Word: jersey
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...course is right. A Democratic victory that included the re-election of liberal Paul Douglas, for instance, would be interpreted by scores of ear-flapping Congressmen of both parties as a sure sign that the nation had swung leftward again. Similarly, the defeat of such Eisenhower Republicans as New Jersey's Clifford Case together with victory for right-wing Republicans would reopen the split in the Republican Party, which this campaign has done much to heal. Facing the voters, the right-wing Republicans struck their flags and yelled to President Eisenhower for help. If his coattails pull the party...
...Case Party Line. Itching, he ran for the Rahway Common Council, was elected in 1937. After five years on the council, he moved up to the state assembly for two years, then in 1944 was elected U.S. Representative from New Jersey's Sixth District (Union County; Elizabeth). He was re-elected four times by wide margins, and in 1952 polled a record-breaking majority of 55,000 votes, 20,000 more than any other candidate ever received in that district, and 10,000 more than Dwight Eisenhower's majority...
...record as a Congressman (plus his open opposition to Wisconsin's Senator Joe McCarthy) is what set off the opposition of the G.O.P. splinter group in New Jersey. It is a record that prompted C.I.O and A.F.L. leaders to endorse him for re-election to Congress in the past, although they favor his opponent this year. It is a liberal record, particularly on issues of foreign policy, welfare and civil rights. But it is far from "left-wing," as his votes on two key issues indicate: he voted for the Taft-Hartley law; he voted against the Brannan Plan...
...Selvage movement in 1954 is not Case's first brush with the ultraconservative element of New Jersey Republicanism. In 1952, after he supported Dwight Eisenhower for the G.O.P. nomination, he made a speech warning the party against its "irreconcilable elements." One news paper story interpreted this as a Case effort to read Ohio's Robert A. Taft and his followers out of the party. Case denied any such intent, and Taft came into New Jersey and endorsed Case. Nevertheless, some Taft followers sought to defeat...
Bergen v. Hudson. While the statewide campaign is important, most New Jersey elections turn on what happens in just two counties: Democratic Hudson (Jersey City) and Republican Bergen (Hackensack). If the Republican candidate can build up a good lead in Bergen and cut into the Democratic margin in Hudson, he is in. In 1949, when Republican Alfred Driscoll was elected governor, he carried Bergen by 48,000 votes, lost Hudson by only 3,400. Four years later, when Republican Paul Troast was defeated, he carried Bergen by only 5,000, lost Hudson by 71,000. Political observers believe that Case...