Word: meldrim
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...savvy speculation, but his geography was off. A few days later, former New Hampshire Governor Meldrim Thomson announced that he was starting up a presidential exploratory committee on behalf of Kirkpatrick. While not committing herself, she says, "I've talked to a great many people about the campaign, including Governor Thomson, and a great many people have offered help...
Reagan later telephoned King's widow Coretta to apologize for remarks that he said had been a "mistake." At the same time, however, the White House confirmed an exchange of letters between Reagan and former Republican Governor Meldrim Thomson of New Hampshire. Thomson said a holiday for King would honor a man "of immoral character whose frequent associations with leading agents of Communism is well established." Reagan wrote back that "I have the same reservations you have, but here the perception of too many people is based on image, not reality...
DIED. Hugh Gallen, 58, plainspeaking, two-time Democratic Governor of traditionally Republican New Hampshire, who upset Incumbent Meldrim Thomson in 1978 on his promise (later honored) to eliminate a surcharge from electric bills and hold the line on taxes; of liver and kidney failure, a week before he was to leave office; in Boston. A self-made owner of a car dealership, Gallen in his third gubernatorial campaign refused to take "the pledge" against a state income or sales tax because of looming budget problems, rightly suspecting that his stance might cost him reelection...
...Meldrim Thomson, a former Governor of New Hampshire, was in the odd position of having to run against himself in the race for the statehouse. The political reversal began during the primary, when two of the nine candidates refused to take "the pledge," a campaign promise customarily made by New Hampshire gubernatorial candidates to veto sales or broad-based income taxes. Determined to protect the state's tradition, Republican Thomson came out of political retirement and filed as an independent. But the Republican nominee turned out to be John Sununu, a conservative ally. Fearing his candidacy could drain enough...
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