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Unlike the Democrats, most Iowa Republicans were not called upon to express a preference for a candidate at their precinct caucuses. But a straw poll of 583 voters-in 2.5% of all the precincts-was taken at 62 precincts. President Ford was favored over Ronald Reagan by a mere 45% to 42.5%. It appeared to be a setback for the President, who had the backing of popular Republican Governor Robert...
Licking Stamps. She started in Republican politics in the early '50s, raising funds and licking stamps in a Texas precinct. Within a few years she was a National Committeewoman, and by 1972 she had become the first woman co-chairman of the party and the first woman to deliver the keynote address at a major national political convention. But she has repeatedly refused to run for office herself...
...Hance told the voters. As two-term City-Councillor and former vice mayor, Hance was no newcomer to city politics. Her experience stretched over a period of 20 years and included roles in over 15 organizations. To no one's surprise, when November rolled around, Hance won every Phoenix precinct in an eight-way mayoral election. Her win made Phoenix the largest United States city under a woman's jurisdiction...
...analysis of the election-night returns by Election Commissioner Edward J. Samp. Jr., whose decade-long obstruction of the voting rights of Cambridge students hardly qualifies him as an impartial observer. In fact, well over 1,000 non-native students registered in Cambridge during 1975. Turnout in Ward 6, Precinct 3, a majority of whose voters is composed of Harvard undergraduates, jumped 150 over 1973, one of the largest increases in the city. The preliminary returns indicate that student turnout on election day was, if anything, slightly higher than that citywide...
...moment when Timilty began his concession speech with the words "like the Red Sox," uncertainly over his intentions reigned. With no giant black-board to tote up precinct tallies, Timilty backers spent the evening glued to television sets scattered through the Bay State room...