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While those indefatigable incumbents Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota and Paul Douglas of Illinois, were returned, no new liberal Democrats were elected to Congress. In South Dakota, Karl Mundt narrowly squeaked by George McGovern. Other liberal casualties included Frank Theis in Kansas, Hershel Loveless in Iowa, and Rep. William Meyer, Vermont's outspoken peace advocate...
...last reports, Democrats were leading in Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota, Washington and Wisconsin. Republicans led in Montana and New Mexico...
Democratic candidates unseated the lead in Illinois, North Dakota, Deleware, Rhode Island, and West Virginia. Republicans toppled Democrats in Kansas and Massachusetts...
Solid for Nixon: The Vice President can bank on the traditional G.O.P. strongholds in New England (Maine, Vermont) and in the Midwest grain belt (Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota). Votes: NIXON...
...South Dakota. For the first time in generations South Dakotans have a clear-cut choice between a genuine conservative, folksy Karl Mundt, 60, the Republican defender, and a purebred liberal, Congressman George McGovern, 38, the Democratic challenger. Mundt is running for an unprecedented (for South Dakota) third term, stressing his seniority and experience and the Nixon-Lodge capability for "handling the Russians." He has repudiated Ezra Benson. McGovern, a deceptively soft-talking former history professor (and World War II 6-24 pilot with D.F.C., the air medal and three oakleaf clusters), offers his own farm program, attacks Mundt...