Word: pennsylvania
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...final days of the race, Carter campaigned hard in the large electoral vote states (New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas, Illinois and California). Victory in only a few of them, on top of his Southern base, could give him the presidency. He depended heavily on the get-out-the-vote effectiveness of labor unions, big-city Democratic organizations and the Democratic National Committee?the type of Establishment groups he had kept at a distance in winning his party's nomination. But he needs them...
...Riegle's trysts with a staff member. The race is a squeaker. MISSOURI. Warren Hearnes (D) v. John Danforth (R): ex-Governor Hearnes bears many political scars. NEW YORK. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D) v. Incumbent James Buckley (R-Conservative): the flamboyant Pat leads but the gap is narrowing. PENNSYLVANIA. William Green (D) v. H. John Heinz III (R): the race is still very close...
...Illinois Republican James Thompson, West Virginia Democrat John D. Rockefeller IV). All three are favored. Seven seek Senate seats: Indiana Republican Richard Lugar, former mayor of Indianapolis; Maryland's Democratic Congressman Paul Sarbanes; Michigan's Democratic Congressman Donald Riegle; Missouri's Republican Attorney General John Danforth; Pennsylvania's Republican Congressman H. John Heinz III; Texas' Republican Congressman Alan Steelman; Vermont's Democratic Governor Thomas Salmon. Three and possibly five are expected...
Kenneth W. Moore, campaign coordinator for the University of Pennsylvania, said that in the first year of the five-year $225 million drive, $81 million has been raised...
...Look, Betty," he pleaded. "Even if they don't give us the recount on the Brown game, we can still hope for a miracle. There are still a few precincts that are too close to call. If we can win in Pennsylvania and then take those people from New Haven, we've got a chance. There's no reason to think that the Peanut will win in New Hampshire this weekend...