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Bright Spots. For the most part, Republican bright spots were confined to wins by moderates and liberals who had not been identified with Nixon. Among the notable survivors: Governors William G. Milliken of Michigan and Robert D. Ray of Iowa; Senators Jacob K. Javits of New York, Richard Schweiker of Pennsylvania and Charles Mathias Jr. of Maryland. The conservative Republican contingent in the House was devastated. Of the 162 members who ran, 36 lost; voters returned all but four of the 219 Democrats in the House who sought reelection...
FLAHERTY v. SCHWEIKER...
...issues are concerned, party labels mean next to nothing in Pennsylvania. Republican Incumbent Richard Schweiker, 48, who is one of few Republican Senators given a perfect voting record by the AFL-CIO, has the support of organized labor and the Pennsylvania Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs, the state's anti-gun-control lobby. Democrat Pete Flaherty, 49,mayor of Pittsburgh is a trustbusting populist who opposes busing, abortion and amnesty. While schweiker appeals to many urban Demacrats. Flaherty has a following among suburban Republicans. With issues in such confusion , Flaherty has tried to tar Swhweiker with Watergate even...
...Senator Richard Schweiker of Pennsylvania in his tight struggle with his Democratic opponent Pittsburgh Mayor Pete Flaherty. A liberal who was on the White House "enemies" list, Schweiker has been handicapped by the G.O.P. Administration in Washington. But despite President Ford's conservatism, relations between the new Administration and Schweiker are friendly and cooperative; a new campaign vigor and a spirit of optimism in the Schweiker camp have been immediate results...
Pennsylvania Republican Senator Richard Schweiker, urging the President to resign, said: "I cannot remain silent in the face of the now obvious moral corrosion destroying the presidency." Senator Marlow Cook, a Kentucky Republican, acknowledged that Nixon must "realistically contemplate" resignation, adding: "The President has irretrievably lost any claim to the confidence of the American people...