Word: electioneering
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Released by New York City Comptroller Lawrence Gerosa last week with the approval, but obviously not the best wishes, of Democratic Mayor Robert Wagner: a report, described by Democrat Gerosa as dynamite, adding a new chapter to the city's corruption-afflicted history. Private contractors doing business with the...
By last week Andy Knutson, 50, had had enough: he demanded that Coya leave Congress and come home-or else. Since her election to Congress four years ago, said Knutson, "our home life has deteriorated to the extent that it is practically nonexistent. I want to have the happy home...
Part of the sizable Taft vote undoubtedly came from his membership in Ohio's first political family. But another part came as voter reaction against the unimpressive, do-nothing O'Neill administration. The results meant trouble for Republicans in November, when O'Neill must face the man...
California's G.O.P. Governor Goodwin J. Knight and California's Republican Senator William Fife Knowland are about as friendly as matter and antimatter. Knight, who wanted to run for re-election this year, was pressured out by Knowland, reluctantly announced his candidacy for Knowland's seat in...
Heading into next week's election, Old Pro D'Alesandro was gaining on Old Hopeful Mahoney, with Long and Bruce trailing. But the bitterness of the campaign indicated that recent Maryland history might repeat itself when it came time to face Republican Incumbent J. Glenn Beall in November...