Evening star., 1952-11-05
6. 0.p. Wins or Leads
In Il Governorship
Contests Out Of 80

ana, even with some contests still
nip and tuck. they seemed likely
today to control more State gov.
ernments than at any time since
1929.
They won or held good leads ir
all of the Is contested State!
which now have G. O. P. Cover.
nors. They downed Democrats II
Massachusetts,, Illinois, Indians
and Delaware and stood a chanct
on the basis Of incomplete return.
to capture Democratic strong.
holds in State captitols in Mich.
igan and Montana.
A See-saw race since last night
ended this afternoon when Repre-.
sentative Christian Herter, Repub.
lican. defeated Gov. Paul A. Devel
for Governor Of Massachusetts,.
If present trends continue, thu
G. 0. P. may take over six guber.
Material seats now held by Dem.
ocrats. Fifteen Democratic gov.
ernorships were> at stake in yes
terday'S election.
1929 Margin Seen.
This could mean that Republi-
cans would increase the number OF
G. o. P. Governors from then
present Is to 81. and the Demo-
cratic total would drop from % to
II. The 81 to II was the margin
by Republican over Democratic
Governors in 1929.
Representative Caleb BoggS,
Republican, won over Gov. Ebert
NJ Carvel. Democrat, in Delaware.
G. 0. P. candidates were leading
in Illinois and Michigan, states
which now have Democratic gov
ernors.
In the 80 gubernatorial races,
with eight still undecided, Re-
publicans had won Is and Dem
ocrats T.
Democrats. battling to save their
power in some Of the remaining
State governments. had captured
no new Offices and held no leads
in States already under Republican
administration.
Dixon Trails in Illinois.
In Illinois, 1t. Gov. Sherwood
p. Dixon. the choice of Gov. Adlai
E. Stevenson. fell behind William
G. Stratton, Republican. Earlier
returns had given Mr.. Dixon a
slight lead.
In Michigan. Gov. G. Mennen
Williams, seeking a third term
was trailing a few thousand votes
behind his Republican opponent.
Fred NJ. Alger, jr.
In the Democratic gubernatorial
camp the candidate who stood out
most prominently was Gov. Frank
j. Lausche Of Ohio. He was lead
ing Charles p. Taft, Republican,
younger brother Of Senator Taft
The Republicans captured the
Governors Office in Indiana, where
the incumbent, Gov. Henry F,
Schricker was Democratic candi-
date for Senator. George N. Craig
Republican. was elected over John
A. Watkins.
Governors Listed.
Names Of incumbents are fol-
lowed by asterisks. When two
or more names appear, the final
returns have not been received.
Authorizations are CD for Dem
ocrat, (R0 for Republican. (S.)
for Socialist, CO. for Commu-
mist, PJ for Progressive.
(Prohi.) for Prohibitionist, IS.
L. for Socialist Labor, (S.Wo
for Socialist Worker.
ARIZONA: q years.
Howard Pyle (R)."
ARKANSAS: e years.
Francis Cherry CD.
COLORADO: e years.
Dan Thornton (R).'
DELAWARE: a years.
j. Caleb Boggs (RD.
FLORIDA: a years.
Dan McCarty CD.
ILLINOIS: a years.
William ". OCTaCCOu NI.J.
INDIANA: a years.
George N. Craig R).
IOWA: e years.
William S. Beardsley (R0.'
KANSAS: q years.
Edward F. Arm (R.).s
MAINE: e years.
ELECTED Sept, 81
Burton M. Cross R).
MASSACHUSETTS: q years.
Christian A. Herter RJ.
MICHIGAN: e years.
G. Mennen Williams (D.)."
Fred M. Alger, Jr. (R).
E. Harold Mum (Prohi.)
Theos A. Grove (S.L.).
Howard Lerner (S.WO.
MINNESOTA: q years.
c. Elmer Anderson (R0."
MISSOURI: a years.
Phil M. Donnelly D0.
MONTANA: a years.
John w. Bonner (D0."
j. Hugo Aronson (RD.
NEBRASKA: e years.
Robert B. Crosby (R.).
NEW HAMPSHIRE: e years.
Hugh Gregg R).
NEW MEXICO: e years.
Edwin l.. Mechem (R.)."
NORTH CAROLINA: a years.
William B. Umstead DD.
NORTH DAKOTA: e years.
Norman Brunsdale (R)."
OHIO: e years.
Frank ]. Lausche D0.'
RHODE ISLAND: e years)
Dennis ]. Roberts DD."
SOUTH DAKOTA: e years.
Sigurd Anderson CR0."
TENNESSEE: q years.
Frank G. Clement Cd.
TEXAS: g years.
Allan Shivers Cd. and (R.)."
UTAH: a years. 49,.
j. Bracken Lee (R0."
VERMONT: e years.
Lee E. Emerson (R0.s
WASHINGTON: a years. ..
Arthur B. Langlie (R0.'
WEST VIRGINIA: a years.
William c. Marland Cd.