Bender Wins Close Race in Ohio Senate Election
In Ohio, Republican George H. Bender leads amid incomplete returns for Taft's Senate seat, while Democrat Lausche sweeps to a fifth term as governor. Early tallies show Bender narrowly ahead of Burke with 10,943 of 11,347 precincts reporting, and Lausche widening his margin over Rhodes. Among statewide contests, Nye leads Brown for Lt. Governor, with Republicans posting gains in the delegation and several statewide offices.
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Columbus
Ohio
Thomas A. Burke
George H. Bender
Robert A. Taft
Senate
Bender
Burke
Frank J. Lausche
Taft
James A. Rhodes
Lausche
Rhodes
Cleveland
Toledo
John W. Brown
Medina
George D. Nye
Waverly
Nye
Brown
Robert W. Reider
Port Clinton
GOP
Ted W. Brown
Joseph T. Ferguson
Roger W. Tracy
Paul F. Ward
William O'Neill
Marietta
New Philadelphia
John M. Matthias
Edward S. Matthias
Lamneck
Matthias
Butler County Republicans sweep most offices in off year vote
Butler County voted along party lines with Republicans winning most county and state seats. Democrats Edward Dell and Harry Walsh won only two contests, while Paul Schenck Ralph Colegrove Jr. James Sexton Ben Van Gorden R. H. Smith and Fred Cramer and P. P. Boli were elected to county offices or judged statewide, supporting Lausche in the governorship.
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Butler County
Edward H. Dell
Middletown
Harry Walsh
Hamilton
Eeee County
Paul F. Schenck
Dayton
U. S
Butler
Montgomery
Warren
Brown
Clermont
James R. Sexton
Ralph H. Colegrove Jr
Ben S. van Gorden
Fairfield Township
R. H. Smith
Frank Lausche
Fred B. Cramer
P. P. Boli
Voters Reject Appeal For GOP Congress Verdict
Democrats won control of the House and contested Senate control in a cross-trend 1958 election. The tally showed Democrats at 218 House seats with 41 races undecided, while Senate races remained mixed with several undecided seats and potential GOP pickups in Ohio and New Jersey. The outcome cited a less emphatic repudiation of Eisenhower’s appeal and noted ongoing debates over Carter’s influence, Morse’s independence, and the balance of power as party holds shifted through incomplete returns.
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Eisenhower
House
Senate
Detroit
Homer Ferguson
Michigan
GOP
Wayne County
Ferguson
Patrick V. McNamara
New Jersey
Ohio
Oregon
Montana
Wyoming
Wayne Morse
Nixon
Morse
Leverett Saltonstall
Massachusetts
New York
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Joseph T. Meek
Meek
Paul H. Douglas
Illinois
Herbert B. Warburton
Allen Frear Jr
Delaware
G. Mennen Williams
Clifford P. Case
Chales R. Howell
Case
Tennessee election dull with Kefauver and Clement winning
In Nashville Tennessee Kefauver and Clement won easy re elections amid light balloting and voter apathy. Kefauver led Tom Wall Jr. by more than two to one while Clement faced only independent challenger John R Neal as the youngest governor.
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Nashville
Tenn
Estes Kefauver
Frank Clement
Tennessee
Congress
Kefauver
Tom Wall Jr
Clement
John R. Neal
Knoxville
Six Die in Hamilton Home Fire Tragedy
In Pecks' Addition Hamilton six people including Ulysses Mullins aged 70 and his wife May 69 and their grandchildren were burned to death when a coal stove overheated starting a blaze blamed on the wind. The upstairs was unoccupied and the family dog also perished amid smoke. Firemen arrived at 8:50 and contained the fire in eight minutes.
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King
Pecks
Hamilton
Ulysses Mullins
May
Ellen Mullins
Glenda
Joan
Denise
Belle Ave
George Schlotterbeck
Ralph Lenahan
Glenn Mullins
Margin Only 10 000 Votes Harriman Elected Governor Of New York
New Dealer Averell Harriman won the New York governorship in a thriller finish by about 10 000 votes out of more than five million cast. He defeated Sen. Irving M. Ives as Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. lost to Rep. Jacob K. Javits for attorney general. Dewey ordered police guard over voting machines as a public recanvass loomed.
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New York
Averell Harriman
Moscow
Irving M. Ives
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Jacob K. Javits
Thomas E. Dewey
Harriman
Ives
Dewey
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Recount Sought In New Jersey Senate Race
New Jersey voters faced a razor close U S Senate race between Democrat Charles R Howell and Republican Clifford P Case. With 71 districts remaining, Howell led 839095 to 831206 as officials signaled a recount. Republicans held 8 of 14 House seats.
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New Jersey
Newark
N. J
Charles R. Howell
U. S. Senate
Clifford P. Case
Write-In Thurmond Wins South Carolina Senate Seat
South Carolina voters set a national precedent by electing write-in candidate J. Strom Thurmond as U.S. senator, besting Edgar Brown by a wide margin as 1,569 precincts reported. Marcus A. Stone received 245 write-ins while Democrats swept the rest of the election with Lt. Gov. George Bell Timmerman Jr. unopposed.
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Columbia, S. C. i
South Carolina
J. Strom Thurmer
U. S
Congress
Thurmond
Edgar Brown
Brown
Marcus A. Stone
George Bell Timmerman Jr
Barkley Retains Senate Seat. Kentucky Chooses Barkley Over Cooper
Kentuckians re elected 76 year old Alben W. Barkley for six more years in the U S Senate amid a solid Democratic delegation. Barkley led Republican John Sherman Cooper with 364,493 to 289,549 votes as returns showed 78 percent in. Cooper refused to concede while the veteran Barkley extended his long public service record.
