Word: gramm
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Senate Candidates Paul Simon, D., Ill., $387,892 Charles Percy, R., Ill., $368,024 Jim Hunt, D., N.C., $321,038 Thad Cochran, R., Miss., $310,213 Phil Gramm, R., Texas...
...begun to doubt their party. "I haven't thought of any great movement to bring that about," he said. "But it is happening increasingly. You saw a Democrat speaking at the Republican National Convention-Jeane Kirkpatrick. We have seen some of our Congressmen change. One of them, Phil Gramm from Texas, realized he could no longer follow the leadership of his party. I thought it was significant in the '76 primaries when Democrats could vote in a Republican primary and vice versa-I won those states...
TEXAS. Last August, when Republican John Tower announced he was retiring from the Senate, the news caught the party off guard. No one had been groomed to succeed the spunky, conservative 23-year Senate veteran. Congressman Phil Gramm, a former Democratic "boll weevil" who co-sponsored President Reagan's budget-cutting legislation in 1981 and 1982, converted to the G.O.P. in 1983 and is now the leading contender for the party's nomination. Running on his "proven record as an effective leader," Gramm has the advantage of appealing to conservative Democrats and independents. His strongest opponent is Moderate...
Texas, where Sen. John Tower is retiring, presents a different situation, because a difficult Democratic primary is expected before the winner faces likely Republican nominee Rep. Phil Gramm. Tower squeaked by with 50 percent in his 1978 election...
...promises a freewheeling and free-spending race for his seat. Former Ambassador to Britain Anne Arm strong, White House Chief of Staff James Baker and former Governor William Clements, three obvious potential candidates, have said they will not run. The leading contender for the G.O.P. nomination is Congressman Phil Gramm, a boll weevil Democrat turned Republican who has all but made the formal announcement...