Milford chronicle., 1962-11-09
Democratic Coins Are
Heovy For An OF
Yeur Election
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1864 consideration.
In Ohio, Democratic Gov Mich
ael " Disable lost to State Auditor
James Rhodes. Rhodes is not con-
sidered presidential timber as yet
but his victory was seen as an i'm
portant aid to the Republican out
| look in a swing state.
Republicans were far from hav-
I ing things all their own way in
the statehouse contests, however
Democrats won more races h
Republicans did, but many of them
were in smaller states.
The spectacular success of the
Democrats in the congressional
election reversed both the pattern
of history and the predictions of
political experts. Democratic gains
in the Senate were anticipated, but
nothing like what happened in the
House races was foreseen.
The average loss of House seats
| by the party in power in an Off
year is 80. Republicans had hopes
that they. might top that figure
Democrats, including those closest
to the President, expected h e y
would lose 20 at the least.
Before the balloting the Demo-
Gratis had 263 seats and the Repub-
licans 174 in a House of 437 mem
bers. The latest available returns
indicate that when Congress meets
next year with its membership
reduced to 435 by redistricting :
the Democrats will have 260 seats
and the Republicans IT'S, give or
take couple one way or the other.
Only in the South were the Repub-
! licans able to register any gains.
| The Senate now has 64 Demo-
Gratis and SO Republicans. Substan-
TALLY complete returns indicate
that the count next year will be 68
Democrats and 32 Republicans.
The Democrats took over seats
from the Republicans in Connecti-
cut, Indiana, Maryland, Wisconsin
and New Hampshire, while losing
two of their own to Republicans in
Colorado and Wyoming for a sure
net gain of three.
Republican National Chairman
William E. Miller was particularly
enthusiastic over his party's gain
in the South, believing that these
would increase the Republican vote
IN that area two years from now.
So far as the Administration legis-
lative outlook was concerned, what
happened in the South made little
difference since Democratic con-
servatives were being replaced by
Republican conservatives.
The voter turnout was large :
larger than expected all across
the country. The total was certain
to top by several million the ap-
proximately 48 million ballots cast
in 1858, the last off-year election.
Customary political pat
terms were shattered in the races
for governorships in many parts of
the country. Democrats won in
some sections where they had rare
ly won before, and so did Repub-
licans.
In Vermont, Philip H. Hoff be-
came the first Democrat to be cleo
ted governor in 108 years, defeat
ing Republican Governor F. Ray
Keyser, Jr.
Less surprising, but still a re-
versal of tradition, was the New
Hampshire victory of Democrat
John w. King over Republican
John Pillsbury. Kings win was due
mainly to split in Republican
ranks and to the help he got from
outgoing Republican Gov. Wesley
Powell, who bolted his party after
a primary defeat
In Oklahoma, the Republicans
i scored their first state house vic
tory in the history of the state.
electing Henry Bellmon over w. P.
Atkinson, Democrat.
In Texas, Republicans came clos
er to electing governor than they
have since Reconstruction days,
but j ohn Cannally, formerly
secretary of the navy in the Ken
nedy cabinet, managed to turn
back the bid of Jack Cox, a Re-
publican conservative.