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Scranton write-in gains in Pennsylvania GOP primary
With 7,281 of 9,261 precincts tallied Scranton led write-in votes at 188,831 while Goldwater and Nixon trailed. Scranton opposed by many GOP contenders sought an unpledged favorite son delegation. results featured late tallies and scattered write-ins affecting delegate allocations. In other contests Hugh Scott won the Senate nomination as Green won a special Philadelphia House seat. Delaware County faced ongoing civil rights protests.
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Scranton
Lodge
Barry Goldwater
Richard M. Nixon
George Romney
Michigan
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Margaret Chase Smith
Harold E. Stassen
Scranton For President
Craig Truax
GOP
Richard Schweiker
John F. Kennedy
Goldwater
Goldwater-for-president
Richard Kliendienst
Truax
Hugh Scott
U.S. Senate
Michael A. Musmanno
State Supreme Court
Genevieve Blatt
State Secretary of Internal Affairs
Balots
Congress
William J. Green
Villanova University Law School
Philadelphia
Green
Edward Rovner
Delaware County