Word: gop
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Chicago Tribune poll said Bush was the choice of 62 percent of the likely GOP voters in Illinois, with only 28 percent for Dole...
...Republican side, where a meager 80 GOP conservatives voted, Sen. Robert Dole (R.-Kan.) won 40 votes at the two polling places, George Bush received 32 and Pat Robertson won only a single vote...
Bush flew to Illinois to press his campaign forthe 82 GOP delegates at stake in the state'sprimary. And he quickly took up a new issue,saying he was "tired of being embarrassed" byscandals surrounding public officials, though henamed no names...
...vice president's chief rival, Dole, stuckto party politics, questioning Bush's"electability" and telling Chicago voters he wouldbe a stronger candidate for the GOP in November
Nancy Carter, a staff member of the GOP State Committee, says she expects a large turn-out from Independents as well as Republicans. "You have to watch out for Independents because many of them think our way but they want their independent status." She predicts a victory for Bush, saying that of all the Republicans, he has put the most money and personal appearances into the state...