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Louis VI Ky
Alben W. Barkley
U.S. Senate
Senate
Veep
Barkley
John Sherman
U.S
House of Representatives
Cooper
Michigan Governor Re elected in 4th Term Victory
DETROIT Gov. G Mennen Williams won a fourth term as Michigan governor and helped the Democratic party sweep statewide for the first time since 1936. Detroit papers predicted victory for U S senator Homer Ferguson in Wayne County and Patrick V McNamara as senator by about 42,000 votes. The Detroit News warned Ferguson faces serious danger while noting Williams may carry the entire ticket. Michigan’s 18 seats split 10 Republicans and five Democrats with slight leads in districts 7, 6, and 17.
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Detroit
G. Mennen Williams
Michigan
U. S
Homer Ferguson
Republican Policy Committee
Wayne
Detroit Times
Patrick V. McNamara
Detroit News
Ferguson
News
Times
Williams
Frank Murphy
Supreme Court
Dist
Pennsylvania Democrats Triumph in Governor Race
Pennsylvania voters elected George M. Leader governor by about 250000 votes, ending 16 years of Republican rule. The York County chicken farmer rose from relative obscurity to lead the state as a key Democratic victory also unseated three incumbent Republican congressmen backed by President Eisenhower.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
George M. Leader
Lloyd Wood
York County
Eisenhower
Area election index on page 2 results mix for judges and statewide races
Cramer and Boll tally 31,562 and 32,212 for two Common Pleas Court judgeships as 64.4 percent turnout from 46,039 of 71,461 registered voters. Rest of page shows governor and other statewide races with Republican leads over Democrats: Rhodes 22,799 vs Lausche 22,411. Brown 23,063 vs Nye 20,521. Brown 23,951 vs Reider 19,178. Tracy 22,796 vs Ferguson 20,440. ONeill 23,555 vs Ward 19,207. Bender 23,165 vs Burke 20,780.
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Common Pleas Court
Cramer
Boll
James A. Rhodes
Frank Lausche
John W. Brown
George D. Nye
Ted W. Brown
Robert W. Reider
Roger W. Tracy
Joseph T. Ferguson
C. William O'Neill
Paul F. Ward
U. S
George H. Bender
Thomas A. Burke
Douglas defeats GOP candidate in Illinois race
Senator Paul H. Douglas is re-elected as Democrats gain at least three new House seats in Illinois. Douglas leads Joseph T. Meek by about 227,000 votes with 800 precincts unreported. Democratic wins include Kenneth Gray beating Co. W. Bishop and Charles A. Boyle defeating Edgar Jonas, while James C. Murray defeats Fred E. Busbey.
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Chicago
Paul H. Douglas
Illinois
Douglas
Joseph T. Meek
GOP
Meek
Sen
Ilinois
Co. W
Runt
Bishop
Mundt Wins Re-Election
SIOUX FALLS SD Sen Karl Mundt led a Republican ticket into office in yesterdays election with incomplete returns showing margins below the 1952 GOP surge. Ward Clark refused to concede as polls closed, while Joe Foss won the governor’s chair by about 20 000 votes over Ed C. Martin. Harold O Lovre and E Y Berry were re-elected as congressmen by similar margins.
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Sioux Falls
Karl Mundt
Ward Clark
Joe Foss
Ed C. Martin
Harold O. Lovre
E. Y. Berry
Faubus Wins Arkansas Governor Race Against Remmel
In Little Rock, Democrat Orval E Faubus defeated Republican Pratt C Remmel for governor. Democratic Gov Francis Cherry lost in the August primary. Senator John L McClellan and all six Democratic House members were reelected without opposition.
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Little Rogk
Ark
Orval E. Faubus
Pratt C. Remmel
Arkansas
Francis Cherry
Faubus
John L. McClellan
Ohio GOP Gains Seat In Congress
Ohio Republicans captured one Democratic seat in Congress while Democrats retained strength by taking the lone incumbent Frazier Reams seat. In the Ninth District race Thomas L. Ashley defeated Reams with Irving C. Reynolds finishing last. The new delegation sits 17 Republicans and 6 Democrats, up from 16 Republicans, 6 Democrats, and 1 independent.
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Columbus
Ohio
Congress
Frazier Reams
Reams
Thomas L. Ashley
Irving C. Reynolds
Ahs
California Remains In GOP Ranks
SAN FRANCISCO Republicans held strong in California with Senate winner Thomas H Kuchel and Governor Goodwin J Knight keeping the state in the GOP column. The party faced potential loss of one of its 19 pressmen as results continued to unfold. Of 30 House seats Republicans and Democrats each kept four, with Republicans leading in 14 districts they currently hold and Democrats ahead in eight, seven of them already Democratic.
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San Francisco
Thomas H. Kuchel
Goodwin J. Knight
California
Alan Bible Wins Nevada Senate Seat in McCarran Succession
Nevada voters elected 44 year old Reno attorney Alan Bible to fill out the late Senator Pat McCarran's term, defeating Eisenhower appointee Ernest Brown. Clifton Young won reelection as Nevada's at large congressman, while Gov. Charles Russell led in a tight governor race by about 2,500 votes over Vail Pittman.
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Reno
Nev
Alan Bible
Pat McCarran
Bible
Ernest Brown
McCarran
Charles Russell
Russell
Vail Pittman
Ike's Home Area Elects Democ at York Pa
A Democrat won the 19th District seat including Gettysburg area as S Walter Stauffer conceded defeat to Democrat James M Quingley. Stauffer had won the seat in 1952 and Eisenhower previously urged reelecting Stauffer ten days ago.
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York
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
S. Walter Stauffer
James M. Quingley
Stauffer
Staufler
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Eeewee Eererre
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Fred E. Busbey
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Cook County
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