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...Minneapolis. He worked his way through Saint Thomas College in St. Paul, eventually won a seat as a Minneapolis city alderman at the age of 26. Appointed chairman of the metropolitan council in 1971, Hofstede two weeks ago announced his candidacy for mayor of Minneapolis in a bid to unseat Charles S. Stenvig. "I would like to make politics my life," says Hofstede. "There is a purpose here...
...overall policy charge of agriculture for several years in the Politburo, but now assumes daily operational control of the Soviet Union's $100 billion investment in farms. Some specialists view his appointment as a demotion. They speculate that it may be a canny move to unseat him from the Politburo altogether, reflecting an obscure Kremlin power struggle...
...tide had some effect, helping to seat Republicans in North Carolina and Missouri. In West Virginia, Nixon's strength helped to defeat one of the nation's most promising young Democrats. Despite an investment of considerable energy, a famous name and an expenditure of $1.5 million to unseat the savvy G.O.P. Incumbent Arch A. Moore Jr., 49, lanky John D. ("Jay") Rockefeller IV, 35, was unable to overcome the Republican surge and a carpetbagger image...
...Moakley victory celebration was written in the stars on November 7, it took some pretty fancy pencil pushing to put it there. Hicks had defeated Moakley in the 1970 Democratic primary with her solid core of supporters. Realizing that it was impossible to unseat Hicks in the primary, Moakley sat out the 1972 preliminaries to challenge her head-on as an Independent in the general election...
...last days of the campaign, Pell appeared tired, and worried that the younger and more dynamic Chafee might unseat him. He was like the great political general who was watching his last battle. "I don't know if I'll win," he ruminated. "I hope I'll win. I'm just not as confident as my staff...