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An Analysis Of The 1964 Idaho Second Congressional District Election Campaign, Dean Maurice Hansen
An Analysis Of The 1964 Idaho Second Congressional District Election Campaign, Dean Maurice Hansen
Theses and Dissertations
After having been elected to Congress from Idaho's Second Congressional District in 1960 by a record vote, and re-elected in 1962, Democrat Ralph Harding was defeated in 1964 by Republican George Hansen in the face of a national Democratic landslide. The objective of this thesis was to analyze the Harding-Hanson contest and attempt to identify the factors which produced the Hansen victory. The methodology employed in this analysis included library research, a comprehensive survey of newspapers serving the Second District which covered the congressional race, correspondence and interviews with candidates, campaign managers and other involved individuals and groups, a grass-roots …