New York Senate Race Seen Lacking Clear Issues
The 1962 New York Senate campaign features no clear issues with voters focus on personalities. Democratic candidate James B. Donovan delays campaigning while seeking Cuban prisoners release. Republican incumbent Jacob Javits cites a 2000 voting record to define his stance.
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New York State
James B. Donovan
Senate
Donovan
Jacob K. Javits
Washington
Mr. Donovan
Mr. Javits
Javits
Democratic Party
Morgenthau Rockefeller Face Off Driven by Images
Rockefeller, the Republican incumbent governor of New York since 1959, has long served in federal and state roles. His background spans Inter-American affairs, United Nations planning, and government organization chairs under Roosevelt Truman and Eisenhower, shaping a platform built on experience rather than differing party images.
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Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller
New York State
Roosevelt
Mexico City
United Nations
San Francisco
Truman
International Development Advisory Board
United States
Eisenhower
New York
Rockefeller
Morgenthau
New York Legislative Service
The
Bar Association
New York School of Social Work
Navy
Winslow
Harry F. Bauer
Lansdale
Patterson, Belknap
the Times
Robert Morgenthau
Kennedy
Jacob K. Javits
House of Representatives
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Robert F. Wagner
House
Senate
Morgenthau Faces Tough NY Governor Race Hurdles
The piece analyzes Democrat Robert Morgenthau, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, as a gubernatorial candidate. It contrasts his weak campaign style and limited public appeal with Nelson Rockefeller's strong record, Kennedy backing, and potential internal party challenges.
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New York State
United States
New York
Robert Morgenthau
Morgenthau
Empire State
Javits Faces Donovan as Rival in New York Race
Senator Javits, long-time Republican from New York, contends with James Donovan a negotiator in postwar war crime trials and prisoner releases. Donovan, former associate prosecutor at Nuremberg, helped secure Abel’s sentence and Powers’ release, now active in Cuban prisoner releases and NYC education policy.
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Marilyn Ross
James Donovan
Robert H. Jackson
Great Britain
France
Russia
Nuremberg
Rudolph Abel
Soviet Union
Mr. Donovan
Abel
Donovan
Francis Gary Powers
Cuba
New York City
Minor party candidates eye Cuba crisis as vote asset
Conservative Party leaders see Cuba policy as a potential vote magnet in New York races with Kieran O'Doherty and David H. Jaquith listed for Senate and Governor. Socialist Workers Party nominates Richard Garza for Governor and Carl Feingold for Senator, arguing the crisis could push voters toward a peace platform. The piece notes Garza’s prior mayoral votes and mentions Socialist Labor Party’s presidential bids and Stephen Emery as Senate hopeful.
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Frotskyites
Socialist Workers Party
Kieran O'Doherty
New York City
Columbia Law School
David H. Jaquith
Syracuse
New York
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Richard Garza
Carl Feingold
Garza
Eric Haas
Socialist Labor Party
Stephen Emery
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