Word: johnson
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...traveling extensively throughout the country, in reporting on five other presidential-election campaigns, I had never found such pervasive distrust...national politics was more irrelevant to people's lives than ever before." That was journalist Haynes Johnson writing about the 1976 election...
...Johnson, a familiar face in the district where he's a longtime TV news anchor, won the Democratic primary in bittersweet fashion: on the morning of his victory, his mother died of cancer. Education is the key issue of his campaign, and he says schools should provide all children with the "right to try." Johnson will need all his name recognition in this predominantly Republican district...
Prosser enters this race with several key advantages over opponent Jay Johnson. The Eighth District is strongly Republican: it sent retiring Congressman Toby Roth to Washington eight times and voted for George Bush in the past two presidential elections. Prosser, a long-time Wisconsin politician, is a high-profile crime fighter who helped pass a state Sexual Predator Law. He was named 1996 Legislator of the Year by the National Republican Legislators Association...
Wyoming is conservative, and any Democrat running here must overcome historical precedent to win: the Equality State has not supported a Democratic presidential candidate since Lyndon Johnson in 1964, and has not had a Democrat in either house of Congress since 1976. Wyoming has the smallest population of any state and is the leading coal producer in the U.S. Despite the fact that Democrat Bill Clinton has twice vacationed in the Grand Tetons near Jackson Hole and that 18-year veteran Alan Simpson is retiring, Wyoming residents are considered likely to send Republicans back to Congress this year...
...Ford, D-Tenn. (9) Pete Geren, D-Texas (12) Sam M. Gibbons, D-Fla. (11) Enid Greene [Waldholtz], R-Utah (2) Steve Gunderson, R-Wis. (3) Mel Hancock, R-Mo. (7) Jimmy Hayes, R-La. (7) Tim Hutchinson, R-Ark. (3) Andrew Jacobs Jr., D-Ind. (10) Tim Johnson, D-S. Dak. (at large) Harry A. Johnston, D-Fla. (19) Greg Laughlin, R-Texas (14)* Jim Ross Lightfoot, R-Iowa (3) Blanche Lambert Lincoln, D-Ark. (1) Jan Meyers, R-Kans. (3) G.V. ("Sonny") Montgomery, D-Miss. (3) Carlos J. Moorhead, R-Calif. (27) John T. Myers...