Word: democratically
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Democrat Richard Shelby narrowly defeated incumbent Jeremiah Denton. Guy Hunt, however, became the state's first Republican governor since Reconstruction...
...Alaska's Senatorial election Republican incumbent Frank E. Murkowski faced a challenge from Democrat Glenn Olds. In the Governor's race. Arliss Sturgulewski, is squaring off against Republican Steve Cowper...
...South Dakota the race could be called the Jane Fonda election. When first- term Republican Senator James Abdnor found himself trailing telegenic Democrat Tom Daschle by nine points, he unleashed a barrage of TV spots charging that his rival had consorted at a congressional hearing with Fonda, conservative America's most reviled radical. Fonda, Abdnor pointed out, had urged people not to eat red meat; beef and pork are among South Dakota's biggest farm products. The upshot: Abdnor has now pulled slightly ahead...
...California, Democratic Senator Alan Cranston widened an early lead by depicting Republican Opponent Ed Zschau as flip-flapping on issues. Zschau struck back, using Cranston's opposition to the death penalty to charge that the three-term Democrat is soft on terrorists and drug dealers. The latest polls show Zschau closing in on Cranston...
...attending": following the campaigns, informing themselves about world affairs or caring about public issues in any active way. Field tells the story of a door-to-door campaign worker who persuaded the head of one California household to register to vote. "What are the choices?" the gentleman asked. Democrat, Republican or Independent, he was told. "Which is Reagan?" the man said. "That's what I want...