Word: republicans
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Cochran clearly has the most to gain by Evers's presence in the Senate race. Evers could draw enough votes away from Dantin to ruin Dantin's chances while still failing himself. This would hand the Senate spot to Cochran, who would then become the first Republican since Reconstruction to hold such a powerful political plum in Mississippi. Cochran resembles Dantin in many ways. Ideologically, the two are identical. Cochran, however, is the special pride and joy of Mississippi's powerful Country Club Set--a class of wealthy planters and businessmen who can usually fork out enough money to catapult...
...THINGS STAND now, the election is a toss-up. The fact that a black and a Republican could pose serious threats to the Democratic crowned prince testifies to the political upheavals that have shaken Mississippi. Ten years ago, Cochran and Evers could not have harbored a hope of winning...
...Harvard Republican Club and the Harvard-Radcliffe Democrats have challenged each other to a series of debates tentatively scheduled for the opening of the Kennedy School of Government...
...Lucero '79, vice president of the Harvard Republican Club, told a different story...
...first debate topic will be a national health care plan for the United States, Kathleen A. Duey '79, president of the Republican Club, said...