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...potatoes he grows. He talks with a twang, was a first-rate harness racer until his wife made him quit after he had a bad spill; now he drives a collection of antique Packards. Reed entered the state senate in 1957, and as senate president succeeded automatically to the governorship on the death of Democrat Clinton Clauson. His ten-month first term was lacklustre; in his second he promises to improve state schools...
...Lakewood, John Anthony Notte Jr., 51, was a college baseball star, a World War II naval officer in the Mediterranean and an up-from-the-wards politician who made good. A dapper, well-tailored gladhander, Democrat Notte has been so busy with his own long-range campaign for the governorship that his primary opponent accused him of neglecting his duties as lieutenant governor. A run-of-the-mill liberal, Notte is rated as a political bantamweight by neutrals and many Democrats...
Stayed Democratic with lots of machine help. Early convention Kennedy supporter Terry Sanford won governorship after a tough campaign. Got 115,000 plurality...
Reduced Margin. While the bishops stand enlivened the island's campaign and caused a new stir about the religion issue in the presidential campaign, it is not likely to have a decisive effect on the governorship. Like other Latin Americans, Puerto Ricans traditionally make a sharp distinction between religion and politics, and cannot be expected to desert Munoz for the bishops. What is likely to cost Muñoz more votes is the old statehood question. For all the maneuverings in favor of commonwealth status (which gives Puerto Rico the advantages of being part of the U.S. without federal...
...Democratic machine--if it could be called a machine--won the governorship and lost the Senate slot. Ward edged out Peabody, his only close challenger, by 28,000 votes. O'Connor stunned Furcolo with a 50,000 vote victory, in which he carried Boston. For the Republicans, Volpe and Saltonstall won uncontested nominations, and both have been waging extremely partyless campaigns...