From the start of his campaign for Governor of New Jersey, Democrat Richard J. Hughes, 52, knew that he would have to answer one big question: "Who's Hughes?" A lawyer who had served ably but quietly on the New Jersey Superior Court, Hughes had never run for statewide office and was little known to the voters; in contrast, his Republican opponent, former U.S. Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell, had a nationwide reputation as one of the ablest men of Eisenhower's Cabinet for seven years. But by last week, almost everyone in New Jersey knew who Dick Hughes was: he was the...
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