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The conservative Republicans, on the other hand, have been strengthened in Congress, especially in the Senate. Some new right-wingers (Mississippi's Thad Cochran, Colorado's Bill Armstrong, Jepsen and Humphrey) have swelled the ranks of the old (North Carolina's Jesse Helms, Idaho's James McClure, Texas' John Tower...
In the 95th Congress, Carter was able to count on the occasional, indispensable services of Minority Leader Howard Baker. Without Baker, the Panama Canal treaties would not have been ratified, the Turkish arms embargo lifted or the three-way Middle East weapons sale approved. But Baker may no longer be...
Jimmy Carter, a product of the progressive politics that infiltrated the South in the '60s, harbors a strong desire to rid his region of old-guard conservatives and Nixonian Republicans. High on his hit list in this election were three of the most conservative Republicans: John Tower of Texas, Strom...
The biggest spending of all was done by ultraconservative Helms in North Carolina, whose $6.7 million was a record for a Senate race. His opponent, John Ingram, a friend and populist protégé of Carter's, raised less than $300,000 and sought to make an issue of the fortune...
StateGovernor Senator Alabama Forrest James Jr. (D) Howard Heflin (D) 6 yrs. Donald Stewart (D) 2 yrs. Alaska Not Yet Reported Not Yet Reported Arizona Too Close to Call Arkansas Bill Clinton (D) David H. Pryor (D) California Edmund G. Brown Jr. (D) Colorado Richard D. Lamm (D) William L...