Ticket splitting becomes national voting habit in 1966 results
The 1966 election shows voters selecting governors and senators from different parties in about half of the cases, with states like Alaska and Rhode Island electing Republican governors and Democratic senators. The trend cuts across Congress, leaving only a few states with all Democratic or all Republican delegation. The piece notes mixed loyalties among leaders and urges electing the most qualified candidates despite party labels.
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Washington, D. C
Georgia
Bo Callaway
Alaska
Arkansas
Minnesota
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Rhode Island
Iowa
Kansas
Maine
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Avkonsas
Olahoma
Mane
Questio
House of Representat
Virginia
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Louisiana
Mississippi
Nebraska
Jacob Javits
N.Y
Strom Thurmond
S.C
Robert F. Kennedy
James 0. Eastland
Miss
Nebraska GOP rides surge to sweeping statewide win
Walter Witthoff hailed a live Republican elephant after a GOP landslide in Nebraska. Denney won first district congress, Tiemann became governor elect, and Morrison lost big. Denney and Swanson also triumphed while Rasmunssen and Sorensen lost seats. Democrats face a long rebuild as anti-LBJ sentiment and tax opposition shaped the ballot.
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Melvin Paul Lincoln
Walter Witthoff
Nebraska
Congress
James Munnelly
Omaha
Frank B. Morrison
Carl T. Curtis
Capitol Hill
Burr
Great Society
Robert V. Denney
Clair Callan
Odell
Mindendet
Texas
Johnson
Senate
Morrison
Norbert T. Tiemann
Philip C. Sorensen
Tiemann
Wausa
John Everroad
Ross Rasmussen
Wayne Swanson
Fred Sorensen
GOP
State legislative focus on taxes dominates Nebraska session
The legislature convenes January 3 with a push toward a sales income tax mix to address a looming tax burden. Labor groups oppose sales taxes while business groups oppose income taxes. The 1967-69 budget draft for Nebraska University faces impact from a federal minimum wage law, potentially raising costs as minimums rise to 1.60 by 1971.
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U.P . University of Nebraska
Glenn W. Smith
Smith
Property Transfers In Aurora And Kroger Family Deeds
Merton M. Springer and wife transfer lot 12 and E% lot 11 block 21 in the original village of Polk to First Securities Corporation in Aurora by quit claim. Roscoe K Kroger and Gwendo lyn Kroger deed a parcel of land to Donald J Kroger in the 1913 4 period.
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Shelby
Harold Gordon
Joseph Schinzel
Stromsburg
Sidney Lynn Snider
Joyselan I. Byers
Alma P. Hanson
Milton G. Hanson
Edward H. Niemeier
Larry Larson
Merton M. Springer
First Securities Corporation
Aurora
Polk
Roscoe K. Kroger
Gwendolyn Kroger
Donald J. Kroger
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Waco
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State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
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Silver Creek
Valley Cemetery Society
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