Word: governorship
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...candidate a hand that year, but a decade later tried to have him dumped as Dwight Eisenhower's running mate. In the interim, Nixon acquired a gut fighter's reputation that softened only after his forced retirement by defeats for the presidency in 1960 and the California governorship in 1962. Now he enjoys the active support of such diverse Republicans as Barry Goldwater and Jacob Javits, Strom Thurmond and Nelson Rockefeller...
MARYLAND: Mahoney Rides Again If the name of Congressman Charles McC. Mathias ever becomes a household word, much of the credit will accrue to George P. Mahoney, the most indefatigable also-ran in Maryland's history. Defeated in seven runs for the Senate or the governorship, Mahoney has nonetheless managed to make and break several other men's political fortunes en route to disaster. In 1966, Mahoney narrowly won the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, but his bumbling style and racist opinions (he campaigned on the slogan: "Your home is your castle-protect it!") prompted many Democrats to vote...
...phobia about flying. Before going to war, he had received a law degree from the University of Alabama, and in 1946 he won election to the state house of representatives; in 1952 he was elected a state judge. He made his first, unsuccessful, try for the governorship in 1958. His opponent, John Patterson, had taken a harsher line on race, and Wallace learned a lesson. "They out-niggered me that time," he reportedly declared, "but they'll never do it again." They never have. Alabama today comes close to being George Wallace's personal satrapy, much as Louisiana was Huey...
Permanent Minority. After Shafer won the governorship in 1966, Joe Napolitan, a gifted political manager who had worked for the Democrats, inspected his party's hardening arteries and concluded. "The Democratic Party in Pennsylvania is ready for a major reorganization." Progress since Napolitan's critique has been nil. Former Governor George Leader observes that his party has shown "no sense of urgency" in coping with its problems...
...record in the Governor's mansion was also laudably progressive. Even though Maryland's voters register 3 to 1 Democratic, Agnew was elected to the governorship in 1966 because, once again, the Democrats had been split by a bloody primary campaign. His opponent was Baltimore Contractor George P. Mahoney, a buffled-headed segregationist who campaigned on the slogan: "Your home is your castle?protect it." Agnew staked out a moderate position, emphasizing the need for fiscal responsibility and tax reform...