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Chapter Fifty-Four
"The Republican Party took a total of nine seats in the Senate-in South Dakota, the incumbent-1972 Democratic Presidential candidate George McGovern-lost to Republican Leo Thorsness-his 1974 challenger.
"In Illinois, former Congressman and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld defeated incumbent Adlai Stevenson-son of the former Governor and two time Democratic presidential candidate.
"In Connecticut, Congressman Stewart McKinney defeated the Mayor of Hartford, George A Athasn."
-Walter Cronkite (1980)
"Democrats did hold onto seats in tightly-contested elections in Idaho, Georgia, and North Carolina. Should Governor Carey appoint a Democrat to fill Senator Buckley's seat upon his resignation, then the Democrats and Republicans both contain fifty Senate seats."
-John Chancellor (1980)
"In Illinois, former Congressman and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld defeated incumbent Adlai Stevenson-son of the former Governor and two time Democratic presidential candidate.
"In Connecticut, Congressman Stewart McKinney defeated the Mayor of Hartford, George A Athasn."
-Walter Cronkite (1980)
"Democrats did hold onto seats in tightly-contested elections in Idaho, Georgia, and North Carolina. Should Governor Carey appoint a Democrat to fill Senator Buckley's seat upon his resignation, then the Democrats and Republicans both contain fifty Senate seats."
-John Chancellor (1980)
- Israel
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