Word: lugar
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...cause was aided by the timely deep-sixing of his mainstream rivals, Lamar Alexander and Richard Lugar, who graciously endorsed Dole last week as they departed the scene. Steve Forbes too was disappearing, only more slowly and clumsily. The Dole campaign's brush with Forbes still staggers Reed. "They very nearly got us," he marvels of the Forbes camp. "They came very close." As for Pat Buchanan, he was, if anything, growing more belligerent as he grew less threatening. "We're going to fight until hell freezes over," he vowed last week, "and then we're going to fight...
Denied access to ballots here, following in the wake of Dole's victory in Tuesday's Yankee Primary, former Tennessee Gov. Lamar Alexander and Sen. Richard G. Lugar (R-Ind.) dropped out of contention Wednesday...
Among the other Republican candidates, former Tennessee gov. Lamar Alexander received 144 votes, Sen. Richard G. Lugar (R-Ind.) received 91, and Alan L. Keyes '72 received...
...call of the states that came through for him Tuesday: "Thank you Colorado, thank you Connecticut," said the Kansan as he ran through the list, which included Maryland, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, Georgia and Maine. Dole's win last night was so decisive that Alexander, once considered formidable, and Lugar, who only last night broke into the double digits, withdrew from the race today and endorsed Dole. Buchanan and Forbes vowed to stay in the race. Dole also collected the endorsements of former President George Bush's sons Jeb and George W., Governor of Texas. Ninety-three delegates...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Lamar Alexander and Senator Richard Lugar bowed out of the GOP presidential race, throwing their support behind front- runner Bob Dole. Party leaders had urged the two to drop out of the race in order to help Dole wrap up the nomination quickly. In a news conference announcing his withdrawal, Alexander admitted he was wrong for criticizing Dole as a Washington insider who had no ideas. He said he dropped out when he realized most Republicans wanted Dole to be the candidate to run against President Clinton. "Sen. Dole is the best choice in the Republican race," Alexander...