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...last week Harold Stassen knew that his "Paul Revere's Ride," a tested tactic from his 1938 campaign for governor, had routed an already beaten opponent. Instead of the expected close finish, popular Stassenman Ed Thye breezed in ahead of longtime (24 years) isolationist Senator Henrik Shipstead with a 3-to-2 lead. With a near-record Republican turnout, winner Thye looked like a sure bet for the Senate in the fall. His running-mate, Luther Youngdahl, was nominated for the Minnesota governor's chair by an even larger majority...
...failed. But lest he leave the state fishless, Gov. Edward J. Thye (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS) planted a pike in a bathtub on the State House steps...
...week's end the pendulum was swinging back toward Ed Thye and Harold Stassen. But it was going to be close...
Besides, Ed Thye was a formidable vote-getter in his own right. Friendly, honest, an able administrator and an indefatigable campaigner in smalltown, door-to-door electioneering, he had piled up the biggest majority in Minnesota history when he ran for re-election to the Governor's chair in 1944. Purring with power, the Stassen machine coasted easily...
...early weeks of listless campaigning, the confidence seemed well-placed. There were no fireworks, no weighty speeches, no burning issues. Amiable Ed Thye and his running-mate, gubernatorial candidate Luther Youngdahl, toured the back country, slapping backs, shaking hands, remembering faces. In the Minneapolis Tribune polls, Thye's popularity climbed: from...