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...surprises of last week's state elections was the solid triumph of Illinois Governor Otto Kerner against the spirited challenge of Republican Charles Percy (TIME cover, Sept. 18) -a fellow who seemed sure to go far if only he could have won last week...
...tell pollsters they planned to vote for Barry. Nor did large numbers of voters pass up the presidential race out of apathy or coolness toward both candidates. The presidential vote broke all records. The magnitude of the President's conquest also swept many other Democrats, such as Governor Otto Kerner in Illinois and, most notably, Senate Candidate Robert Kennedy in New York, to victory. Yet perhaps the most fascinating facet of the election was the amazing amount of ticket splitting, as voters chose L.B.J.-and then skipped down the ballot to vote for deserving Republican candidates (see The Senate...
...Chuck Percy's luck finally ran out. He had accused Illinois' Democratic Governor Otto Kerner of being a stooge of Chicago Boss Richard Daley. So Daley went right ahead to deliver Chi- cago, where Negro voter registration was up by 31,000 to 346,000. More- over, the incredibly complex Illinois bal lot encouraged straight-ticket voting as President Johnson won the state over- whelmingly. As a result, moderate Re publicans lost one of the highly touted comers they had depended on to help rebuild a tattered party. >Roger Branigin, 62, a prosperous Indiana corporation and utilities attorney...
...loser in a Presidential election. And 1964 should be no different. Lyndon Johnson will probably carry Illinois, one of Barry Goldwater's "must" states, by at least a 60-40 margin. What makes Illinois interesting this year is not the LBJ landslide but the defeat which incumbent Governor Otto Kerner may inflict on Charles Percy, darling of liberal Republicans and Presidential hopeful...
Illinois: Republican Charles H. Percy, 45, the former whiz-kid board chairman of Bell & Howell Co., is ahead of Democratic Governor Otto Kerner, 56, recently staggered by scandal in his first-term administration...