Nominations for high and low points of the campaign:
MOST UBIQUITOUS CAMPAIGNER. Pennsylvania's Democratic Senate candidate. William G. Sesler, who often seemed beside himself and, to a degree, was, Sesler achieved the appearance of being in both Pittsburgh and Philadelphia on the same day by having his identical twin brother Thomas stand in for him in Pittsburgh. The tactic had an unforeseen peril: Tom was a more impressive campaigner.
MOST DUBIOUS NOMINEE. Robert A. Zimmermann, a gas station attendant in Sheboygan, Wis., and Democratic-American Party candidate for secretary of state. Zimmermann's only visible qualification...
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