Word: marginally
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Time). The Third is Republican: by 17,300 in 1946, 9,291 in 1948, 12,428 in 1950 and 14,694 in 1952. This year G.O.P. Representative John M. Robsion Jr. should be able to hold his lead over Democratic Candidate Harrison M. Robertson to at least the 1948 margin. If he slips below that level, the danger flag will be up for Republican U.S. Senator John Sherman Cooper in Kentucky and for the Republican cause all over...
...Illinois, Democratic Senator Paul Douglas is sure to run ahead of Republican Candidate Joseph Meek in Cook County (Chicago and its suburbs), but Douglas will need a margin of 150,000 there to carry the state...
...Ohio, Democratic Senator Thomas A. Burke will certainly run ahead of Republican Candidate George H. Bender in Cleveland, but unless Burke has a margin of more than 50,000 there he is likely to lose...
...Michigan, Republican Senator Homer Ferguson will surely run behind in Wayne County (Detroit), but he will be safe unless Democratic Candidate Patrick V. McNamara moves out of Wayne with a margin of nearly...
...there is a Democratic tide in the U.S. in 1954, the results will be apparent early in the evening. The Republican margin in both houses of Congress is so narrow that the party can afford to lose very few of the seats it now holds. When the concessions begin, any substantial shift of seats from Republican to Democratic control will indicate that the G.O.P. has lost the day. If the Republicans are hanging on, the result may not be conclusive until far into Wednesday...