Word: romneys
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...qualities that the Republican Party will prize most highly in its 1968 presidential candidate is the ability to pull in nominees for lesser office on Election Day. Last week Michigan's Governor George Romney demonstrated once again his powers of coattail propulsion. Largely through his efforts, an unknown Detroit advertising man, Anthony Licata, 48, won a special election for the Michigan House of Representatives against James P. Hoffa, 26, Jimmy's boy. Beamed Winner Licata: "People promised to vote for me because they wanted to do what the Governor wanted...
...Against this challenge, the Republicans mounted a maximum effort worthy of a major campaign, pouring in money, organizational talent and volunteers. During just three hours on election night, party workers made 6,500 telephone calls to Republicans in the district, urging them to vote. The most enthusiastic volunteer was Romney. He recorded stirring endorsements for Licata, and bustled around in the district-despite an injured calf muscle that made him use a cane-for an afternoon of door-to-door and store-to-store stumping with the candidate in tow. Licata, for his part, campaigned on the promise that...
...Romney got word of Licata's victory while speechmaking in Peoria, Ill. "We've just had terrific news," he announced to his audience. In fact, a doubleheader. The win gave a timely boost to his own national prestige, which, according to opinion polls, has been slipping lately. Licata's victory also gives the state G.O.P. a one-vote majority in the legislature's lower house, previously deadlocked 54 to 54, and may thus smooth passage of the Governor's embattled tax reform program. Next week...
...Romney faces another test of coattail strength in a second special election for the legislature. In this campaign as well, the Governor is putting his best foot-and sore leg-forward...
...recent weeks, his public demeanor has been markedly subdued, and the low-posture ploy has apparently had results. For the first time since October, according to a Harris poll released last week, Johnson's popularity rating stands an even 50%-50% with Michigan's Governor George Romney, who only last March led the President 54% to 46%. Johnson may well conclude, by more-silence-is-better reckoning, that Presidents, like children, should be seen but not heard...