Word: gov
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Nixon won in Utah to add 4 electoral votes to his total. The percentages were about 54 for Nixon, 35 for Humphrey, and 11 for George Wallace. Gov. Rampton won and Republican Wallace Bennet defeated Milton Weilemann to regain his Senate seat...
Nixon won North Carolina early in the evening as another Southern state turned in disappointing returns for Wallace. Lt. Gov. Robert W. Scott beat back a strong challenge by Rep. James C. Gardner, and Harvard Law School graduate Sam J. Ervin won re-election to his pereenial Senate seat. In the House, Republicans appear to have picked up one seat, leaving the North Carolina delegation at 7-4, still in favor of the Democrats. One of the victorious Republicans was ex-Cardinal pitcher Vinegar Bend Mizell...
...third term by Republican Richard Schweiker. Clark, an early opponent of the Vietnam was and one of the most liberal members of the Senate appeared to be the victim of widespread ticket splitting. Schweiker is considered a moderate Republican in the line of former Pennsylvania Gov. William Seranton. The Congressional delegation otherwise remained the same, with the Democrats retaining a 14-13 majority...
...coming from Texas at about mid-evening with Humphrey enjoying a slim lead, and expected to win, largely on the basis of Wallace's surprisingly poor showing. Wallace drew only about 16 per cent in Texas, a state which had been rated as a three-way toss-up. Lt. Gov. Preston Smith, more conservative than retiring Gov. John Connally, coasted to a comfortable victory over little-known Republican Paul Eggers. The Republicans evidently picked up one seat in the House, winning Joe Pool's West Dallas seat...
Secretary of State Edgar D. Whitcomb, a Republican, beat Democratic Lt. Gov. Robert L. Rock for the governorship of Indiana to succeed Democratic Gov. Roger D. Branigan, who was barred by law from running again...