Word: gahagan
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Senate race, handsome Congresswoman Helen Gahagan Douglas, 49, campaigning by helicopter, captured the Democratic nomination as a hot & heavy Fair Dealer. She beat out dapper, conservative Manchester Boddy, publisher of the Los Angeles Daily News. But winning in November would not be so easy. Her Republican opponent will be Congressman Richard Nixon, 37, a member of the House Un-American Activities Committee, and best known for his bloodhound pursuit of Alger Hiss. On the basis of their total primary votes, Congressman Nixon appeared to be a little out ahead of Congresswoman Douglas...
California's Congresswoman. Helen Gahagan Douglas, candidate for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senator, announced that she would campaign in a helicopter...
That seemed to leave the brass ring to his opponent, handsome, spirited Congresswoman Helen Gahagan Douglas (wife of Cinemaqtor Melvyn Douglas), who ten years ago had given up the Broadway stage and the Hollywood screen to turn a purposeful hand to politics...