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Wednesday, Nov. 5. 1958 University Daily Kansan
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GOP Takes Beating in Senate Races
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Goodwin J. Knight
Proxmire Retains Seat In Wis. Senate Race
WISCONSIN—Democratic Sen.
William Proxmire defeated Republican Roland J. Steinle in the race for the seat once held by the late Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy.
Proxmire, 42, was first elected to the Senate to replace McCarthy following the latter's death last year.
The Republicans had considered Proxmire's seat one they could take away from the Democrats, because of his proposed measures for ending the recession. Republicans estimated that Proxmire's proposals would
have cost the country $23 billion, and felt that the partial business recovery without great government expense would make him appear inept as a Senator.
Another reason the Republicans were confident was their choice of a candidate. Steinle, 62, is a former state supreme court justice out of politics for years and with few enemies.
But, by the end of the campaign, most observers considered Steinle too unknown and too ineffective as a campaigner to defeat incumbent Proxmire.
William F. Knowland
Two Factors Hurt Knowland
A combination of factors apparently brought about the defeat of Sen. William F. Knowland in his bid for the California governorship.
Edmund (Pat) Brown, heavily favored before the election, came through with the expected runaway. Knowland went down to defeat along with the proposed right to work amendment, which he supported.
His support of the open shop proposal caused a split in the California Republican ranks, which President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Vice-
president Richard Nixon were unable to close in last-minute campaign trips to the West Coast.
As if Knowland and the GOP didn't have enough trouble, the Senator was caught trafficking with Joseph P. Kamp, known as an anti-Semite and peddler of fascist propaganda.
CALIFORNIA—California jumped into the Democratic column yesterday, electing Edmund G. (Pat) Brown governor and Clair Engle senator.
The New York Times reported that "a group of wealthy eastern Republicans" was financing the distribution, through Knowland's wife, of pamphlets containing Kamp's attack on Walter Reuther.
Knight Loses In California
The Democratic sweep brought an end to 20 years of Republican power in the nation's second most populous state and probably means an end to the presidential aspirations of the 50-year-old U.S. Sen. William F. Knowland, defeated gubernatorial candidate.
Brown, 53, the state's attorney general, was almost unknown outside his state.
California's former governor Goodwin J. Knight, 61, showed some gain on Engle in pre-election polls but the distinct Democratic trend in the primary and in late voter registration put Engle in the favorite role all the way.
Knight originally announced he would run again for governor but pulled out of that race when Knowland aimed at the same target. Knight never endorsed Knowland nor supported him in the campaign.
Likewise, Knowland could have been running for re-election to the Senate with every prospect of winning.
Both President Eisenhower and Vice-president Nixon campaigned hard in California to keep the Republicans at the helm but failed to patch up personal and political differences between Knight and Knowl.and
Knowland endorsed the right to work amendment wholeheartedly. Knight was against the measure—so was Brown and the entire Democratic slate.
It was the first time in California's history that Democrats had more than a million-vote edge in registration over the GOP.
Dodd Takes Conn. Race
CONNECTICUT — Democrat Thomas J. Dodd won the Connecticut senatorial race while Gov. Abraham Ribicoff was being re-elected by a record plurality of 200,000 votes.
Ribicoff's plurality was the largest any candidate has piled up in Connecticut in 20 years. He defeated Republican state comptroller Fred Zeller. Dodd won over incumbent Republican William Furtell.
Purtell, who swept in with President Dwight D Eisenhower six years ago, was opposed by labor because of his anti-labor voting in the Senate. Dodd had strong support from labor's Committee on Political Education.
The smashing Democratic victory in Connecticut included grabbing five of the six House seats, all held by Republicans for the last two years.
Dodd's victory was attributed in part to the tremendous popularity of Ribicoff. ___
UTAH Democrat Frank E. Moss maintained a steady 5,000 vote lead last night in Utah's three-way Senate race. Moss claimed victory.
Moss Takes Lead For Utah Senator
Unofficial returns from 521 of Utah's 1,077 election districts gave Moss 47,701 votes to 42,628 for incumbent Republican Sen. Arthur V Watkins and 30,917 for ex-Gov. J Bracken Lee, running as an independent.
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Cannon Tops In Nevada
NEVADA — Democrat Howard Cannon won a tight senatorial race from isolationist Republican Senator George (Molly) Malone, 68, as the Democratic flood reached the West.
Las Vegas City Attorney Cannon was able to unite the state's Democrats for the first time in many years.
Robert Kean
Kean Loses In New Jersey
NEW JERSEY—In New Jersey Democrat Harrison Williams Jr. pulled away in a predicted tossup senatorial race to defeat Republican Robert Kean by 100,000 votes.
The Democratic victory should be a boost to Gov. Robert Meyner's presidential ambitions. Williams picked up the Republican seat held by retiring H. Alexander Smith.
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