Word: governorship
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Says Carl Sanders, the liberal whom Carter defeated for the Georgia governorship: "Hell, Carter is a lot more liberal than I ever was." Adds Carter with some hyperbole: "My socioeconomic positions are not really different from Mo Udall...
...victory against a patsy, either. Running against three serious opponents, Hayakawa achieved a comfortable eleven-point plurality over Robert Finch, 50, his principal adversary. Finch, once a close friend of Richard Nixon's, was California's top vote getter ten years ago when he won the lieutenant governorship. Later he served as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare in the Nixon Administration...
...Washington, he goes to Sacramento. If I'm elected President, I will appoint the first black Governor in the United States." Unfortunately, the Governor was off on both his authority and his history. If Brown is elected President, Dymally will automatically succeed to the governorship. And during Reconstruction, P.B.S. Pinchback, a black man, served as acting Governor of Louisiana for 36 days...
...represent a new political generation," says Governor Jerry Brown, "and I have struck a chord here in California. The question is how deep it is, and can it sound everywhere else?" In search of an answer, Brown, who once described the governorship of California as "a pain in the ass," is seeking the mortification of the presidency...
Wallace used his incomparable political talents to capitalize on these insecurities and gain the power of the governorship. Under his name or under that of his late first wife, Lurleen, he has served at the helm of the state for almost 11 of the past 13 years. During such long tenure, one would expect the state to have been led to great heights by a man of Wallace's abilities. He has, it must be said, done some good things for our state in the areas of high-way construction and medical schools. However, he has failed to lead...