Word: unseats
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...legislature before becoming Governor in 1979, is leading his Republican challenger Skip Bafalis in this year's gubernatorial race by almost 3 to 1. The surprise is that the G.O.P is spending as much time and money as it is in what looks like a foredoomed effort to unseat Graham. Bafalis, 52, a five-term Congressman from Fort Myers Beach, entered the race at the personal request of President Reagan. He expects to receive $1 million from G.O.P. coffers, and officials of the Administration have descended on Florida in droves to campaign...
...whomsoever much has been given, of him shall much be required." There is no doubt that to Dayton much has been given. Married to a Rockefeller and heir to a department-store fortune, he is dispensing large chunks of his assets (estimated as high as $30 million) to unseat Republican David Durenberger, 48, in November...
...come fairly cheap. Despite its huge size (147,138 sq. mi.), the state has only 413,000 registered voters, and a candidate's campaign can be financed for well under a million dollars. Yet money looms as the big issue in Republican Challenger Larry Williams' attempt to unseat Democratic Incumbent John Melcher...
Along with Harvard, Dartmouth is considered the best bet to unseat the Elis. A 6-1-0 mark left the Green co-champions with Yale last year, and seven returning offensive starters give Dartmouth one of the league's most potent attacks...
Recalling the unsuccessful attempt to unseat California Governor Edmund ("Pat") Brown in 1962, Ehrlichman says Nixon made his celebrated morning-after declaration ("You won't have Nixon to kick around any more") because he was suffering from a terrible hangover when he barged into a press conference. Ehrlichman also claims that when he was asked to join the 1968 presidential campaign staff, he said he would do so if Nixon would curtail his tippling. Ehrlichman contends that Nixon agreed, and kept the unusual bargain...