Roosevelt, won the 1940 election with about 55% of the popular vote and took the electoral college vote by a wide margin. Willkie was born in Elwood, Indiana, in 1892; both his parents were lawyers, and he also
Arthur Thomas Colten, known as Tom Colten (October 21, 1922 – December 5, 2004), was a Louisiana newspaperman and politician from the 1950s to the 1990s who rose from a small-town mayoralty position to head his state's Department of Transportation and Development under three governors from...
After House Minority Whip Dick Cheney was appointed Secretary of Defense in 1989, Gingrich narrowly won election to take his place. It became a signature moment for Gingrich, who used his newfound power to construct a more aggressive, activist party, leading to the drafting of the ``Contract ...
In Louisiana state and local (but no longer congressional) elections, the winner of the primary, or the runoff election (called the general election even if both finalists are of the same party designation), hence wins the office. In 1979, Kelly defeated Foshee's 23-year-old son, George ...