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...Hansen, became the first Idaho Democrat ever returned for a third term. Among his constituents, Church's Viet Nam stand burnished his claim of independence from Johnson. South Dakota voters re-elected George McGovern because he displayed obviously deeper knowledge of national and world affairs than the G.O.P.'s ex-Governor Archie Gubbrud...
Thundering from Behind. As he carried that case to the country during his brief campaign for the presidency, McGovern lost ground at home. His Republican opponent, hulking (6ft. 4-in.) ex-Governor Archie Gubbrud, was thundering up from behind...
...been casting about for a running mate, often in pretty strange waters. He considered "Colonel" Harland Sanders, the fried-chicken king ("It's finger-lickin' good"). He looked over Paul Harvey, a right-wing newscaster, former Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson, and Orval Faubus, the ex-Governor of Arkansas. He nearly chose A. B. ("Happy") Chandler, the former Governor and Senator from Kentucky, but Chandler proved too moderate on the race issue. Last week, after jokingly warning reporters that "I'm full of surprises," he announced his decision: retired Air Force General Curtis LeMay...
Though he is already on the ballot in 46 states, the ex-Governor will need more than a magic bottle to win. But he is still stirring up enough excitement to worry both Republicans and Democrats, with neither party sure which one he will damage more. At this point, it appears as though he will draw support from Nixon in the South and take away Humphrey voters in the North, where many Democratic blue-collar workers may switch to Wallace's American Independent Party...
Evans is well aware that his role as sures him of no more than a transitory moment of glory. Pennsylvania's patrician ex-Governor William Scranton, however, is convinced that Evans' speech will make a more significant impact. Scranton, one of the Republicans whom Dan Evans admires most deeply, dropped him a note last week. "I bet him a buck that when he made his keynote speech there wouldn't be any big hoopla," recalled the Pennsylvanian. "I bet him that it would take the delegates a day?24 hours?to realize that he had much...