Word: democratics
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Nixon took New Mexico's four electoral votes with 64 per cent of the popular total and his coattails helped Peter Domenici become the first Republican Senator from the state since 1928. Domenici beat Democrat Jack Daniels, known locally at the "Broderick Crawford of New Mexico politics...
Richard Nixon's 59 per cent showing in North Carolina appeared to have helped major Republican hopefuls in the state Jesse Helms came from behind to edge liberal Democrat Nick Galifianakis in the Senate race with 53 per cent, while the GOP's James Holshouser appeared to have bested Hargrove Bowles for the gubernatorial mansions...
Nixon handily won North Dakota's three electoral votes with 64 per cent of the popular total, but Democrat Arthur Link and Republican Richard Larsen were battling right down to the wire for the gubernatorial mansion...
...Sooner State rewarded an old friend, giving Nixon its eight electoral votes with about 58 per cent of the popular vote. Nixon's showing helped GOP nominee Dewey Bartlett in the sensational race, where he bested Democrat Edward Edmondson with 55 per cent of the tally...
Heavily working-class, Democratic Rhode Island amply demonstrated the dimensions of Richard Nixon's landslide. The state that gave Lyndon Johnston 81 per cent of its votes in 1964 turned around and presented its four electoral votes in Nixon with 54 per cent of its popular vote. Democratic Sen. Claiborne Pell withstood a strong challenge by former Governor John H. Chafee, winning his third term with 54 per cent of the vote. Democrat Phillip Noell won the governorship with 53 per cent of the vote...