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The 1952 Washington gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 1952, between incumbent governor Arthur B. Langlie of the Republican Party and U.S. Representative Hugh Mitchell of the Democratic Party. Langlie won the general election, becoming the first Washington state governor to be elected to a third term.
Democratic U.S. Congressman Hugh Mitchell announced his candidacy for governor on March 22, seeking to fix an administration that was "falling apart at the seams". [1] By May, Mitchell was joined by state senator Albert D. Rosellini of Seattle, State Treasurer Tom Martin, Speaker of the House Charles W. Hodde, and Charles C. Ralls in what The Seattle Times described as a "hard-to-predict contest" for the Democratic nomination. [2] [3] During various debates, Rosellini denounced Mitchell as a "left-winger", leaving doubts amidst the anti-communist wave of the era. [4] Mitchell ultimately won the primary by a margin of 30,000 votes
Incumbent Governor Arthur B. Langlie, who had been elected to two non-consecutive terms in 1940 and 1948, filed his intention to run for a third term on July 17 after returning from the 1952 Republican National Convention. [5] [6] Dr. John E. Lydon, a Seattle sanipractor, was the only Republican to run against Langlie and was not considered a serious contender for the party nomination. [7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Arthur B. Langlie (incumbent) | 245,560 | 34.91 | |
| Democratic | Hugh Mitchell | 168,844 | 24.01 | |
| Democratic | Albert D. Rosellini | 137,889 | 19.60 | |
| Democratic | Charles W. Hodde | 59,688 | 8.49 | |
| Democratic | Tom Martin | 48,327 | 6.87 | |
| Democratic | Charles C. Ralls | 22,221 | 3.16 | |
| Republican | John E. Lydon | 20,830 | 2.96 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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| Republican | Arthur B. Langlie (incumbent) | 567,822 | 52.65 | ||
| Democratic | Hugh Mitchell | 510,675 | 47.35 | ||
| Total votes | 1,078,497 | 100.00 | |||
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The 1966 United States Senate elections were elections on November 8, 1966 for the United States Senate which occurred midway through the second term of President Lyndon B. Johnson. With divisions in the Democratic base over the Vietnam War, and with the traditional mid-term advantage of the party not holding the presidency, the Republicans took three Democratic seats. Despite Republican gains, the balance remained overwhelmingly in favor of the Democrats, who retained a 64–36 majority. These were also the first elections held after enactment of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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