Word: dixons
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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More moderate Democrats managed to hold off the aggressive Republican assault especially in the Midwest. Alan J. Dixon, for example, defeated David O'Neal for the seat of Sen. Adlai Stevenson (D-Ill.), while incumbent Sens. Thomas Eagleton (D-Mo.) and John Glenn (D-Oh.) overcame Republican challengers. Sen. Gary Hart (D-Colo.) pulled out a last-minute victory over Mary Estill Buchanan...
...Arizona William R. Schulz-D Arkansas Dale Bumpers-D Frank White-R California Alan Cranston-D Colorado Gary Hart-D Connecticut Christopher Dodd-D Delaware Pierre Du Pont IV-R Florida Paula Hawkins-R Georgia Herman Talmadge-D Hawaii Daniel Inouye-D Idaho Steven Symms-R Illinois Alan J. Dixon-D Indiana Dan Quayle-R Bob Orr-R Iowa Charles Grassley-R Kansas Robert Dole-R Kentucky Wendell Ford-D Louisiana Russell Long-D Maine Maryland Charles McC. Mathias-R Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Thomas Eagleton-D Christopher Bond-R Montana Ted Schwinden-D Nebraska Nevada Paul Laxalt...
...tried to be positive. "If I wanted to resort to innuendo and smear," he noted," I'd be bringing up a drunk driving charge and how a Wendy's franchise was transferred in the secretary of state's office." He was referring to traffic charges brought against Dixon in California in 1977 and Dixon's management of a hamburger franchise regulated by his office...
Achieving statehood is "a never-ending process," Ruth Dixon, president of the League, explains. "In addition, it is very expensive." The initiative calls for the election of two senators and one representative who will lobby for statehood. Although they are not official members of Congress, D.C. must pay their salaries as well as fund two commissions that the initiative establishes. Spearman shares Dixon's financial concern, saying, "proponents of the initiative estimate that the cost will be $750,000. We think it will be closer to $3 million annually...
Fauntroy and the League also oppose initiative because they say it is poorly written and because people do not know what they are voting for. "There has been a lack of public education by the proponents of this measure," Dixon contends. "Many people think they are voting for statehood...