Word: electives
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...punch-or in some cases, a boomerang. In New York, sardonic William Buckley led the fledgling Conservative Party into third place in total votes, but there is a strong possibility that he lured away more Democrats (because of his Catholicism) than Republicans (because of his ideology) and helped elect, rather than defeat, John Lindsay. In Virginia, a Conservative Party candidate garnered nearly 70,000 votes-enough to thwart G.O.P. hopes of upsetting Harry Byrd's not-so-purring machine...
...most curious new coalitions to emerge from last week's elections was in Virginia, where labor un ions and Negro organizations combined with the conservative Democratic ma chine of Senator Harry Byrd to elect Mills Godwin, the Byrd candidate for Governor...
...response to a question, he forecast John V. Lindsay, mayor-elect of New York City, as the Republican Party's next bright light. But he commented that Richard M. Nixon was a more likely choice for the party's 1968 Presidential nomination...
...Hicks and her disciples whip up such a political turmoil for small political peanuts like the School Committee? Mrs. Hicks insists that she honestlybelieves in neighborhood schools. Instead it is probably safe to say that all five members-elect are genuinely afraid of Negroes...
...possible to see that some politicians do not control them. Mayor Wagner, for example has always been in trouble in Manhattan, amidst a crossfire from old De Sapio buddies and Reformers. The Queens organization is due to be taken over by City Council President-elect Frank OConnor, leaving the Mayor only a scattering of sure convention votes...