Word: virginia
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...House will no longer be the amiable Carl Albert but Massachusetts' Thomas ("Tip") O'Neill, 63, a shrewd liberal who will more aggressively challenge the White House. In the Senate, the favorite to replace Montana's scholarly and restrained Mike Mansfield as majority leader is West Virginia's Robert Byrd, 58, and he is also likely to push harder for social legislation that Ford would oppose. Then, too, if Carter is defeated, the Democrats' party leadership will be up for grabs. Potential Democratic candidates for the presidency in 1980-men like Senators Edward Kennedy...
RHODE ISLAND. Richard Lorber (D) v. John Chafee (R): Auto Dealer Lorber faces a popular ex-Governor. TENNESSEE. James Sasser (D) v. Incumbent Bill Brock (R): Brock could go on to bigger things-but he has to beat Sasser first and is trailing. VIRGINIA. Elmo Zumwalt (D) v. Incumbent Harry Byrd (Independent): Admiral Zumwalt is a tough salt, but this perch has been for the Byrds since...
...WEST VIRGINIA. Fourth District-Incumbent Ken Hechler (D) v. Nick Joe Rahall (D) and E.S. Goodman (R): after losing gubernatorial bid, Hechler faces tough three-way fight as a write...
...moved from House to Senate (Iowa Democrat John Culver) and another became Governor of California (Democrat Jerry Brown). This year three are aiming at governorships (Delaware Republican Pierre S. du Pont IV, Illinois Republican James Thompson, West Virginia Democrat John D. Rockefeller IV). All three are favored. Seven seek Senate seats: Indiana Republican Richard Lugar, former mayor of Indianapolis; Maryland's Democratic Congressman Paul Sarbanes; Michigan's Democratic Congressman Donald Riegle; Missouri's Republican Attorney General John Danforth; Pennsylvania's Republican Congressman H. John Heinz III; Texas' Republican Congressman Alan Steelman; Vermont's Democratic...
...Nebraska 5 * Nevada 3 * New Hampshire 4 * New Jersey 17 * New Mexico 4 * New York 41 * North Carolina 13 * North Dakota 3 * Ohio 25 leaning Oklahoma 8 * Oregon 6 leaning Pennsylvania 27 * Rhode Island 4 * South Carolina 8 * South Dakota 4 * Tennessee 10 * Texas 26 * Utah 4 * Vermont 3 * Virginia 12 * Washington 9 * West Virginia 6 * Wisconsin 11 * Wyoming 3 * D.C. 3 * Totals...