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...President, and run at least a respectable senatorial race against a formidable Republican incumbent-in this case, patriarchal Everett McKinley Dirksen. Also like Arvey, who steered Stevenson instead of the less manageable Douglas toward the Statehouse, Daley is believed to be leaning toward young Stevenson for the governorship despite his reputation as an independent-minded politician. Much as he would like an agreeable team man in Springfield, Daley would like a winner even more, and he can count on Stevenson to run well in Republican strongholds "downstate"-meaning everything outside Cook County...
Romney prides himself on his ability to come from behind, citing his resuscitation of American Motors and his 1962 campaign for Michigan's governorship as cases in point. He will need all of that stern-chasing stamina to overcome Nixon before the March 12 primary...
Thrice defeated in bids for the governorship during the fifties, Yarborough, 64, is thinking of making the run next year. "I could win hands down," Yarborough said last week in Washington. "But that doesn't mean I'm necessarily going to run." At least 18 other Texans are also being discussed as candidates, although only Lieutenant Governor Preston Smith, a colorless, ultra-conservative Democrat, has yet announced. "Everyone's coming out of the woodwork for this one," said a Republican leader...
...voter registration, Texas Republicans are ideologically close to Connally Democrats. In a 1961 runoff election to fill Johnson's old Senate seat, Conservative Republican John Tower won handily, was re-elected last year with a startling 57% victory margin. Next year, Tower will be a possibility for the governorship, along with freshman Republican Congressman George Bush, a 20-year Texas resident who is the son of Connecticut's former Senator, Prescott Bush...
...vice-presidency, Reagan insists that the governorship "offers a greater opportunity" to him "than there is in that other office." However, his protestations leave many professional observers unconvinced. "That's par for the course," chortled an elderly party in a Washington steam bath last week. That comment came from white-thatched Earl Warren, now Supreme Court Chief Justice, who, as Governor of California in 1948, gave up his dreams of running for President and accepted second spot on a ticket headed by New Yorker Tom Dewey...