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...Administration's efforts to reunite the bitterly divided Republican Party in Florida failed and Rep. William Cramer, a shoo-in before his primary fight with Harrold Carswell, lost to Democratic State Sen. Lawton Chiles, a political unknown who eschewed TV commercials for a highly publicized hike across the state. "Walkin' Lawton's" running mate, State Sen. Reubin Askew, also won, ending the stormy political career of Gov. Claude Kirk...
FLORIDA. Democratic chances to take over a large state's gubernatorial chair now occupied by a Republican seem unexpectedly bright in Florida. Rambunctious and resilient Governor Claude Kirk split the party when he lured rejected Supreme Court Nominee G. Harrold Carswell into a Republican primary for the Senate, whereas Democrats are displaying uncommon unity behind Reubin Askew, a teetotaling Presbyterian elder whose favorite "hobby," he says, is going to church. Askew accuses Kirk of "government by crisis," inept fiscal management and a 45% increase in property taxes. Kirk's counterthrusts are characteristic: Askew is an ultra liberal...
FLORIDA. With regular infusions of wealthy retirees, Florida has taken on an increasingly conservative political coloration. Republicans four years ago captured the statehouse and two years ago elected a Senator. This year a bitter primary fight split the party. Representative William C. Cramer won the nomination over Harrold Carswell and now must face the most engaging new figure to emerge from Florida Democratic ranks in a decade. Lawton Chiles, 40, overcame a lack of financial support in the primary with a 1,000-mile walk through the state. He recently bugged Cramer by staging a dollar-a-plate dinner...
PENNSYLVANIA: Senator Hugh Scott, the Senate Minority Leader, is not the most consistent of politicians. For example, Scott voted against the Supreme Court nomination of G. Harrold Carswell, and then turned around and "admitted" he had made "a damn fool mistake." Nevertheless, the Democratic challenger for Scott's seat, State Senator William G. Sesler, is running a poor race. He suffers from lack of recognition and lack of money. Scott seems a shoo...
Goodell authored the first bill inCongress that would have legislated an end to the Vietnam war. He has also opposed the Nixon Administration on the ABM and the Clement Haynsworth and G. Harrold Carswell nominations to the Supreme Court...