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    Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. (/waɪkər/; May 16, 1931 – June 28, 2023) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, and the...
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  • Richard Nixon was nominated as the Republican presidential candidate. Lowell P. Weicker entered the race for the Republican party nomination of 1980 but dropped...
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    from 1983 to 1989. He narrowly defeated Republican Party incumbent Lowell Weicker in 1988 to win election to the U.S. Senate and was re-elected in 1994...
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    Connecticut took place on November 2, 1982. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Lowell Weicker won re-election to a third term. He first defeated a challenge from...
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  • ticket of A Connecticut Party (ACP) with Lowell Weicker, winning the election with 41% of the vote. After Weicker declined to run for a second term, Groark...
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    Connecticut took place on November 8, 1988. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Lowell Weicker ran for re-election to a fourth term, but was narrowly defeated by Democrat...
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    O'Neill declined to run for re-election. A Connecticut Party nominee Lowell Weicker narrowly won the election, becoming the first candidate who was not...
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    South), Edward Brooke of Massachusetts, John Chafee of Rhode Island and Lowell Weicker of Connecticut. Some also include President Richard Nixon, who was influenced...
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  • formed by former Republican senator and gubernatorial candidate Lowell Weicker in 1990. Weicker subsequently won the 1990 gubernatorial election and served...
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    re-election but stood as an independent. Republican U.S. Representative Lowell Weicker defeated Dodd and Democratic candidate Joseph Duffey. In January 1966...
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    to take an elected seat in the United States Senate. Additionally, Lowell Weicker is noted for a rare third party win in American politics, having been...
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  • Lawrence of Arabia Lowell Thomas Jr. (1923–2016), film and television producer, Alaskan Senator, and Alaskan Lt. Governor. Lowell Weicker (1931–2023), former...
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    reelected in 1986 and 1988. After losing the 1990 gubernatorial race to Lowell Weicker, Rowland worked as a consultant for United Technologies Corp. Rowland...
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    Democrats since 1989. Lowell Weicker was the last Republican to represent Connecticut in the U.S. Senate. First elected in 1970, Weicker lost his bid for a...
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    which he and Duffey lost to Republican Lowell Weicker. Dodd finished third, with 266,500 votes–far exceeding Weicker's 86,600-vote margin over Duffey. Months...
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    Chafee, Bob Packwood, Arlen Specter, Robert Stafford, John Warner, and Lowell Weicker. Somin, Ilya (December 20, 2012). "The Volokh Conspiracy". Retrieved...
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    defeated incumbent Lowell P. Weicker Jr. (R) in his bid for a fourth term. A liberal in an increasingly conservative party, Weicker found himself at odds...
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    President emeritus of San Francisco State University. Incumbent Republican Lowell Weicker won re-election to a second term over Gloria Schaffer, Connecticut Secretary...
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    Connecticut took place on November 2, 1976. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Lowell Weicker won re-election to a second term over Secretary of State Gloria Schaffer...
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    campaign commercial for moderate Republican U.S. Senator Lowell Weicker of Connecticut. Like Weicker, Scott was, at that time, a resident of Greenwich, Connecticut...
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    adviser to Democratic U.S. Senator Donald Riegle and Independent Governor Lowell Weicker, and the co-author of the 1998 political management book You Won: Now...
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    Brown victory, Wilson won by a wide margin. Incumbent Republican Lowell P. Weicker Jr. won re-election to a third term over Democratic member of the...
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    difficulty in finding a candidate willing to run in the general election. Lowell Weicker, Tim Penny, David Boren and Richard Lamm were among those who toyed...
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    ISBN 978-0-8195-7344-5. "Lowell Weicker, Governor of Connecticut". Archived from the original on March 24, 2014. Retrieved May 17, 2014. "Lowell Weicker Governor of...
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    Pennsylvania, Robert Stafford of Vermont, John Warner of Virginia, and Lowell Weicker of Connecticut) voted against it. His defeat in the Senate was the worst...
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  • Audrey Meadows, Donald Rice, Mark Russell, Nipsey Russell, Mort Sahl, Lowell Weicker Carroll O'Connor, December 7, 1973 (Show #908) Roasters: Marty Allen...
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    budget surpluses in this era. His large re-election victory in 1986 over Lowell Weicker ally Julie Belaga had an effect on the state legislature, which gained...
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    Weltner, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. Background: Lowell Weicker, Jr., John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. Background: Peacemakers...
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    party platform adopted at the 1976 Republican National Convention. Lowell Weicker of Connecticut went so far as to argue that the proposed amendment was...
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    open seat following the retirement of A Connecticut Party Governor Lowell Weicker. The election was a four-way race between A Connecticut Party Lieutenant...
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