Evening star., 1946-09-29
Prediction Marqin
OF so House Seats
Held by Democrats
BY the Associated Press

The Democrats, who concede they
have fight on their hands to re-
tain control of the house, will start
off with a 60-seat prediction head
start over the Republicans.
An Associated Press survey yes
terday showed 81 Democrats run
ming for the House either have no
opposition in the November 5 elec-
tions or have both major party
nominations
Only seven Republicans are as
voting
+ Another 81 Democratic candidates
are virtually in" before the ballot
ing. They are running against Re-
publicanS in the Democratic South.
Republicans Confident.
This would give the party in power
total of 104 seats, with another
ia needed for fair majority to
organize the House in the 80th Con-
gress beginning January 3.
/ But the Republicans are cam
paigning with a confidence un-
equalled in the 16 years the Demo-
Gratis have had control of the House.
They say they will capture up to
so Democratic seats while retaining
their present strength. They will
need only 26 overturns to swing it.
The present House lineup is:
Democrats, 237 and four vacancies;
| Republicans, 1872; American Labor,
one, and Progressives, one. A ma
jority is 218.
so Unopposed in South.
Of the 81 Democrats assured of
election, so are unopposed in 10
Southern States. One Representa-
tive John w. Mccormick. House
majority leader, has no opposition
in Massachusetts,, and six won both
major nominations in California,
where cross filing is permitted in
primaries.
The seven Republicans as good as
elected now come from three States.
Two are unopposed in the tradi-
tionally Republican 1St and End
districts of Tennessee, one has no
have the Democratic as we'll as Re
publican nominations in California.
Two Democratic senatorial cam
didates are unopposed. They arc
Bilbo, Mississippi, and Sparkman,
Alabama.
! Democratic gubernatorial nomi-
nees, Eugene Talmadge in Georgia
and j. Strom Thurmond in South
Carolina have no opposition, while
Gov. Earl Warren, Republican, has
both major nominations for re-
election in California
House Candidates.
The 81 Democratic House candi-
dates assured of election in advance
are:
/ Alabama - Frank w. Boykin,
| George M Grant, Albert Rains.
George w. Andrews and Pete Jar
man.
/ Arkansas-E. C. Gathings, Wilbur
D. Mills, James w. Trimble. Fadjo
Cravens. w. F. Norrell and Oren
Harris.
California-Clarence F. Lea, Clair
Enele. George P. Miller, Alfred J.
Elliott, Cecil r. King and Chet
Holifeld.
Florida - J. Hardin Peterson,
Emory H. Price and Robert l.. F.
Skies.
/ Georgia-Prince H. Preston, E. f.
Cox. Stephen Pace, A. Sidney Camp,
Carl Vinson. Henderson Lanham,
w. M. Wheeler, John S. Wood and
Paul Brown.
I,ouisiana-F. Edward Hebert, Hale
Boggs. James Domengeaux, Overton
Brooks, Otto E. Passman, James n.
Morrison, Henry D. Larcade, jr., and
A. Leonard Allen.
Rankin Is on List.
Massachusetts-Jo w. McCor-
mack.
Mississippi - John E. Rankin
Jamie l.. Whitten. William M. Whit
tington. Thomas G. Abernethv, Ar
thur Winstead, William M. Colmer
and John Bell Williams.
North Carolina--John H. Kerr
Tennessee-Albert Gore, Joe L.
Evins. Writ Courtney, Tom Murray,
Jere Cooper and Clifford Davis.
Texas-Wright Patman, Lindley
Beckworth. Olin E. league, Tom
Pickett, Joseph j. Mansfield. Iyn-