Word: pennsylvania
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Henry Helstoski (D-New Jersey), lost to Republican Harold C. Hollenbeck, and in Pennsylvania, Republican Marc L. Marks defeated incumbent Joseph Vigorito...
Personal wealth triumphed over political savvy last night as Republican Rep. H. John Heinz III, scion of the Heinz pickle and catsup fortune, edged Democratic Rep. Bill Green in Pennsylvania's Senate race...
...victory was not easy for the Pittsburgh-area congressman. Green, a Philadelphian and son of one of Pennsylvania's most powerful bosses, the late Bill Green Jr., has cultivated extensive support from the Democratic machine, which possesses a 700,000 margin in registered voters over the Republican Party...
...voting, Heinz benefited greatly from Pennsylvania's penchant for ticket-splitting, drawing many Democratic supporters of Jimmy Carter. He lost very few President Ford voters to Green. Carter won the state by a small margin...
...headed by Rep. Andrew Young (D-Ga.). In Roxbury, a Carter aide said last night, there were two precincts where Ford received no votes at all. In New York State Carter's black vote was about 92 per cent; in Detroit an estimated 93 per cent. And Carter carried Pennsylvania, critical for his chances, mainly through the high voter turnout in black North Philadelphia...