Word: governorship
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...plan benefited only the would-be developer of a housing tract; the road project was canceled. In an unusual joint venture, the Herald, St. Petersburg Times and Orlando Sentinel Star are spending $75,000 to computerize records of every contribution of $50 or more to candidates for Congress, the governorship, the legislature and elective state cabinet posts...
...almost a century, from 1870 to 1950, most Massachusetts governors used the lieutenant governorship as a stepping stone to the state's top executive post. The pattern has waned in recent years, but Thomas P. O'Neill III, the current number-two-man in the Commonwealth and part of a well-known political clan in these parts, would like to revive the tradition...
...clearly shown that his ambitions go beyond charring occasional Governor's Council meetings. The son of the Speaker of the House seriously considered running for the Senate seat now occupied by Paul Tsongas. After he gave up on that idea, most observers expected O'Neill to shoot for the governorship, and he officially confirmed his intentions last October...
...word 5 caucus-and lost. Worst of all, as the week went on, and the official tallies from the state's roughly 600 ward caucuses trickled is, it became increasingly clear than son Tommy had failed miserably his first test in his quest for the Bay State's governorship...
Regardless of their motivation, the ads give an indication of the tack King's campaign will take in the future. It seems he will contrast his governorship with that of Dukakis, taking credit for many of the improvements in the economic climate. The 60-second radio ad cites lower unemployment, lower taxes and higher per capita income. "The governor has not so good a job of educating," says Sean G. Mullin, King's field coordinator...