Word: doves
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Iowa's Governor, Harold E. Hughes, 46, has established himself as an independent and popular liberal. A handsome former truck driver who entered politics when he became angry at the state Commerce Commission, Democrat Hughes was enlisted for the Senate race by Robert Kennedy. A Viet Nam dove and gun-control advocate in a hawkish, rifle-owning state, Hughes was hard pressed by Republican David Stanley, but lowans decided to send their Governor to Washington...
Wallace, expected to win Arkansas comfortably, just edged out both Nixon and Humphrey. At the same time, however, Republican Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller defeated speaker of the House Marion Crank, and Democratic dove. J. William Fulbright easily beat Charles J. Bernard, an unknown Republican. The Arkansas Congressional delegation remained unchanged...
...surprisingly, Oregon, which went for Nixon in 1960, was for him again. Nixon had 55 per cent to Humphrey's 37, and Wallace made a showing of 8 per cent. Senator Wayne Morse, long an outspoken dove, was behind in a close race with Robert Packwood. Morse seems to have hurt his chances badly in an eleventh-hour debate wiht Packwood...
Nixon won this state handily with 65 per cent to overwhelm Humphrey's 24 and Wallace's 11. Incumbent dove Frank Church won his Senate seat over his challenger, Fred Handel...
Close throughout the evening, Missouri finally fell into Humphrey's camp, with Wallace getting a surprisingly low percentage. Lt. Gov. Thomas Eagleton, a Democratic dove, defeated moderate conservative Thomas Curtis by a modest margin. Incumbent Gov. Warren E. Hearns swept to an easy victory over Republican challenger Lawrence K. Roos...