Word: thompson
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...particular winners and losers. Potentially strong Republicans had captured key governorships: Richard Thornburgh in Pennsylvania, William Clements in Texas, Lee Dreyfus in Wisconsin. Republican Jim Rhodes remained in control of the Ohio statehouse, and Bill Milliken was re-elected Governor of Michigan. Perhaps most threatening of all, Jim Thompson won re-election in Illinois by 600,000 votes-demonstrating that he is a moderate Republican with broad appeal in a big industrial state. He has not denied that he might run for President in 1980. Said Thompson: "The Republican Party has come alive again in its traditional seat of power...
...most impressive Republican winners was Illinois Governor James ("Big Jim") Thompson, who defied the region's anti-incumbency trend to win reelection by some 600,000 votes. His feisty Democratic opponent, State Comptroller Michael Bakalis, failed to find any effective way of attacking Thompson, who had kept his 1976 election promises to cut spending, balance the state budget and hold down taxes...
Running hard to pile up a big vote, Thompson stumbled badly on just one issue. He was so eager to capitalize on the tax revolt that he sponsored a non-binding "Thompson proposition," asking voters whether they wanted to put a limit on both spending and taxes in the state. Underestimating the difficulty of rounding up the necessary 589,000 petition signatures in a hurry, Thompson put the pressure on political aides to deliver?and they wound up compiling names of some voters who had never seen a petition. Bakalis responded by crying fraud, but to no avail...
After his win, the easygoing Thompson promised more of the same solid, if unspectacular, leadership during his second term that he provided during his first two years in office. He brushed aside inevitable speculation about a possible presidential candidacy in 1980. Said he: "Before anybody runs for President, he'd better have the makings of a President. He must demonstrate the qualities and abilities to be President." Thompson clearly hopes to do just that in his next two years as Governor...
...undisclosed price. The acquisition of SSC & B (formerly Sullivan, Stauffer, Colwell & Bayles) would boost Interpublic's combined billings to more than $2.6 billion, making it almost twice the size of its nearest international rival, Japan's Dentsu, and all but dwarfing the two other U.S. giants, J. Walter Thompson and Young & Rubicam...