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...Despite the multiple-house write-in campaign for the author Philip Roth, the committee was baffled by the suggestion when it was related to it. ("Philip...
...results released reflect the No. 1 votes registered by scanners in all Cambridge polling stations, but do not include votes for write-in candidates or ballots that did not register when run through scanners...
...sharpened his stump wit on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, opposing sex education ("Let the kids today learn it where we did--in the gutter") and declaring a war on poverty "by shooting 400 beggars a week." His 1968 run for the White House won him about 200,000 write-in votes...
...entered the primary as an unopposed write-in candidate and earned enough votes--1,942--to qualify for the general-election ballot. He believes Social Security is a safety net that distinguishes the U.S. from the third world and says it shouldn't be sacrificed to balance the budget or give tax cuts to the rich...
...only living man to lose the presidency to Harry Truman, in 1954 Thurmond also became the only U.S. Senator ever elected by write-in votes. (He also educated himself in law and went on to pass the state bar.) If he wins and completes this term, Thurmond will also be the oldest Senator ever...