Word: democratics
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...basis of their presidential vote in 1924. It was a dash and a drive to capture Kansas and Colorado which Calvin Coolidge carried by large majorities; Minnesota and Wyoming, which Calvin Coolidge carried by small majorities; Montana, North Dakota and Nebraska, which Calvin Coolidge carried with fewer votes than Democrat Davis and Progressive La Follette divided between them; Oklahoma and Wisconsin, which Calvin Coolidge did not carry. ... In Manhattan, Lawyer Frank P. Walsh, one of the late La Follette's campaign managers, now chairman of a Progressive League which is working for the brown Derby, claimed...
...certain post-mortem parallelism between Maine's state-election votes in September and the nation's presidential votes two months later. There was, accordingly, nationwide Republican whoopee when William Tudor Gardiner, Republican, was elected Governor of Maine by an 82,000 majority over Edward C. Moran, Jr., Democrat. It was the largest G. O. P. margin in Maine history and was shared generally by the full ticket for Senator and Representatives...
Arizona. Senator Henry Fountain Ashurst, famed Boulder Dam filibusterer, handily won his Democratic renomination. Democrat George Wylie Paul Hunt. Arizona's habitual (1911-19; 1923-28) Governor, was put up for an eighth term. If Arizona goes in November as in September, Senator Ashurst will be re-elected by three-to-one over Republican Nominee Ralph H. Cameron. Governor Hunt's opponent will be Judge John C. Phillips...
...Mexico. Republicans renominated Governor Richard C. ("Honest Dick") Dillon, famed in his last campaign for his 22-word campaign speeches, and objections to wearing a dress suit at his inaugural ball. Governor Dillon said he might cut his campaign speeches this year to eleven words. His opponent: Democrat Bob Dow. cowboy Attorney-General...
William Block, 12, son of Publisher and Good Friend Paul Block, gave all his personal savings, $2,365, to the presidential campaign fund of Alfred Emanuel Smith. Said he: "My father is an independent in politics, but I'm a Democrat...