizabeth Holtzman of New York...
...other important contests, Sen. Herman Talmadge (D-Ga.), head of the Senate Agriculture Committee, overcame accusations of corruption and an official Senate "denouncement" to defeat opponent Mack Mattingly, while incumbent Sens. Alan Cranston (D-Calif.), Ernest Hollings (D-S.C.), Robert Dole (R-Ka,) and Paul Laxalt (R-Nev.) all marched to convincing victories...
Senator Governor Alabama Jeremiah Denton-R Alaska Outcome Uncertain Arizona William R. Schulz-D Arkansas Dale Bumpers-D Frank White-R California Alan Cranston-D Colorado Gary Hart-D Connecticut Christopher Dodd-D Delaware Pierre Du Pont IV-R Florida Paula Hawkins-R Georgia Herman Talmadge-D Hawaii Daniel Inouye-D Idaho Steven Symms-R Illinois Alan J. Dixon-D Indiana Dan Quayle-R Bob Orr-R Iowa Charles Grassley-R Kansas Robert Dole-R Kentucky Wendell Ford-D Louisiana Russell Long-D Maine Maryland Charles McC. Mathias-R Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Thomas Eagleton-D Christopher Bond...
Senatorial Races Gubernatorial Races State Electoral Votes Anderson Carter Reagan Democrats Republicans Democrats Republicans Alabama 9 James E. Folsom Jeremiah Denton Alaska 3 Clark Gruening Frank H. Murkowski Arizona 6 William R. Schulz Barry Goldwater Arkansas 6 Dale Bumpers Bill Clark Bill Clinton Frank White Califomia 45 Alan Cranston Paul Gann Colorado 7 Gary Hart Mary Estill Buchanan Connecticut 8 Christopher Dodd James Buckley Delaware 3 William Gordy Pierre Du Pont IV D.C. 3 Florida 17 Georgia 12 Herman Talmadge Mack Mattingly Hawaii 4 Daniel Inouye Cooper Brown Idaho 4 Frank Church Steven Symms Illinois 26 Alan J. Dixon David...
...fallibility of preprimary polls leads some to dismiss their utility altogether. Says Lucien Haas, an aide to Senate Majority Whip Alan Cranston of California: "The polls are absolutely worthless." That is an exaggeration. The real problem is that since polling can assess the views of a body of voters but not which of those voters will actually vote, a preprimary sampling is only an approximation of what is likely to happen. Any politician or pundit who attributes to such a poll more accuracy or importance than it can realistically have does so at his own risk...