Only half of them were up for election, and most of those had no contest, but for all eight of the front-running undeclared Democratic candidates for President the 1958 election campaign had big meaning:
California's Pat Brown. By winning by 1,012,000 votes over Bill Knowland, Brown becomes a full-fledged presidential possibility, although he is reportedly happy at thoughts of becoming Vice President. Brown's problem: keeping a wary eye on National Committeeman Paul Ziffren and Senator-elect Clair Engle, both longtime supporters of Adlai Stevenson.
Massachusetts' Jack Kennedy. He logged 14,000 miles and 30 speeches for fellow candidates in...