Word: democratics
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...economics of presidential aspirations crashed over Fred Harris last week. "I'm broke," the Oklahoma Democrat told a crowded press conference. Then he threw in the towel. Finances, however, were only the most visible symptom of much deeper trouble. In the 46 days since he declared, the Harris candidacy never got off the ground...
...cliché is the hat in the ring, but last week Democrat John Lindsay tossed in his political right hand, Deputy Mayor Richard Aurelio. Aurelio, the mayor announced, will leave city hall next month to explore further the prospects of a Lindsay presidential nomination. He will set up an office with a small staff and travel continually. Lindsay's decision whether to run, expected early next year, will be based largely on Aurelio's soundings...
...same was true of Cleveland, which elected its last Republican Mayor in 1941. It elected Republican city auditor Ralph Perk on Tuesday. Perk received about 44 per cent of the vote to 33 per cent for black independent Arnold Pinkney, Mayor Carl Stokes' choice. The third candidate, white liberal Democrat James Carney, took about 23 per cent...
...Virginia, former state Senator Henry E. Howell was elected Lt. Governor running as an independent on what the Washington Post labeled a "consumer populist" platform. He defeated an organization Democrat, and a Republican nominee hand-picked by G.O.P. Governor Linwood Holton. Howell ran for Governor two years ago and narrowly lost the Democratic nomination...
...Kentucky elected Louis B. Nunn, its first Republican Governor in many years. Nixon carried the Bluegrass state in 1968. On Tuesday, Kentucky elected Democrat Wendell Ford who ran on a dump-Nixon platform, directing his fire especially against the President's economic programs...