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...case he doesn't, the first man in line for the job is six-term Governor G. Mennen (Soapy) Williams. Williams has been an assistant Secretary of State for an unusually long time, and he has been spending a lot of time in Michigan lately, doing things like buying a new house in Grosse Pointe and introducing the Supremes at the State Fair. Williams is still popular enough to win a Democratic primary and almost any statewide election without difficulty. If he is not able to run for the Senate, he might choose the race against Republican Governor George Romney...
...Governor Mark Hatfield, 43, who cannot run for a third term, is an odds-on bet to try for the Senate. Private polls show him running slightly ahead of Mrs. Solomon. But Oregon Democrats are not a one-woman organization, and their candidate against Hatfield will most likely be six-term Congresswoman Edith Green, 55. A poll by the Portland Oregonian gave her a slight lead over Hatfield...
Roosevelt, a six-term Congressman, plans to campaign "not as a liberal Democrat but as a man with a bread and butter program for getting things done." He has the backing of Governor Pat Brown, and will have the support of the state's regular Democratic organization. But Sam Yorty is an old hand at knocking over organizations...
...candidate for Gov ernor, sent word to Democrat W. (for Willie) Haydon Burns. "It looks like you've won,": he said. Replied Winner Burns: "That's the first accurate statement he made during this campaign." Taking his place among the South's Governors, Burns, 52, a six-term may or of Jacksonville, will almost certainly prove to be one of the most colorful. A native Kentuckian, he is tall (6 ft. 2 in.), trim, and known as "Slick" because of his penchant for flashy clothes. Running for the nomination last spring, he found himself confronted by bloody...
...almost anyone's standard, MacGregor is an attractive politician. A 6-ft. 3-in. former Dartmouth athlete who won World War II field promotions from Army private to second lieutenant for his intelligence work behind Japanese lines, Attorney MacGregor knocked off six-term Democrat Roy Wier in 1960. He breezed to re-election in his suburban Minneapolis district in 1962. Spotted as one of his party's brightest young men, MacGregor was given a coveted spot on the Judiciary Committee, played a key role in shaping the 1964 Civil Rights Bill...