Word: gov
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...cent of the YD pollees who said they would support no candidate, three-quarters indicated that they had been supporters of Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy, about five per cent each had favored the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy '48 and Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller. The other 15 per cent said they didn't like any candidate...
...will remain active in the party and run for office, they will change the whole nature of the party and will probably receive old guard backing. After the election, the Kennedy-McCarthy coalition of last summer will meet to plan further action. There is plenty to work for with Gov. Richard Hughes retiring. Next year is a gubernatorial and legislative election year...
...Charles Stevenson '64 ran a strong campaign for so conservative a state with concentrated support in Nashville, Knoxville, and Oak Ridge. They developed strong ties with black moderates and militants; the Negro power structure, while sympathetic, is still aligned with the old guard machine led at this time by Gov. Buford Ellington. With constant work liberals can have a serious influence on the party stance and elect progressive local and legislative officers...
...With Gov. Phillip A. Hoff, a McCarthy supporter, at the head of the party and the only significant Democratic office-holder in the past few years, liberals have played an important part in the decision-making. The 7000-member McCarthy organization--with a heavy dose of academicians--will probably go for a Democratic Coalition like the CDC after the election. Affluent McCarthyites have increased their control by giving generously this fall to moderate party candidates. If Hoff runs for the U.S. Senate in 1970, the liberal Coalition will most likely provide his base of support...
With the state growing rapidly the conservative Byrd-machine which ruled it for several decades has steadily declined during the '60's. In its place three distinct factions have risen. Though the Byrd-machine placed Gov. Mills E. Godwin in office, he has gradually shifted over to the moderate faction of the party; the moderates under Sen. William B. Sprong's leadership are a swing group who now have widespread electoral support; the liberals led by Henry Howell of Norfolk have significant organizational and electoral support in black urban areas and white suburban communities around the District of Columbia...