State By State Races Abridged For Governors and Senators
The Associated Press summary lists winners across states in Tuesday’s general election. Key outcomes include Alabama Governor George Wallace defeating Elvin McCary and James B. Allen beating Alvin Abercrombie. Alaska’s Egan vying with Set with Gravel winning. Arizona’s Castro overcoming Williams and Goldwater defeating Marshall. Arkansas Pryor and Bumpers victories. California Jerry Brown and Cranston wins. Florida Askew and Stone wins. Massachusetts Dukakis over Sargent. Michigan Milliken, Minnesota Anderson, Missouri Eagleton, New Jersey Sandman and Maraziti defeats. New Mexico Apodaca over Skeen. New York Carey, Javits over Clark. Ohio Gilligan tight race with Rhodes, Glenn over Perk. Oklahoma Boren over Inhofe and Edmondson over Bellmon. Oregon Straub and Packwood wins. South Dakota Kneip and McGovern wins. Tennessee Blanton over Alexander. Texas Briscoe and others. Washington Magnuson and Metcalf. Wisconsin Lucey and Nelson prevail.
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Associated Press
U.S
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Elvin McCary
Senate
James B. Allen
Alvin Abercrombie
Alaska
William Egan
Scottsdale
Arkansas
David Pryor
Kenneth Coon
Dale Bumpers
John H. Jones
House
Wilbur D. Mills
Ways and Means Committee
Judy Petty
Winthrop Rockefeller
California
Edmund G
Jerry” Brown Jr
Houston I. Flournoy
Ronald Reagan
Alan Cranston
H.L. Richardson
Florida
Reuben Askew
Jerry Thomas
Richard Stone
Jack Eckerd
Massachusetts
Michael S. Dukakis
Francis W. Sargent
Michigan
William Milliken
Sander Levin
Minnesota
Wendell Anderson
John W. Johnson
Missouri
Thomas F. Eagleton
Thomas B. Curtis
New Jersey
Charles W. Sandman Jr
Joseph J. Maraziti
Richard M. Nixon
New Mexico
Jerry Apodaca
Joseph R. Skeen
New York
Hugh Carey
Malcolm Ree
Jacob K. Javits
Ramsey Clark
Onios
John J. Gilligan
James A. Rhodes
John Glenn
Ralph Perk
Cleveland
Oklahoma
David C. Boren
Jim Inhofe
Henry Bellman
Ed Edmondson
Oregon
Robert W. Straub
Victor Atiyeh
Tom McCall
Robert Packwood
Betty Roberts
South Dakota
Ford's Proposal Heads For Divorce in Congress Clash
Washington AP report on President Ford facing a Democratic Congress after sharp election losses. Inflation and recession dominate, with Ford pledging cooperation while lawmakers push health insurance tax reform and public service jobs. Speaker Carl Albert says Democrats have a mandate. Senator Henry M. Jackson expects a faster White House bid.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
Lyndon B. Johnson
House
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Albert
White House
Henry M. Jackson
Wash
Democrats claim two-thirds House and expanded Senate margin
Democrats rode voter discontent over Republican scandals and economic woes to gain at least four Senate seats and 38 House seats, with a sweep of governors. Notable winners include Hugh Carey, Edmund Brown Jr., John Glenn Jr., and Dale Bumpers, while Nixon-era defenders suffered losses. Ford acknowledged the verdict as he faced a shifting political landscape and the looming 1976 White House bid.
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Washington
House
Senate
Ohio
James Rhodes
John J. Gilligan
Hugh L. Carey
New York
Edmund G. Brown Jr
California
John H. Glenn Jr
Dale Bumpers
Arkansas
Richard M. Nixon
House Judiciary Committee
Nixon
Dan H. Kuykendall
Tennessee
Earl F. Landgrebe
Indiana
Ford
Carl B. Albert
Oklahoma
White House
Lloyd M. Bentsen
Texas
Henry M. Jackson
Robert S. Strauss
GOP
Nixon Tapes Authenticity Challenge in Cover-Up Trial
Washington AP prosecutors begin establishing the authenticity of the White House tapes from 1969 onwards. They must show system installation, delivery to Judge Sirica, and identify voices. Jury to hear 26 tapes recording April 1973 conversations as Ehrlichman and Haldeman resigned.
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Washington
Watergate
Richard M. Nixon
White House
U.S
John J. Sirica
John D. Ehrlichman
H.R. Hideman
Sirica
Democrats claim Senate control with notable wins
Democrats have won control of the Senate with at least four GOP pickups in a post-Watergate era. Vermont elected Patrick Leahy, the first Democratic victor there since 1856, while Ohio yielded John Glenn’s landslide. McGovern and Hart secured seats in Colorado and North Dakota amid tight contests nationwide.
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House
Lyndon B. Johnson
Maine
Florida
Kentucky
Colorado
North Dakota
Richard Stone
Jack Eckerd
Edward J. Gurney
Wendell Ford
Louisville
Marlow W Cook
Gary Hart
George §. McGovern
Peter H. Dominick
Vermont
Patrick Leahy
Richard Mallory
George D. Aiken
Washington
Senate
White House
Milton R. Young
Young
William L. Guy
Leahy
Ohio
John Glenn
Ralph J. Perk
Cleveland
George McGovern
Richard M. Nixon
Leo K. Thorsness
McGovern
Dominick
Nixon
Oklahoma
Henry M. Bellman
Ed Edmonson
Nevada
Harry Reid
Paul Laxalt
Alan Bible
October Car Sales Drop Drives Auto Makers to 10-Year Low
US auto makers report October domestic sales at a ten year low as consumer demand shrinks. Chrysler announces layoffs and shift cuts. GM Ford AMC all post steep declines with October deliveries totaling 627,521 versus 857,070 last year.
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Detroit
Chrysler
General Motors
Ford
American Motors
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Warren G. Magnuson
Jack Metcalf
Wisconsin
Patrick J. Lucey
William D. Dyke
Madison
Gaylord Nelson
Thomas Petri
Governor
Denis
South Center Street
Corry
Pennsylvania
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