Word: humphreyism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...surprisingly, Oregon, which went for Nixon in 1960, was for him again. Nixon had 55 per cent to Humphrey's 37, and Wallace made a showing of 8 per cent. Senator Wayne Morse, long an outspoken dove, was behind in a close race with Robert Packwood. Morse seems to have hurt his chances badly in an eleventh-hour debate wiht Packwood...
...Jersey, expected to give Wallace substantial blue-collar support, and Nixon a majority of from 100,000 to 300,000 votes, turned out to be a cliff-hanger. Wallace ran poorly, with only about ten per cent of the vote, and Humphrey support materialized in the last week of the campaign. The state eventually went to Nixon, however, by about 50,000 votes early this morning...
...many other western states, Nixon won. He took the Land of Enchantment's 4 electoral votes with roughly 51 per cent to Humphrey's 41 and Wallace's 8. In the gubernatorial race, Fabian Chavez and Gov. David Cargo were neck and neck in one of the tightest races of the night...
Despite Hubert Humphrey's victory, Democratic Senate candidate Paul O'Dwyer was swamped by veteran Sen. Jacob K. Javits. O'Dwyer, who was nominated as a result of the large McCarthy vote in the primary, did not have the support of the regular Democratic machine and was never given much of a chance against the popular Javits. The New York House delegation remained largely the same but several races provided interest. In New York City Mrs. Shirley Chisholm, a Democrat, became the first Negro woman ever elected to Congress when she defeated James Farmer, former head of Core. Allard...
Ohio was one of the Midwest states that promised, mid-way through the evening, to give Humphrey a surprise victory. Early this morning, however, Nixon pulled gradually away from Humphrey, widening his margin to over 100,000 votes. At the same time, Democratic Senatorial hopeful John Gilligan was narrowly beaten by Attorney General William Saxbe...