Word: democratically
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Alabama. The Republican Party is putting on its most vigorous performance in years, hitting at the Kennedy Administration's armed intervention in neighboring Mississippi. But the G.O.P. has no serious hope of unseating Democrat Lister Hill...
Missouri. Democrat Edward V. Long, elected in 1960 to fill out an unexpired term, is contested by wealthy Crosby Kemper, a Republican convert who was an active Democrat as recently as 1960. Towering (6 ft. 7 in.) Candidate Kemper, 35, has waged a strenuous campaign, harping on the theme that Long is a "rubber stamp" for the Administration. So he is-and so he is likely to continue...
Morton is a seventh-generation Kentuckian whose family grew wealthy in the flour-mill business. He served in the Navy for 51 months during World War II, was elected to Congress three times, served under Ike as Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations, beat Democrat Earle Clements for the Senate in 1956. He was Eisenhower's choice for Republican National Committee chairman to succeed New York's Len Hall, held the job for three years...
...Ankleblankets." Working to Wyatt's advantage is a 2-to-1 statewide Democratic registration lead, plus the support of Kentucky's two biggest newspapers, the Louisville Courier-Journal and the Louisville Times. Working against him is the longtime enmity of former Governor "Happy" Chandler, who, in charging that Wyatt used to wear spats, likes to call him "Old Ankleblankets." Fellow Democrat Chandler, who plans to run again for Governor next year, remains a Kentucky power, and he has not lifted a hand to help Wyatt...
Opposites. Wispy, oh-so-waspy Wayne Morse, 62, and big, cautious Sig Unander are as different as two men can be. Morse is a blazing liberal; Unander is a rock-solid economic conservative. Morse is a maverick-he was a Republican, then a self-styled Independent before turning Democrat in 1954. Unander is a party regular-the scion of a wealthy lumber family, he is a former state treasurer and G.O.P. state chairman, served on the Federal Maritime Board during the Eisenhower Administration. Morse got off to a late campaign start, is now running like the wind. Unander has been...