Word: governorship
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Koch on his failed bid for the governorship. "I recognize now what I should have recognized then: that being anything outside of New York City in any election position is not for me. I'm like a fish out of water. It showed my spirit at the time...I didn't convey to the organization that was supporting me the kind of zest for the mayoral...
...threaten the PRI's dominance of Mexican politics. Of the country's 23.6 million voters, approximately 74% supported the PRI in the last national election. Emboldened by their victories, PAN supporters have already set their sights on another state contest: the Sept. 4 elections for the governorship of Baja California Norte...
...their status of political parity with whites in Chicago, they can be expected to diversify their bloc-voting in the direction of trans-ethnic and issue-oriented choices. That Black voters in Alabama displayed such diversification of their voting profile, enabling ex-racist George Wallace to return to the governorship, ought to be evidence enough that Afro-Americans are as mature as--and perhaps even more mature than--whites in respecting the inclusive pluralistic ideals of American democracy...
...effort attracting the most attention so far has been Michael S. Dukakis's retooling for the governorship. Amid quite a fanfare earlier this week, the former and future governor displayed his 23-members transition advisory committee and its staff--a group which includes two Harvard officials. He also announced the thorough search and research procedures he would use to pick his administration and its priorities...
...Arlington school committee. In the State Senate race. Kraus portrayed himself as the most progressive candidate, hammering away at the effect of federal budget cuts and state tax limitations on local services He said he ran for the seat, vacated by Samuel Rotundi, an unsuccessful candidate for the lieutenant governorship, to "see that the [district's] representation did not fall back into more traditional hands...