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...What beat Clements," said Jim Francis, the loser's campaign manager, "was this revolt based on unemployment, Social Security and fear." Joblessness is at a high 8.3% in Texas. White also exploited popular antipathy toward Texas power companies, suggesting that as Governor he would make the state's utility regulatory agency "a watchdog, not a lapdog." Said Don Ring, Clements' media consultant: "Texas politics snapped back to party lines just like a rubber band around a batch of Social Security checks...
...Democratic officials had to support his posthumous candidacy with the hope of winning so they would have a chance to retain the seat in the subsequent special election. In fact, Wilson fared better than most pols last week: he was re-elected easily, with 66% of the vote. The loser, however, was philosophical about his loss. "I've heard of elections where dead people voted," Ware said wryly, "but this is the first one I can remember where one got elected...
...Illinois barely an hour after the polls closed; ABC and CBS prudently held off all night, and the race was not settled for Thompson until week's end. In at least one contest, all three networks were wrong: they labeled Representative John Hiler, an Indiana Republican, the loser of a seat he ended up keeping...
...Captain Kate Martin compared the Crimson's loss to Princeton with Dartmouth's 1-0 defeat at Harvard's hands last week. Both were even struggles on bumpy fields, with the winning team beating the loser to the ball...
Perpetual time-doers like Sy Johnson have created a self-image as a loser. They see themselves as inferior, inept, unworthy and unlovable...