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The Republican victories gave the party command of both houses in 20 states, the highest number it has controlled since 1955. The Democrats, similarly, have majorities in both houses in 20 states. The G.O.P. also commands 31 statehouses, more than at any time since 1953; the total includes every major...
The final margin was embarrassingly short of that estimate. To be sure, the smooth success of his early campaign strategy gave ample reason for optimism. Determined to shuck his loser's image, he entered six primaries, won them all- frightening off Michigan's Governor George Romney before the...
Arizona. "Senator Barry Goldwater," his campaign ads burbled. "Doesn't that sound great?" Arizona voters agreed, despite an energetic campaign waged by Democratic Opponent Roy Elson, 38, longtime aide to retiring Senator Carl Hayden, and Hayden's choice for the seat. Goldwater complained that his 1964 followers "have...
Short Coattails. Quite a handful of new Senators will be more conservative than the men whom they replaced (see box opposite). Among those conservatives are Alabama's former Lieutenant Governor James Allen, a close pal of George Wallace, and such Republicans as Arizona's Barry Goldwater, Oklahoma's Henry Bellmen...
Last year San Diego's COMBO (Combined Arts of San Diego) raised $250,000 auctioning off such items as a new house, an African safari and a ride in the Goodyear blimp; nobody bid on the two-week vacation in a nudist colony. Orlando's (Fla.) PESO (Participation...