Word: gop
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...dollar figure a national party organization can legally spend. In the 1982 congressional races, the Republicans outspent the Democratic campaign committees by 4 to 1, and while the Democrats are expected to do better this time out, they won't even be able to come close to matching the GOP war chest...
...Illinois, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. Although a moderate on social issues, Percy has stood quietly, but staunchly, behind President Reagan's economic program. He faces a strong challenge from the right, from the more uniformly conservative Rep. Tom Corcoran, in what will probably be the only GOP primary for an incumbent...
...Rhode Island, everyone, including GOP officials, has said that Rep. Claudine Schneider will not run for the seat held by four-term Sen. Claiborne Pell. Everyone except Schneider herself, that is, who says she is still pondering a shot at the Senate...
...GOP attempts to draft former West Virginia Gov. Arch A. Moore Jr. in the race against present Gov. John D. Rockefeller IV have so far been unsuccessful. Moore could provide Rockefeller with a tough fight for the seat from which long-time Senator Jennings Randolph is retiring...
Ornstein noted the retirement of respected Republican New York representative, Barner B. Conable Jr., as an example of about a halfdozen senior House GOP members who are stepping down this year...