Word: rep
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Humphrey is now trying to take back the Senate seat he held for over ten years. His opponent is Republican Rep. Clark McGregor, who has used Humphrey's long career to denounce him as a representative of the "old polities." McGregor, who supports "President Nixon's efforts to get an early and honorable peace in Vietnam," has denounced Humphrey for his 1969 statement that the war is a "great adventure." He has called the former Vice President "a sick...
...Cannon is a chief target of the Nixon-Agnew guns. Cannon has opened himself to the radicalliberal charge by voting against Haynsworth, Carswell, and the ABM as well as for the Cooper-Church Amendment. These votes took courage, for Nevada is a conservative state, and Cannon's opponent, Republican Rep. William Raggio, has made the most of them. Raggio is a strong law-and-order, victory-in-Vietnam man, and his election to the Senate would be a big boost to the Administration. Agnew has made several trips to the state to aid Raggio's campaign...
Goodell's problems are not only political. He also faces a severe shortage of money while his Democratic opponent, Rep. Richard Ottinger, is a wealthy businessman who spent over $2 million in winning the Democratic primary. Ottinger is as liberal as Goodell, but as a Democrat, and a wealthy one, he can afford...
NORTH DAKOTA: Liberal Democratic Senator Quentin Burdick is in deep trouble in a state where Agnew is a magic word. Burdick's opponent is Rep. Tom Kleppe who says he is running "because President Nixon asked me to." The war, social legislation, and the economy are major issues, with Kleppe against all three. He has secured the aid of Harry Teleaven, the Madison Ave. executive who directed the advertising campaign of Richard Nixon in 1968. Kleppe is favored...
...Matthews refers to is Rep. Hickey, against whom he is directing his campaign. Matthews' leaflets maintain "your present State Representative wanted to spend $178,000 of your money to build a private marina for Judge Troy at Tenean Beach in Dorchester...