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...Russell Long (re-elected in "open" primary) Maine 4 Maryland 10 Edward Conroy Charies McC. Mathias Massachusetts 14 Michigan 21 Minnesota 10 Mississippi 7 Missouri 12 Thomas Eagleton Gene McNary Joseph P. Teasdale Christopher Bond Montana 4 Ted Schwinden Jack Ramirez Nebraska 5 Nevada 3 Mary Gojack Paul Laxalt New Hampshire 4 John Durkin Warren Rudman Hugh Gallen Meldrim Thomson New Jersey 17 New Mexico 4 New York 41 Elizabeth Holtzman Alfonse D'Amato* North Carolina 13 Robert Morgan John East James Hunt Jr. Beverly Lake Jr. North Dakota 3 Kent Johanneson Mark Andrews Arthur Link Allen Olson Ohio...
Reagan advisers and political analysts tend to agree that Bush's nomination represents a triumph of electoral logic over sentiment. (Bush was chosen, for instance, over Sen. Paul Laxalt (R-Nev.), a close friend and ideological cohort of Reagan whose selection would have put two conservative Westerners on the ticket.) A Texas oil industry, Bush has the advantage of a split geographical background. While a presidential candidate, he won six primaries--including those in the key states of Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Michigan--and is being counted on to help Reagan in those areas where the former California governor is weakest...
...former rivals. "We have a blank check in terms of the time these men have available for us and the energy they are willing to invest. This kind of equanimity is highly unusual for us, and we intend to play it for all it is worth," Sen. Paul Laxalt (R-Nev.), Reagan's campaign chairman, said last summer after the harmonious convention...
Although efforts put forth by the Republican also-rans have not lived up to Laxalt's optimistic expectations, Reagan campaign officials say they are pleased with what their former foes have done...
When Reagan suffered an unexpected beating in the Iowa primary caucuses, partly because he refused to debate there, Laxalt warned him bluntly: "Campaign or we're heading for disaster." Reagan dropped his protective politicking, entered the debate ring in New Hampshire, and his campaign took off. A relaxed personality, Laxalt is a popular figure in Washington, where many other conservatives tend to stand stiffly aloof from the press and their less ideologically rigid colleagues. The Senator has warned Reagan that he should not carry his anti-Government pitch so far as to antagonize the entire Congress...