Word: governorship
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Harrington's margin will mark him as one of the more influential Democrats in the state. There was talk around camp headquarters last night about the governorship in two years. An elderly well-wisher congratulated him saying, "three more years until you've governor." "No-only two," Harrington said...
Nixon won New Hampshire's four electoral votes handily, and Democratic Senator Thomas Mclntyre turned back a stiff challenge by the GOP's Wesley Powel. Three Men--Democrat Roger Crowley, Republican Meldrim Thomson and independent Malcolm McLane--were locked in a tight race for the governorship...
...ILLINOIS. The governorship of Illinois is a plum for either party; for a change, in a state where machine politics is a Daley occurrence, two attractive candidates are battling over it. The incumbent, Moderate Republican Richard Ogilvie, 49, is campaigning on a respectable record that includes improved mental health and welfare administration and increased state-local revenue sharing...
...making the most of a rough situation, Genesco's directors evidently feel that father knows best. Though the younger Jarman remains Genesco chairman, the elder will be in charge. At least one Genesco director believes that Maxey will use his restored position as a steppingstone to the Tennessee governorship in 1974. He tried for that office in 1970 but finished second in the Republican primary to Winfield Dunn, the current Governor. Genesco directors appear willing to keep Maxey on until the company is out of its slump. In a firm that depends on strong retail sales and stable fashions...
Neither Democrats nor Republicans could take any particular pleasure from the election returns. In Kentucky, the only state where the two major parties were battling for the governorship, the Democratic candidate, Lieutenant Governor Wendell Ford, was the winner. The race was a partial test of President Nixon's economic policies since Ford campaigned against them. But the lone congressional contest also served as a token test. H. John Heinz III, heir to the ketchup and pickle fortune, gingerly defended Nixon's wage-price freeze in his campaign and won a 2-to-l victory. Democratic Mayor Joseph Alioto...