Word: steck
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...official count of the ballots in Iowa disclosed that in about 900,000 votes cast, Senator Smith Wildman Brookhart won reëlection over his Democratic opponent Dan. Steck by about 750 votes. Democrats prepared to contest the election...
Then the election was held. Unaccountably, most unaccountably, Daniel F. Steck, Mr. Brookhart's Democratic opponent, led in the early returns. Still more unaccountably, he led in the later returns. Mr. Brookhart went to bed admitting his defeat and remarking that the electorate of Iowa had not understood the issues...
Next morning, things were more favorable for him. He took a sight. The official count was put off for a week. In the unofficial count, Brookhart had 447,523 votes to Steck's 446,407-a lead of a bare 1,100 votes. The Presidential vote, however, was Coolidge 515,759, LaFollette 259,742, Davis...
Even if Mr. Brookhart retains his seat, Mr. Steck will probably carry "the contest for it to the Senate...
Iowa D. F. Steck S. W. Brookhart