Word: iowa
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Bright Spots. For the most part, Republican bright spots were confined to wins by moderates and liberals who had not been identified with Nixon. Among the notable survivors: Governors William G. Milliken of Michigan and Robert D. Ray of Iowa; Senators Jacob K. Javits of New York, Richard Schweiker of Pennsylvania and Charles Mathias Jr. of Maryland. The conservative Republican contingent in the House was devastated. Of the 162 members who ran, 36 lost; voters returned all but four of the 219 Democrats in the House who sought reelection...
...Hugh Carey in New York, Ella Grasso in Connecticut and Michael S. Dukakis in Massachusetts. In the South, a new breed of moderate Democrats ended a decade of growth by Republicans. In the Midwest, big Democratic victories for state offices made it definite that formerly overwhelmingly Republican bastions like Iowa are now two-party states and states like Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois are becoming Democratic strongholds...
Dozens of reporters invaded his modest ranch house in Auburn. Telegrams from Senators, Representatives and ordinary citizens came in by the hundreds. One man from Keokuk, Iowa, called to say that Longley had given him new inspiration to run as an independent next time round. Longley, who called his one-candidate party "Longley for Maine," had engineered the surprise of the entire election, seeming in the process to carry to the ultimate the trend toward rejection of the party professional...
...Iowa, Robert...
Representatives Charles W. Sandman Jr. (R.-N.J.), Joseph J. Maraziti (R.-N.J.), Wylie Mayne '38 (R.-Iowa) and David W. Dennis (R.-Ind.), all against impeachment, lost their seats in yesterday's election. Rep. Harold V. Froelich (R.-Wisc.), a "swing vote" in the Judiciary Committee hearings who finally voted for impeachment, also lost his seat...