How Linn County Voted for County Offices
Citizens of Linn County cast unofficial ballots in the county offices race giving the Democratic slate a clean sweep of courthouse positions.
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1972
Page
5
Walker Victory Dampens G O P Hopes in Illinois
Democrat Dan Walker won the Illinois governor race defeating incumbent Richard Ogilvie, after a long campaign including a 1,200 mile walk. Charles Percy won re election to the Senate, while Nixon carried Illinois. Ed Hanrahan lost Chicago’s top prosecutor post to Bernard Carey. Republicans gained two seats in the Illinois delegation as Abner Mikva left his district.
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Chicago
Dan Walker
Illinois
Richard Ogilvie
Charles H. Percy
Walker
Nixon
Ogilvie
Percy
ABM
Roman C. Pucinski
Richard Darey
Edward V. Hanrahan
Cook County
Bernard Carey
Hanrahan
Black Panther
Daley
George McGovern
U.S
Abner Mikva
Landon Says Vote Size Ends Questions About U.S. Support
Alf Landon, 85, Republican candidate in 1936, said he was asleep when contacted for comment. He called Nixon's landslide win a surprise but significant, noting the large margin should settle doubts in foreign offices about U.S. backing the President's policies.
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Topeka
Kan
UPI
Alf
Landon
Nixon
United States
World Leaders Laud U S Election Results
Foreign leaders and newspapers greet Nixon victory as a step toward peace in Indo China. South Vietnamese and Cambodian officials praise the vote, while North Vietnam offers no friendly comment. Leaders in Europe and Asia note potential for stronger U S partnerships and regional stability.
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Nixon
Indo-China
U. S
Tran van Lam
Saigon
Hanoi
National Assembly
Tran van Tuyen
McGovern
Cambodia
Lon Nol
Southeast Asia
Thanom Kittikachorn
Peking
Moscow
Frankfurt
Willy Brandt
Brandt
Europe
Georges Pompidou
Tanjug
Kim Yong- Shik
South Korea
Senate Winners Listed Across States in Tuesday Vote
AP tally shows winners in 33 Senate races with party and re election status. Notable names include Sparkman Stevens Haskell Biden Nunn Percy McClure Pearson Hatfield Pell Thurmond Tower Scott Randolph Hansen and others across Alabama Alaska Arkansas Colorado Delaware Georgia Idaho Illinois Iowa Kansas Maine Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Montana Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico North Carolina Oklahoma Oregon Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Virginia West Virginia Wyoming with many incumbents re elected. Easy to use and hard to beat. Dial 398 8234.
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Washington
Alabama
John Sparkman
Alaska
Ted Stevens
Arkansas
John L. McClellan
Colorado
Floyd K. Haskell
Delaware
Joseph R. Biden, Jr
Georgia
Sam Nunn
Idaho
James A. McClure
Illinois
Charles H. Percy
Iowa
Dick Clark
Kansas
James B. Pearson
Kentucky
Walter Huddleston
Louisiana
J. Bennett Johnston, Jr
Maine
William D. Hathaway
Massachusetts
Edward W. Brooke
Michigan
Robert P. Griffin
Minnesota
Walter F. Mondale
Mississippi
James C. Eastland
Nebraska
Carl Curtis
New Hampshire
Thomas J. McIntyre
New Jersey
Clifford P. Case
New Mexico
Pete V. Domenici
North Carolina
Jesse Helms
Oklahoma
Dewey Bartlett
Oregon
Mark C. Hatfield
Rhode Island
Claiborne Pell
South Carolina
Strom Thurmond
South Dakota
James Abourezk
Tennessee
Howard Baker
Texas
John Tower
Virginia
William L. Scott
West Virginia
Jennings Randolph
Wyoming
Clifford P. Hansen
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