Word: wyman
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ballots in question was going to make it impossible for the Senate to declare a winner, and even the Democrats, who badly wanted their party to gain the seat vacated by Republican hardliner Norris Cotton, began calling for a new election, Durkin refused to change his position. So Wyman was able to portray himself as the champion of letting the electorate make the choice, with Durkin appearing anxious to take the decision away from the people of New Hampshire. And when the inevitable happened, and the Senate finally decided to call for a special election, Durkin's original image...
...second Durkin campaign has benefited only a little from what in other states would be a political godsend--Wyman is presently under investigation by the Justice department for his role as a middleman in the deal to make Mrs. Ruth Farkas ambassador to Luxembourg in return for a six figure contribution to the Committee to Relect the President in 1972. Wyman, who has virtually acknowledged the legitimacy of the charges, has been kept very much on the defensive on this issue, claiming simply, "I don't believe I broke any laws." But polls indicate that New Hampshire voters, who never...
...CAMPAIGN has been extremely heated throughout, with each candidate charging the other with being a tool of out-of-state interests, Durkin calling Wyman a lackey of the big corporations, and Wyman accusing Durkin of serving "big labor," pointing to the AFL-CIO's $70,000 contribution to the Durkin campaign. Probably neither side scored any points with these too often repeated charges; nor is it likely that William Loeb and his Joe McCarthyite Manchester Union Leader will have a significant effect on the outcome. The Union Leader has however been making an all out effort to defame and misrepresent...
President Ford's and Governor Ronald Reagan's pro-Wyman campaign swings through the state last week probably hurt as much as they helped. Ford's reception was particularly large and enthusiastic, and his on-the-stump appearances with Wyman last Thursday may well have impressed some. And Reagan certainly has his share of admirers in the state. But there are 31,000 unemployed in New Hampshire and Wyman's identification with the Ford economic policy, as it were, cannot have won him too many extra votes. In addition, New Hampshire residents are not generally impressed with big shot outsiders...
Durkin also still has a lot left of his image as a consumer advocate, which made him such a surprisingly strong challenger in the first campaign. As a popular and innovative insurance commissioner, he developed a solid state-wide consituency, which is now a good match for Wyman's established base of support in the southern part of the state--his Congressional district for ten years. The question then comes down to the swing vote--some 20 per cent of the electorate declared themselves undecided in a poll conducted only last week...