Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-11-04
National
And State
Offices Won
Control Of House
Swings In Balance,
With Democrats Con-
fident Of Retaining
Working Majority;
-Four Governorships
To COP
tBy The Associated pres)

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Republicans swept Demo
Gratis out of office in the staic
E0vrrn"rShipS ot New York
Michigan. California and Con-
hectIcut in Yesterdays wartime
or year election and cut heavi-
y INTO administration MAORI
les III Senate and House
Control of the House swunr
IN the balance although Demo
Gratis felt confident they would
retain Il working margin in
me new Congress. They We're
cure of the Senate.
Thomas l.. Dewey. former
Manhattan district attorney. in
creased mcaSurably his 1914 Re
publican presidential nomination
prospects by an easy victory
over roosevelt Endorsed John j.
Bennett, Jr., for the Empirc
STATE gOvernOrShip. ending a p
year Democratic reign at AL
bany.
Mounting returns showed the he
pHpIlcHrS had Won six new SCnl;r
'EatH ana mad Il net gain uI - IN the
iniiSr. with lOl races still undecided
hcy mad won II Senate seats al
together, To the Democrats 10. wI,n
seven races III doubt. T'hc old Sen.
ATE lineup Is 65 Democrats. 30 Re
pUDliCan>. one Progressive and ON,
independent.
An outstanding upset wds The de-
Leaf A14fts1tp.tF
NJ. Brown 10y IN, Republican Cp3un-
rn;. Homer Ferguson Brown nm nd.
ninIstrat!On supporter. had rcccu.lv
pIini"d the administration antI-irI-
.Iati"n bill through Nc Senate
With 2lS needed for Il ma jor-
ity. the Democrats had won IFS
House seats. Republicans I62.
, PrOgreS>ivrs. two. and imcri-
can-Lahor. one. Present House
division is 26i Democrats. lG6
Republicans. three ProlrcSSivcS.
one Farmcr-Labor. and one
AmcriCan-Lahor.
The Republican sweep ,ug,..,d
8l-ycar old George w. Norris Ne
Ord,Ea l"Ucprudcui and New iD.f
supporter with 80 year, ni service ~
~" liu,i," ana Senate behind h,r
y
publican. Democrat 'rCInsJCuts host
'lr u Iowa. New Jersey. and Okla
I"nlH. and TIE Republicans also pics
ID up S.uHnrShti, 100 Dcluwar. and
south Dakota. Formerly held by De
roC";tS
Counting Maine. which elected
in September, Republicans had
won Il dozen Senate places. also
clccting their candidates in Ore
gOn. Kansas. New Hampshire.
MaSSaC huScit> and Illinois,
Democrats had Cdj iluCd 10 Scna'c
'"Hts-tcn ~ n" South and one Cuc1
| III Rhode island. Nc\ ada. and NCS
McNicu. \ total ul - Senate seats
were al -lakr. INC ding Maine.
or IN" ~ govrrn"r>hipS (NiaiHc
! elected a Republican ScptcmDC, ~
! the Republican, Hnd Won Ii. gaining
! tour lr"u the Democrats. and were
! leading IA Idaho. Minnesota. Color
! adu and Wyoming. They lost a Re-
| publican governor IN Wisconsin,
The Democrats had taken eight
| guN"rnUrSh'p>. but rome was Il turn
! over. They included five IN IT,"
! South. and Rhode Island. Oklahoma.
| and AriLund
| Governor VI. VI. Nicely of West
! NirglnI, became the latest in a grow
! me list Df Democratic Senate COZ
tenders 10 COnCcdc victory To- his
Republican opponent for a Senate
seat. now III Democratic possession.
He was defeated by Chapman Rev
Cic"mb. Charleston lawyc..
! RcvcrCoUb thus Joined the ranks
81 those Republicans. including
Thomas T.. Dewey Of New York. wh,
had won for themselves and their
party one of the most spectacular
series OF political victories in years.