Word: kuchel
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that moment, the election results were foregone. The next day. while Republican Senator Thomas Kuchel was winning by some 700,000 votes, Nixon was losing by nearly 300,000. And the morning after the election Nixon wrote his own political obituary. His press secretary, Herb Klein, had called a press conference to announce that Nixon was conceding defeat. Klein said that Nixon himself would not appear-whereupon Nixon strode into the room and started talking...
Whip Thomas Kuchel from a handshaking visit to a San Diego factory...
...California, the Mervin Field poll put Republican Senator Thomas Kuchel well ahead of Democrat Richard Richards, 45% to 38%, among those most likely to vote. Among all those polled, Kuchel led by a smaller margin-44% to 39%, with 17% still undecided...
When grave national issues are involved, Everett Dirksen is not a partisan." In a flood of oratory, Republican after Republican rose to toss bouquets toward Dirksen. Vermont's George Aiken praised his fairness and courage. California's Thomas Kuchel his unselfishness and erudition...
...lost, and Arizona Democrat Carl Hayden, who had reluctantly promised to support the Administration only if his vote was needed to produce a saving tie, also voted against medicare. The final vote was 52 to 48-with 21 Democrats joining 31 Republicans (all except Case, Cooper, Javits, Keating and Kuchel) to defy the President...