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...Republican Governor James Thompson of Illinois barely an hour after the polls closed; ABC and CBS prudently held off all night, and the race was not settled for Thompson until week's end. In at least one contest, all three networks were wrong: they labeled Representative John Hiler, an Indiana Republican, the loser of a seat he ended up keeping...
...spotting a Democratic trend. For Republicans, he said, "it certainly doesn't look good. No way to make it look good." White House Correspondent Lesley Stahl shared his view. Soon after 7 p.m. E.S.T., she announced flatly, "It is a Democratic year." After Reporter Bruce Morton miscalled Hiler's defeat, he suggested that Democrats could win "40 or 50 seats" in the House...
...understanding of the tax bill. When he saw Kemp on TV arguing against the measure, the President asked his staff: "Why don't we meet with these guys again?" So 28 diehard conservatives were brought to the State Dining Room the night before the vote. John Hiler, 29, a first-term Congressman from Indiana, suggested that a no vote would not be disloyal because it was a matter of principle. Reagan reminded Hiler that he had been "out on the mashed-potato circuit talking about a conservative philosophy when it hurt to be a conservative...
...Neill retires, barely beat back a stern challenge in Fort Worth from conservative Republican Jim Bradshaw, who was strongly backed by some wealthy oilmen. But the third man in the Democratic hierarchy, Whip John Brademas, 53, of Indiana, lost his bid for a twelfth term to Businessman John Hiler. The attractive, young (27), conservative Hiler convinced the voters of his district, which includes South Bend, that Brademas, because of his leadership position, had to share the blame for the sorry state of the economy. Said Hiler: "I am the point man of the effort to change the direction...
Almost every Democratic leader is sweating out the campaign, and a few may go down to defeat, including House Democratic Whip John Brademas of Indiana. His opponent, Republican Businessman John Hiler, is working the factory gates for the blue-collar vote in a district that includes Elkhart County, where unemployment is nearly 16%. Trailing 12 points in the polls, Brademas is pouring tens of thousands of dollars into a media blitz that attacks Hiler as a tool of Big Oil because he opposes the windfall-profits tax. In Texas, House Majority Leader Jim Wright is in the toughest fight...