Word: governorship
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Richard Ogilvie, as expected, took the governorship from incumbent Democrat Sam Shapiro...
...trouble in his conservative homeland. By waging a hard campaign stressing his individualism ("courageous prairie statesman") and his seniority, he made up the difference to win with 54 per cent of the vote over 67-year-old Archie Gubbrud. Republican Frank Farrar won election to the governorship on Nixon's coattails...
Secretary of State Edgar D. Whitcomb, a Republican, beat Democratic Lt. Gov. Robert L. Rock for the governorship of Indiana to succeed Democratic Gov. Roger D. Branigan, who was barred by law from running again...
...candidate a hand that year, but a decade later tried to have him dumped as Dwight Eisenhower's running mate. In the interim, Nixon acquired a gut fighter's reputation that softened only after his forced retirement by defeats for the presidency in 1960 and the California governorship in 1962. Now he enjoys the active support of such diverse Republicans as Barry Goldwater and Jacob Javits, Strom Thurmond and Nelson Rockefeller...
MARYLAND: Mahoney Rides Again If the name of Congressman Charles McC. Mathias ever becomes a household word, much of the credit will accrue to George P. Mahoney, the most indefatigable also-ran in Maryland's history. Defeated in seven runs for the Senate or the governorship, Mahoney has nonetheless managed to make and break several other men's political fortunes en route to disaster. In 1966, Mahoney narrowly won the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, but his bumbling style and racist opinions (he campaigned on the slogan: "Your home is your castle-protect it!") prompted many Democrats to vote...