Word: governors
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...simplistic arguments about the stultifying impact of the rising property tax. Nobel-prizewinning Economist Milton Friedman, now teaching at Stanford, made TV commercials free of charge to back 13. Claims Friedman: "If we continue the growth of government and its involvement in our lives, it will destroy us." Former Governor Ronald Reagan has rallied behind Jarvis. All but invisible in the campaign is Paul Gann, 65, a retired real estate salesman who heads a Sacramento-area anti-tax lobby, People's Advocate, and shares billing on the ballot (Proposition 13 is also known as the "Jarvis-Gann initiative...
OHIO (June 6). The Republican primary should signal whether James Rhodes, 68, who has been Governor longer than any of his predecessors (11% years), is losing his grip and is in danger of being unseated in November. Rhodes' primary opponent, House Minority Leader Charles Kurfess, 48, contends that the complacent Rhodes is "Ohio's biggest energy crisis." One of his party's restive younger activists, Kurfess is being totally ignored by the Governor. This strategy will probably work, but if Kurfess were to draw 40% or more of the vote, Rhodes could be in serious trouble against...
...Senate has opened the floodgates. John Stennis, 76, is Mississippi's other Senator, and the state has not seen a real race for the upper house in 31 years. Now seven eager Democrats and two Republicans are seeking Eastland's seat. The most prominent contender is Governor Cliff Finch, 51, a gladhanding populist who enjoys support among rural whites and urban blacks. But any Governor makes enemies, and three Democrats have a shot at upsetting Finch: his predecessor, former Governor Bill Waller, 51, a folksy Jackson lawyer who has a broad black following after twice prosecuting the accused...
IOWA (June 6). The Republican Party's conservative and moderate factions are competing for the nomination to oppose Democratic Senator Dick Clark. Ahead in the polls so far is Roger Jepsen, 49, a former state senator and two-term Lieutenant Governor who campaigns as "the right Republican." He is opposed to abortion, gun control and the Panama Canal treaties. Carrying the G.O.P. banner of moderation is Maurice Van Nostrand, 53, an ally of popular Governor Robert Ray. Van Nostrand says that a Jepsen-Clark contest would lead to a Republican defeat of Goldwater proportions...
This decision not only removed Ravenel from a race he was expected to win, but it also allowed James Edwards to become the first Republican governor of South Carolina in over 100 years...