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Adlai over Estes. Neither Adlai Stevenson nor Estes Kefauver had entered his name on the Democratic ballot in Oregon's presidential primary-but both campaigned for a write-in vote that would give the winner the 16-vote convention delegation. Kefauver returned to Oregon on the day before the primary for a whirlwind handshaking tour down the Willamette Valley. He was too late with too little: Stevenson had already covered more ground, drawn bigger crowds, and won more votes. For a write-in, Oregon's response was remarkable, with about 130,000 Democrats naming a candidate. Result: Stevenson...
...Massachusetts, House Majority Leader John McCormack got 28,500 write-in votes to 19,500 for Adlai Stevenson. Before the election, Estes Kefauver, who had not campaigned in the state, and had little visible support there, piously asked his "supporters" to vote for popular John McCormack, but Estes could certainly claim no share of the victory. On the Republican side, Dwight Eisenhower won 52,400 write-in votes and the support of all delegates. The biggest straw: John McCormack is more popular than Adlai Stevenson in Massachusetts, and Eisenhower is more popular than either...
With one half of the Democratic precincts counted, McCormack polled 18,902 write-in votes over Stevenson's 11,416. Other contenders for Democratic write-ins are Estes Kefauver, who had announced his support for McCormack, with 2505; President Eisenhower with 1441; and Senator John F. Kennedy '40, a Stevenson backer, with 609 votes...
...presidential candidate wants to win in today's Massachusetts write-in primaries, he has not spoken up for it. Several campaigns, however, were directed by backers in the state...
Burke charged that the write-in drive for Stevenson was sponsored by the ADA and that the organization was "trying to take over the party." Samuel H. Beer, Professor of Government and chairman of the state ADA chapter, denied that the group had endorsed any candidate...