Word: democratic
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However they vote for Governor Nov. 8, Florida's electorate will opt for a new political climate in their state. The choice is between Robert King High, 42, a liberal, city-oriented Democrat, and Claude Kirk, 40, a conservative upstate Republican. Neither description fits any chief executive of Florida since Reconstruction. And for the first time since 1876, a Republican has a fair chance of winning...
...exigencies of change were clear to younger men. When Byrd retired and had his son, Harry Jr., 51, named to fill his Senate seat, he was criticized by Virginians for perpetuating his political dynasty. Young Harry markedly tempered his philosophy, is campaigning as a moderate, modern Democrat. He is considered a slight favorite to win on Nov. 8. And such is the continuing magnetism of the Byrd name that Harry Jr. will undoubtedly attract thousands of votes from Virginians who proudly uphold the memory, if not all the convictions, of Rosemont's old squire...
...nonpartisan National Committee for the Effective Congress last week urged Massachusetts voters to elect Republican Edward Brooke rather than Democrat Endicott Peabody, to the U.S. Senate...
...Arkansas Gazette broke nearly 150 years of Democratic tradition to favor Republican Winthrop Rockefeller for Governor over segregationist Democrat Jim Johnson...
...Massachusetts, polls taken by John F. Kraft Inc. for the American Broadcasting Co. showed Brooke leading Peabody, 44% to 40%, with 16% undecided. In the race for Governor, Kraft reported Republican Incumbent John Volpe and Democrat Edward McCormack tied at 43% each, with 14% undecided...