Word: governorship
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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DURING this fall's political campaigning, two of the new 1962 crop of candidates made TIME'S cover. One was Democrat Teddy Kennedy of Massachusetts, seeking his brother's old Senate seat. The other was Pennsylvania's William Scranton, waging a hot fight for the governorship. They proved to be two of the big winners in last week's elections...
...Oklahoma, Republican Henry Bellmon captured the governorship by a hefty margin, becoming the first G.O.P. Governor in the state's history. In Kentucky, Republican Senator Thruston B. Morton decisively defeated Democrat Wilson W. Wyatt in one of 1962's most meaningful political battles. It was an uncompromising clash, without any me-too touches to blur the issues: Morton, a former G.O.P. National Chairman, a hard-punching conservative; Wyatt, a founder of Americans for Democratic Action, one of the last of those who might be described as an unmistakable left-winger. The New Frontier made Morton's defeat...
...Beverly Hills, Calif., an embittered Richard M. Nixon finally conceded the governorship of California to incumbent Gov. Edmund G. "Pat" Brown...
Republican William W. Scranton defeated Philadelphia Mayor Richardson Dilworth to win the Governorship formerly held by Democrat David Lawrence. Democratic Senator Joseph S. Clark managed to win re-election over James Van Zandt...
Former Navy Secretary John B. Connally (D) withstood a strong bid by Republican Jack Cox to win election to the governorship...