Word: repub
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...themselves, the statistics were impressive enough. But even more impressive was what they meant to coattailclinging Democratic candidates for Congress, governorships and state legislatures. Only ticket splitting of incredible proportions saved moderate Repub licans such as Governor George Romney of Michigan and Governor-elect Daniel Evans of Washington from defeat; despite considerable splitting, New York's Ken Keating, Illinois' Chuck Percy, Oklahoma's Bud Wilkinson went down. In the Senate, Democrats were assured of retaining their lopsided ma- jority of 66 to 34. or even of increasing it. Thanks to Lyndon's sturdy coattails. Democratic gubernatorial...
...Orval Faubus saw no reason to change the tactics that had won for him five consecutive two-year gubernatorial terms. So the "po' boy from Greasy Creek" unloaded corn pone on the electorate and calumny on the head of his Repub'ican opponent, Winthrop Rockefeller, Nelson's younger brother. Rockefeller's energetic campaigning and well-financed organization were not enough, and Faubus won by a country mile...
...drive for next year's Repub lican presidential nomination, Barry Goldwater has been badly bothered by the widespread report (true) that Senior Republican Dwight Eisenhower was mad at him, and the notion (un true) that Ike would actively oppose his candidacy...