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Notable victims of the GOP on-slaught included the most venerable giants of the liberal old guard: Sens. Birch Bayh (D-Ind.), George S. McGovern (D-S.D.), Frank Church (D-Idaho), and Reps. Al Ullman (D-Ore.) and John Brademas (D-Ind...
...Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz.), for instance, will probably take over from defeated Sen. Birch Bayh (D-Ind.) on the Intelligence Committee, while Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) will push Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54 (D-Mass.) aside on the Judiciary Committee...
...only had the GOP ousted the bulk of the Senate's liberal old guard--headed by the likes of Sens. George S. McGovern (D-S.D.), Birch Bayh (D-Ind.), and Frank Church (D-Idaho)--but it had also gained a majority in the house (53-47) for the first time since...
Democratic losers such as Bayh, House Majority Whip John Brademas (D-Ind.), and Rep. Al Ullman (D-Wash.), "became surrogates for (President) Carter," as voters "expressed extreme dissatisfaction with Carter's policies and current economic problems," Neustadt added...
Riesman pointed to the defeat of Rep. John Brademas (D-Ind.) as the loss of "a close friend of Harvard," noting the liberal incumbent's concern for higher education...