Word: gov
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Republicans picked up one Senate seat, as Gov. Caleb Boggs defeated Democratic Incumbent Sen. J. Allen Frear, Jr., in a close decision. Nixon Republican Delaware by a slim votes out of 200,000 cast...
Nixon picked up expected Midwest Farm votes with a substantial victory, and GOP Senatorial candidate Jack Miller, riding his coat talls, won by 20,000 ballots over Gov. Hershel Loveless...
...Margaret Chase Smith, in the nation's first all-women election, won back her Senate seat as Nixon held a 3-2 margin in Maine. Republican Gov. John H. Reed returned to the State House by the same lead...
...Nixon after midnight, close call. Kennedy led for a long time, but lost by over 13,000 votes. Gov. Wesley Powell, longtime vehement conservative, won by more than 20,000 over Bernard L. Boutin, Similarly inclined Sen. Styles Bridges won by 33,000. Republicans led in both Congressional districts...
...Although there is ample room for about 15 workers, it is rare that more than five are present. On the door hangs a sign, prominently displayed, reading "Pat for First Lady." Inside, workers who discuss the campaign seem constantly on the defensive. No one has much to say about Gov. Stafford's foreign policies--in fact, one lady admitted that "his discussion of Communist China appeals only to the emotionally committed and the intellectually uninformed"--but Republican workers are quite willing to discuss the opponent's personality...