Word: utah
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...turning point came on Sept. 30 in Salt Lake City, the day after Humphrey endured some of the worst heckling of the entire campaign. Fists clenched, lips tight, he flew to Utah to deliver a speech pledging that if he became President, he would risk halting the bombing of North Viet Nam in the hope of achieving peace. Twice before, Johnson had undercut him when he tried to stake out even moderately independent positions on the war. This time there was not a word from the White House...
...Bayh overcame the Nixon trend in Indiana. Humphrey's New York victory did not faze Republican Jacob Javits, whose plurality exceeded 1,000,000. Among the easily elected conservative Republicans were Illinois' Everett Dirksen, New Hampshire's Norris Cotton, North Dakota's Milton Young, Colorado's Peter Dominick and Utah's Wallace Bennett. Vermont Republican George Aiken, who won the nomination of both major parties, had only one complaint: mostly because of the higher price of stamps, his campaign costs since 1962 have escalated...
...Badger State name, but a man of little political experience. New Mexico's David Cargo, 39, barely squeaked past Democrat Fabian Chavez in a down-to-the-wire race. On the other hand, such Democrats as Missouri's Warren Hearnes, 45, North Dakota's William L. Guy, 49, Utah's Calvin Rampton, 54, and Kansas' Robert Docking, 43, all won re-election handily...
Nixon won in Utah to add 4 electoral votes to his total. The percentages were about 54 for Nixon, 35 for Humphrey, and 11 for George Wallace. Gov. Rampton won and Republican Wallace Bennet defeated Milton Weilemann to regain his Senate seat...
...other races, Republicans were leading in efforts to retain the governorships of Arizona, Arkansas, South Dakota, Utah, New Mexico, and Wisconsin...