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Negroes Sweep State and Local Seats Across U.S.
The Associated Press notes a surge of Black candidates in Georgia, Connecticut, California, New York, and Massachusetts. Leroy Johnson wins the Georgia Democratic Senate nomination. Thomas C. Chatman seeks Albany city office runoff. In California, Hawkins seeks Congress in a district with multiple all Negro contests and three Negroes to the Assembly. Edward W Brooke runs for Massachusetts attorney general. Edward R Dudley is the first New York statewide candidate for attorney general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Connecticut
California
New York
Massachusetts
Georgia
Leroy Johnson
Atlanta
Senate
T. M. Alexander
Albany
Thomas C. Chatman
Gerald A. Lamb
William D. Graham
Lamb
Elizabeth City
N. J
Graham
Montgomery
Ala
Wilfred X Johnson
Dawson
Los Angeles County
House of Representatives
Augustus F. Hawkins
Herman Smith
California Assembly
Assembly
Hawkins
James L. Flournoy
Los Angeles
State Board of Equaliza
Edward R. Dudley
Manhattan
Dudley
South
Boston
Louis J. Lefkowitz
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Edward W Brooke
Gener
Bay State
Francis E. Kelly
Brooke