Word: whips
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Washington as thick and fast as the résumés of out-of-work Democrats. Supporters of Edward Kennedy and Walter Mondale, now the two most obvious contenders for the presidency in 1984, are eager to gain control of the D.N.C. Senator Birch Bayh and House Majority Whip John Brademas, both from Indiana and both defeated two weeks ago, are mentioned as Kennedy's favorites. Mondale is said to prefer Charles T. Manatt, head of the D.N.C. finance committee for the past two years. Robert Strauss, Carter's campaign chief and a former D.N.C. chairman...
...Iowa. Even Washington's Warren Magnuson, a fixture in the Senate since 1944 and No. 1 in seniority among all 100 Senators, went down to defeat. In the House, powerful Ways and Means Chairman Al Ullman got the ax, as did Indiana's John Brademas, the majority whip...
...Wright, who has spent 25 years in Congress and aspires to succeed the Speaker when O'Neill retires, barely beat back a stern challenge in Fort Worth from conservative Republican Jim Bradshaw, who was strongly backed by some wealthy oilmen. But the third man in the Democratic hierarchy, Whip John Brademas, 53, of Indiana, lost his bid for a twelfth term to Businessman John Hiler. The attractive, young (27), conservative Hiler convinced the voters of his district, which includes South Bend, that Brademas, because of his leadership position, had to share the blame for the sorry state...
Democratic losers such as Bayh, House Majority Whip John Brademas (D-Ind.), and Rep. Al Ullman (D-Wash.), "became surrogates for (President) Carter," as voters "expressed extreme dissatisfaction with Carter's policies and current economic problems," Neustadt added...
...House side, Majority Whip John Brademas (D-Ind.) and Rep. Al Ullman (D-Wash.), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, energy specialist Rep Robert Echhardt (D-Tex.), and urban expert Rep. Thomas Ashley (D-Ohio) all lost to Republican opponents...