Word: electioneering
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Incumbent Governor George Docking became the first Democrat ever to win re-election in Kanses, beating news-paper publisher Clyde Reed, Jr.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Del Sesto, loser of a disputed election in 1956, reversed the decision and defeated Democratic incumbent Dennis J. Roberts. However, Democratic senator Pastore defeated his Republican opponent Ewing.
Implications of the Massachusetts election returns are great. Kennedy's record showing definitely pushed him to the forefront of the Democratic party ranks. With Harriman's defeat in New York and the relatively poor showing of Governor Williams in Michigan, Kennedy has emerged from this election as the number one...
Brown, in defeating his Republican opponent, Senator William Knowland, carried the entire Democratic slate with him into state office. One observer, in a statement to the CRIMSON last night, called the election "a democratic victory from top to bottom."
In a near-record turn-out, nearly 80 per cent of the eigible voters in California cast their votes in the off-year election. Rose said the vote "was not an all-time high"; but that it "compares with the vote of 1950, and some of the New Deal record...