Evening star., 1952-11-03
BY the Associated Press

6v the Assoeioied Press
A new Congress which could
have a more important role than
the new President in shaping
Americas destiny in the critical
years ahead will be elected tomor-
row, along with 90 Governors.
The 432 men and women who
will be named to the House of
Representatives and the "a men
who will be elected to round out
the Senate's membership of 96
may largely determine. the sue
cess Of the new administration.
A Summary of Elections.
Here is quick summary of the
side elections to be held tomor-
row:
HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
TGVES-The entire membership
of 435 must be elected every two
years. For control of the House,
a political party needs 218 seats.
The present lineup is 232 Demo-
Gratis, 202 Republicans and one
independent. including four va
cancies. Seeking election are oil
candidates.
SENATE - Thirty five will be
elected; including one already
chosen in Maine. These include
80 seeking full six-year terms and
two running for unexpired terms,
For control 40 seats are necessary.
The present lineup is 40 Demo-
Gratis, As Republicans and one
Republican, independent. OF the
80 seats at stake 20 are held by
Republicans. IA by Democrats.
The 81 holdovers include 35
Democrats and 26 Republicans.
The already elected Senator from
Maine is Republican.
sGOVERNORS-Thirty, includ-
ing one already elected in Maine,
will be elected this year. They
are about equally divided now be-
tween Republicans and Demo-
Gratis. OF the 18 Governors not
affected by Tuesdays voting, 10
are Republicans. 8 are Democrats.
Seeking the governorships to be
filled are 10 candidates.
Predict G. 0. p. House.
While most observers agree
that both branches of the next
Congress will be dominated by
Democrats if Gov. Stevenson be-
comes President, some Repub-
licans are predicting a G. o. P.
House, regardless of the presi-
dency.
But if Gen. Eisenhower wins
there is strong possibility that
he will have to do business with
a Democratic Senate.
The Democrats have a tactical
edge in the Senate in that they
hold 35 of the seats not at stake
this year, and five of the IA Dem
ocrats running this year are from
Southern States and are almost
certain to win. Four other Dem
ocrats are running in border
States or States traditionally
Democratic.
Counting their holdovers, Dem
ocrats figure they have a hard
core of A seats to start with, and
need only five victories in the
remaining Is contests to clinch
control.
While Democrats privately
admit they may lose several seats
they now hold, they claim excel
lent chances to win seats now held
by Republicans in Missouri, WASH
ington, Montana, Indian Della
ware. Utah and Massachusetts.
They give themselves a fighting
chance to take asG. o. P. seat in
Wisconsin.
Republicans Now in Senate.
Republicans now holding these
seats are:
Missouri-James P. KEN, op-
posed by Stuart Symington.
Washington-Harry P. Cain. op-
posed by Representative Henry
M. Jackson.
Montana-Zales N. Ecton, op-
posed by Representative Mike
Mansfield.
Indiana-William E. Jenner, op-
posed by Gov. Henry F. Schricker.
Delaware - John j. Williams,
opposed by 1t. Gov. Alexis I. du
Pont Bayard.
Utah-Arthur v. Watkins, op-
posed by Representative Walter K.
Granger.
Massachusetts, - Henry Cabot |
Lodge jr., opposed by Representa-
tive John F. Kennedy.
: Wisconsin-JoSeph r. McCar-
thy, opposed by Thomas E. Fair
child
Republicans are hopeful of pick
ing up Democratic seats in Wy
oning, New Mexico. Michigan,
Connecticut, Maryland and Ari-
zona
Holding these seats now are
these Democrats:
Wyoming-Joseph c. O'Mah-
f