Word: harriette
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...Christopher Bond was the youngest Governor in the U.S. Now "Kit" Bond is 47 and no longer a boy wonder, but he still stands out from the political crowd. Last Tuesday he became the only Republican this year to capture a Senate seat from the Democrats, beating Lieutenant Governor Harriett Woods 53% to 47% to take the Missouri seat held by Thomas Eagleton, who is retiring. Bond's victory confirmed the strong conservative Republican trend in Missouri, which was once a staunchly Democratic state...
...also making heavy use of its biggest gun. President Reagan last week launched a final tour of crucial states, hoping some of his spectacular popularity will rub off on local candidates. In Missouri, where former Republican Governor Christopher ("Kit") Bond is straining to stay ahead of Democratic Lieutenant Governor Harriett Woods, Reagan told an enthusiastic audience, "This is my last campaign, and if you'd like to vote for me one more time, you can do it by voting for Kit Bond." The Democrats have responded by trotting out such luminaries of their own as Ted Kennedy and 1988 Presidential...
That seemed to defuse what otherwise might have been sharp criticism from Democrats campaigning for next month's congressional elections. Missouri Lieutenant Governor Harriett Woods, a liberal running for the Senate, contented herself with this bland comment: "I'm not saying the President should have accepted (Gorbachev's offer). I do think that the Administration must now define SDI's purpose more clearly...
...North Dakota, Senator Mark Andrews blew a 12-point lead over Democratic Tax Commissioner Kent Conrad when he erroneously claimed that grain prices had been rising and took credit for the nonexistent increase. In Missouri, the acrimonious race between former Republican Governor Christopher ("Kit") Bond and Democratic Lieutenant Governor Harriett Woods to succeed Democratic Senator Thomas Eagleton is still too close to call...
...eight more for gubernatorial office this year. Earlier in the year, State Representative Judy Koehler was picked as the Illinois Republican challenger to incumbent Senator Alan Dixon. More recently, Alaska State Senator Arliss Sturgulewski swept past eight male rivals in a Republican gubernatorial primary, and Missouri Lieutenant Governor Harriett Woods handily took her state's % Democratic Senate nomination. Last week Connecticut State Representative Julie Belaga defeated heavily endorsed former State Senator Richard Bozzuto for the Republican nomination for Governor. Arizona's superintendent of public instruction, Carolyn Warner, took the Democratic nomination for Governor. In New York former Congresswoman Bella Abzug...