The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-11
(By United Press)

The September primaries, held yesterday in eight states with gen. orally favorable results for veteran candidates, continued today in Georgia, where Eugene Talmadge, of the celebrated red galluseS, brand ed by his opponents as a "Willkie man." sought the Democratic nom- ination to third term as governor.
 Yesterdays primaries were in Arizona, Colorado, Louisiana, Mich igan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Vermont and Washington.
 5 Although voting ran true to form in most states, in Arizona, Henry F. Ashurst, a Democrat, elected unan- imously to the United States Senate by the first Arizona legislature in 1912, and reelected every time since, was trailing Ernest w. Mcfarland in the first scattered returns.
 Senator Henrik shipstead of Mir1- nesota, who has represented the Farmer-Labor party in the Senate for 18 years, was leading on the Republican ticket on which he sought reelection this time.
 Minnesota'S Harold E. Stassen, B, youngest governor in the nation keynoter at the Republican National Convention which nominated Wen dell L. Willkie for president, was well ahead in the race for renom- ination.
 Senator Arthur H. Vandenburg, Republican, Michigan, had a com manding lead in his race for re- nomination.
 81 Year Old Leads
 Michigan's 81-year-old governor, Luren D. Dickinson, was we'll ahead of six Republican opponents in the gubernatorial race.
 Vermont Republicans nominated Governor George D. Aiken to the Senate succeeding the late Senator Ernest W. Gibson.
 Stephen F. Chadwick, former Ma tional Commander of the American Legion, was leading in the Wash ington Republican Senate contest.
 The results in brief:
 Arizona: Senator AshurSt trail ing Mcfarland in first, scattered returns. Governor R. T. Jones trail ing Sidney P. Osborn, Phoenix pub fisher, in the Democratic race for governor. Democratic nomination is tantamount to election.
 Colorado: George E. Saunders, secretary of state, had slight lead over District Attorney John A. Car roll of Denver in the Democratic gubernatorial race. Governor Ralph L. Carr, unopposed as the Republi- can candidate for renomination, got a large complimentary vote.
 Louisiana: Five of six Demo- cratic congressional candidates backed by Governor Sam Houston Jones had comfortable leads. The other trailed. Jones, who recently overthrow the Long political ma- chine, did not back candidates in the other two congressional districts but recommended that the incum- bents be defeated. The two incum- bents, T. Overton Brooks, fourth district, and A. Leonard Allen, were leading. Democratic nomination is tantamount to election.
 Michigan: Governor Dickinson was well ahead of six opponents in the Republican gubernatorial contest. Murray D. Van Wagoner, state highway commissioner, led in the Democratic gubernatorial contest. In the senatorial contests. Senator Vandenberg was ahead of Bowen R. Cover of Detroit for the Repub- lican nomination, and Frank Fitz- gerald, Detroit attorney, was lead- ing in the Democratic race.
 Shipstead Ahead
 Minnesota: Senator Shipstead took an early lead, seeking to re- turn to the Senate by the Republi- can route. Governor stassen piled up e heavy lead for renomination on tho Republican ticket. The lead- ing Democratic candidates were John F. Began for Senator; Ed Murphy for governor. The Farmer Lahorites, deserted by shipstead, gave leads to former Governor Elmer Benson, Senate candidate, and Hjal- ar Petersen, candidate for gover-