At stake were 33 Governorships, of which 25 were occupied by Democrats, six by Republicans, one by a Farmer-Laborite, one by a Progressive. When the votes were counted, Democrats had won 26 of the jobs, a Farmer-Laborite one, a Progressive one, Republicans only five.
Kansas. Dopesters who expected Nominee Landon to carry Kansas were sure that his onetime campaign manager and private secretary, Will G. West, candidate for Governor and rated one of the State's smartest politicians, would run well ahead of him on the Republican ticket. But when Franklin Roosevelt swept...
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