DEFEAT OF SEN. RUSH HOLT IN WEST VIRGINIA IS VICTORY FOR LIBERALS
Defeat of Sen. Rush Holt in West Virginia Is Victory for Liberals Youthful Tory Runs Far Behind in Dem Primary WASHINGTON, D. C—The wrath of liberals and organized labor was visited upon another...
...Coupled with the renomination recently of Rep...
...and for the renomination by a wide margin of Rep...
...Rush Holt in West Virginia Is Victory for Liberals Youthful Tory Runs Far Behind in Dem Primary WASHINGTON, D. C—The wrath of liberals and organized labor was visited upon another as Sen...
...When the election returns were counted Holt was third in a four man race while Harry M. Kilgore, criminal court judge and running mate of Neely's, was first with 104,916 votes to the second man's 97,729 votes and Holt's "0,602 votes...
...Frank Fries (D, 111...
...Holt, who in 193S had to wait a month until he became old enough to take his seat in the senate, was elected as a New Dealer and as a friend of labor...
...a staunch New Dealer and friend of labor, was an easy first in the race for the gubernatorial nomination, beating R. Carl Andrews, state chairman of the Democratic party, by a wide margin...
...The news' of the West Virginia results was somewhat reelgatei to the background by war news...
...R. Burke (D...
...was defeated for renomination in the West Virginia primaries...
...Thomas D'Alesandro (D, Md...
...by a wide margin, the results startled election-wise congressmen...
...M. M. Ne?ly (I...
...Rush D. Holt (D...
...Within recent years, however, he became a bitter enemy of the president and attacked frequently CIO and other labor groups...
...in 1938, slipped through by a narrow margin...
...bitter foe of the National Labor Relations act, to achieve renomination...
...W. Va...
...D'Alesandro...
...With the active support of Labor's Nonpartisan league this year, his renomination was achieved with votes to spare...
...In other primaries this year liberals and laborite accounted for the failure of Sen...
...West Va...
...In the same primaries Sen...
Vol. 10 • May 1940 • No. 21
