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...rolling up wins of 20 points or more. If the Democrats had picked up about 43,000 votes in five states (Virginia, Rhode Island, Missouri, Nevada, Vermont), they would have taken control of the Senate. Republican moderates, such as John Chafee of Rhode Island, Lowell Weicker of Connecticut, John Danforth of Missouri and Robert Stafford of Vermont, barely withstood strong challenges. The fact that they finally won will ensure the survival of the party's moderate wing; the fact that they came so close to losing will cause colleagues to assert their independence of a President whose policies proved...
...Mitchell (D) MD. Harry R. Hughes (D) Paul S. Sarbanes (D) MASS. Michael S. Dukakis (D) Edward M. Kennedy (D) MICH. James J. Blanchard (D) Donald W. Riegle Jr. (D) MINN. Rudy Perpich (D) David Durenberger (R) MISS. No Race John C. Stennis (D) MO. No Race John C. Danforth (R) MONT. No Race John Melcher (D) NEB. Bob Kerrey (D) Edward Zorinsky (D) NEV. Richard Bryan (D) * N.H. John H. Sununu (R) No Race N.J. No Race Frank R. Lautenberg (D) N.M. Toney Anaya (D) Jeff Bingaman (D) N.Y. Mario M. Cuomo (D) Daniel P. Moynihan...
...campaign T- Shirts say GIVE 'EM HELL, HARRIETT. That is precisely what the Democratic challenger is doing. Harriett Woods, 55, a Missouri state senator and well-known talk-show host, has campaigned ceaselessly against incumbent Republican John Danforth's support of Reagan's economic programs, an approach that is going down well in the traditionally Democratic and fiscally floundering Show Me State. Danforth, 46, an Episcopal priest, heir to the Ralston Purina fortune and Missouri attorney general for eight years before becoming a Senator in 1976, is outspending Woods 2 to 1 and trading on his enormous...
Woods, a well-known radio and TV journalist before becoming a state senator from the St. Louis suburb of University City, last year upset the favored primary candidate of old-line Democrats. Playing up her criticism of Reaganomics, she has sought to picture Danforth, a member of the Senate Finance Committee, as an accomplice to the 10.1% unemployment rate. Woods vigorously supports increased aid to the elderly, legalized abortion and the ERA. Although her candidacy has been a magnet for women's groups from all over the country, she has raised only some $750,000 so far, not enough...
...counterattack, Danforth is outspending Woods by roughly 2 to 1, with half of his $1.6 million budget earmarked for television. Alluding to the many women's groups flocking to his opponent, the normally understated candidate declares, "Any minute I expect Jane Fonda to storm the battlements of Missouri." She may not be needed. Several weeks ago, Danforth led Woods by a full ten points among women in the Globe-Democrat poll; according to last week's poll, Woods' support among women now tops Danforth's by 13 points. In the "Show Me" state, neither candidate...