Word: governorship
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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After two committee meetings, Daley massed the faithful at a press conference in Chicago's Sherman House and introduced the candidates who were ultimately selected. Lieut. Governor Samuel Shapiro, 60, a stocky, reticent campaigner, will go for the governorship, while Attorney General William G. Clark, 43, will have the unenviable task of running against Dirksen. Why had Stevenson been overlooked? "He's already got a job," said Daley. As for Shriver, who is also fully employed running the poverty program, the Kennedy brother-in-law could console himself with reports that he too may have...
...President, and run at least a respectable senatorial race against a formidable Republican incumbent-in this case, patriarchal Everett McKinley Dirksen. Also like Arvey, who steered Stevenson instead of the less manageable Douglas toward the Statehouse, Daley is believed to be leaning toward young Stevenson for the governorship despite his reputation as an independent-minded politician. Much as he would like an agreeable team man in Springfield, Daley would like a winner even more, and he can count on Stevenson to run well in Republican strongholds "downstate"-meaning everything outside Cook County...
...Voice in the Land. Politics fascinates Galbraith, and he is somewhat intrigued with the idea of running for the governorship of Massachusetts. But his sharp wit, irrepressible candor and donnish mien would be fatal handicaps at the polls. As it is, there are many who think that he has already spread himself too thin. "The peril with becoming a Voice in the Land," says Columbia Economist Louis Hacker, a friendly critic, "is that you are expected to be knowledgeable in every subject. Galbraith has no right to be pontifical on things like Viet...
Romney prides himself on his ability to come from behind, citing his resuscitation of American Motors and his 1962 campaign for Michigan's governorship as cases in point. He will need all of that stern-chasing stamina to overcome Nixon before the March 12 primary...
...voter registration, Texas Republicans are ideologically close to Connally Democrats. In a 1961 runoff election to fill Johnson's old Senate seat, Conservative Republican John Tower won handily, was re-elected last year with a startling 57% victory margin. Next year, Tower will be a possibility for the governorship, along with freshman Republican Congressman George Bush, a 20-year Texas resident who is the son of Connecticut's former Senator, Prescott Bush...