Word: florida
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...next day, Russell flew across the border into Florida to get down to urgent business. In Florida's May 6 presidential popularity contest-and in a second election 21 days later to choose Florida's 24 delegates-Russell is pitted against the current Democratic primary champ himself, Tennessee's Estes Kefauver...
Russell challenged Kefauver to a winner-take-all bet on the Florida primary, kept hammering away at Kefauver's sponsorship of Atlantic Union: "It will be a blow to the cause of liberty around the world to submerge the sovereignty of the U.S. with other nations." On his first day, Russell spoke to 7,500 in Gainesville, Ocala, Leesburg and Orlando, finished with a bright pink case of sunburn on his bald head. He planned 30 speeches in ten days...
...Governor Was Out. Dick Russell knew he was up against some tough competition. Kefauver, the man with few delegates but plenty of popular victories behind him, had already trudged through a good part of Florida with hand extended, and would be back again this week...
...Tallahassee, he marched into the state capitol to shake the hand of Governor Warren, who has been feuding with Kefauver ever since the Senate Crime Investigating Committee brought out some embarrassing facts about the political connections of gamblers in Florida. The governor just happened to be out. When Estes heard that a former Florida National Guard chief had refused to attend a Kefauver house rally, he was on the man's doorstep at 7 a.m. He was invited in, and talked over coffee for almost an hour. Said his startled host: "He almost convinced...
...year-old father for a handshaking tour, and Illinois' Senator Paul Douglas flew down for some speeches. Watching this duel in the South, most politicians and reporters agreed that the odds favored Dick Russell. He is the regular Southern Democrat; he has powerful organization support (from Governor Warren, Florida's full congressional delegation) ; he was drawing bigger crowds than Kefauver. But the experts were beginning to get a little leary of quoting the odds when Estes Kefauver is running...