Word: virginia
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...press time, the former Georgia governor had won 23 states, with Ford also chalking up 23, but with the decidedly fewer number of electoral votes. Among the states Ford carried were Indiana, Illinois, New Jersey, his home state Michigan and Virginia, the only state in the South that went against the region's favorite...
...Virginia--The Republicans don't have a Senate candidate in Virginia, or do they? The party asked Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr., the Independent incumbent, to accept its nomination, but he declined, preferring to run again as an independent. Byrd left the Democratic party before his last campaign without seriously damaging his popularity. In the Senate he joins with the Democrats for organizational purposes, but often sides with the Republicans in opposition to legislation proposed by Senate liberals...
...MIDWEST. Carter runs well ahead in Kentucky, Minnesota and West Virginia; he has slight leads in Missouri and Oklahoma. Ford leads in Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota and Michigan, though a United Auto Workers blitz for Carter could hurt the President. South Dakota, once in Carter's column, and Indiana now lean to Ford. Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin, where McCarthy is a factor, are tossups. So is crucial Ohio, although Carter is believed to be gaining support in the traditionally Republican areas downstate, where his farming background and Southern roots are appreciated...
...song you liked," he said, "is by the Statler Brothers. They're from West Virginia, but it could be Binger." He offered a slow, dramatic recitation...
...Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, the Environmental Protection Act. Would nationalization of the coal industry be a solution? Caudill doubts it. He distrusts Government planners almost as much as coal's entrepreneurs. How about more leaders like Historian Ken Hechler, who, as Congressman from West Virginia's Fourth District, became "an Appalachian legislator for whom coal held no terrors"? Possibly. But Caudill sees few candidates in sight...