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Dates: during 1966-1966
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Apart from Culver in Iowa, only two other Democratic freshmen survived???Andrew Jacobs and Lee Hamilton in Indiana?largely because of skillful gerrymandering by the Democratic legislature. However, the G.O.P. unexpectedly unseated a veteran Hoosier House fixture, eight-termer Winfield K. Denton, who lost to Management Consultant Roger H. Zion, 45. Reflecting farmer unrest, the G.O.P. captured, by one estimate, 57% of the rural vote v. 49.7% in the Goldwater debacle. Of 19 Democrats newly elected in 1964 throughout the region, 16 were retired. In all, Republicans picked up a net gain of 22 House seats in the Midwest?almost...
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