Word: jepsen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Republicans lost another incumbent just across the Mississippi River in Iowa. Like Percy, Roger Jepsen, 55, may have been hurt by rural economic problems; the farm-debt crisis is severe. But Jepsen, a conservative first-termer, had plenty of problems of his own doing. Last year he claimed congressional immunity to beat a Washington traffic ticket, and in June the born-again Christian was forced to confess that he had applied for membership in a Des Moines spa-cum-brothel in 1978. Nor was Jepsen always solid on matters of substance. In 1981, he trumpeted his opposition to the Administration...
...politically safe, he headed for Massachusetts, New York, Ohio and Illinois. "We are going into the Democratic heartland to solidify a great victory," said Political Director Edward Rollins. Reagan devoted considerable energy in the final week to providing coattails for such needy House and Senate candidates as Roger Jepsen in Iowa and Charles Percy in Illinois. The President told a crowd in Media, Pa., "If a gypsy looked into a crystal ball and said, 'You can win this election with a lot of votes or win by just a few votes but get a sympathetic Congress,' I would...
...year-old Harkin, a five-term veteran of the House, has closely identified himself with agricultural issues and won by consistently large margins in his heavily Republican home district. He capitalized on several major gaffes by Jepsen throughout the campaign...
...Jepsen lost a large early lead in the polls in the late spring after disclosures that he reportedly belonged to an Iowa sex club. But a furious series of negative TV ads restored his lead by September, until Harkin retaliated with his own media blitz focusing on Jepsen's "insensitivity...
...Mike Hicks (R) 189 668 18 Idaho Pete Busch (D) 21 823 22 31 E--Jim McClure (R)' 74 541 74 Illinois E--Paul Simon (I) 1508 243 52 65 Charles Percy (R)' 1365 591 47 Iowa E--Tom Harkin (D) 613 350 56 87 Roger Jepsen (R)' 478 327 44 Kansas Jim Moher (D) 161 783 22 71 E--Nancy Kasselbaum (R)' 557 843 71 Kentucky Walter Huddleston (D) 633 384 50 100 E--Mitch McConnell (R) 637 384 50 Lousiana E--Bennett Johnston (D) uncontested (Unopposed) Maine Elizabeth Mitchell (D) 54 157 27 57 F--William Cohen...