Word: republicanness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...stop some of the best-known Democratic doves from doing exceptionally well against strongly conservative opponents in hawkish states that went for Nixon or Wallace. Arkansas voters approved of J. William Fulbright for his national stature, congressional seniority and defiance of Lyndon Johnson. Frank Church easily surmounted Republican Congressman George V. Hansen, became the first Idaho Democrat ever returned for a third term. Among his constituents, Church's Viet Nam stand burnished his claim of independence from Johnson. South Dakota voters re-elected George McGovern because he displayed obviously deeper knowledge of national and world affairs than the G.O.P...
Some old Senate oaks were cut down. His age, liberalism and prolonged absences from Oklahoma frustrated the fourth-term bid of Mike Monroney, 66, the industrious populist who has been the leading aviation specialist in the Senate. He was beaten by Republican ex-Governor Henry Bellmon, 47. Much the same factors conspired to defeat Alaska's Ernest Gruening, 81, who campaigned so lackadaisically that he lost the Democratic primary...
...what could be the most startling reverse, Oregon's irascible Wayne Morse, 68, was running narrowly behind Republican Robert Packwood, 36, a three-term state legislator. The 24-year reign of Wayne has been one of the most remarkable in the Senate. He switched parties in mid-career and upset his own state Democrats by endorsing the 1966 Senate Republican candidate, having broken with Lyndon Johnson over Viet Nam. Oregonians have wearied of his maverick ways. In debate, Morse seemed a pale shadow of himself, while Packwood appeared to be the aggressive Morse of old. Packwood organized superbly...
Looking to '70. Several incumbents seemed unassailable. Hawaii's Daniel K. Inouye, a Johnson-lining Democrat, swept up 85% of the vote against Wayne Thiessen, a conservative Republican. Almost equally decisive were the victories of the Southern Democratic veterans? Georgia's Herman Talmadge, North Carolina's Sam Ervin and South Carolina's Ernest Hollings. Among the staunchest Democratic liberals, Connecticut's Abe Ribicoff won comfortably, while Birch Bayh overcame the Nixon trend in Indiana. Humphrey's New York victory did not faze Republican Jacob Javits, whose plurality exceeded 1,000,000. Among the easily elected conservative Republicans were Illinois' Everett...
...Republicans have hopes of capturing a Senate majority in 1970. Then 26 Democrats will stand for reelection, including a number who are undistinguished and vulnerable. Only seven Republican seats will be on the line, and most seem safe and solid. The G.O.P. needs only eight or nine more Senators to win 50% of the Senate seats ?and then any tie votes could be broken by Vice President Spiro Agnew...