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...outcomes than in the margins. "The Democrats came within a whisker of having a landslide," said Wendell Ford. Democratic incumbents won handily, most rolling up wins of 20 points or more. If the Democrats had picked up about 43,000 votes in five states (Virginia, Rhode Island, Missouri, Nevada, Vermont), they would have taken control of the Senate. Republican moderates, such as John Chafee of Rhode Island, Lowell Weicker of Connecticut, John Danforth of Missouri and Robert Stafford of Vermont, barely withstood strong challenges. The fact that they finally won will ensure the survival of the party's moderate wing...
...Democratic successes were most obvious in Governor's races. Stressing Republican responsibility for the recession, Democrats won seats from retiring Republicans in Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, Alaska and Ohio. They also upset incumbents in Arkansas, Nebraska, Nevada and Texas. In all, the Democrats captured seven more governorships, to bring their total to 34. They also will control both houses of 34 state legislatures, six more than they...
...such a stalemate occurs, Reagan may try to use Congress as a scapegoat in his 1984 campaign. Aides say that he is already thinking about his re-election bid, and last week he persuaded Nevada Senator Paul Laxalt, a close personal friend, to be the honorary chairman of the Republican National Committee. Others are also looking ahead. Kennedy used his easy race in Massachusetts to flood New England with a series of five-minute ads designed to dispel questions about his personality and character. Senator John Glenn of Ohio will get a boost in building a campaign organization...
Incumbency proved to be the most decisive factor. Only two veterans, Democrat Howard Cannon of Nevada and Republican Harrison Schmitt of New Mexico, lost their races; on Election Day in 1980 ten Senators were beaten, and seven were defeated in 1978. Yet, examined more closely, the overall numbers do not give much solace to the Republicans. Of the 19 Democratic incumbents, 13 won with 60% or better, while four others attracted between 57% and 59% of the vote. But only one of the eleven G.O.P. incumbents, John Heinz of Pennsylvania, drew 60%. Indeed, four moderate Republicans, Lowell Weicker of Connecticut...
...Political realities eventually shrank the list to five, but NCPAC still raised $10 million and spent $4.5 million in the 1982 elections. Yet last week, for all its thunder, the New Right could claim partial credit only for the defeat of a single, vulnerable incumbent, Democrat Howard Cannon of Nevada...