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Elected in 1974, Dale Bumpers was a very popular Senator and was widely seen as the favorite in his 1980 re-election bid. During his time in the Senate, Bumpers was known for "bucking the conservative winds blowing across his state.". The "bucking" was most evident in 1978 when Senator Bumpers voted for the Panama Canal treaties.
Dale Leon Bumpers (August 12, 1925 – January 1, 2016) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 38th Governor of Arkansas (1971–1975) and in the United States Senate (1975–1999). He was a member of the Democratic Party .
Popular vote 433,122: 262,313 Percentage ... Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Dale Bumpers won re-election to a third term. Major candidates. Democratic
Bumpers, a folksy and eloquent Southern Democrat who was a close friend of younger fellow Arkansan Clinton, served in the Senate for 24 years. Dale Bumpers, former Arkansas governor and US senator ...
Dale Bumpers (Incumbent) 477,905 : 59.1% ... Abdnor's campaign focused on both McGovern's liberal voting record and what it said was McGovern's lack of ...
The 1974 United States Senate election in Arkansas took place on November 5, 1974. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator J. William Fulbright ran for re-election to a sixth term in office, but was defeated in the Democratic primary by Governor of Arkansas Dale Bumpers.
Elected governor in 1974, replacing Bumpers, Pryor served four years before being elected to the U.S. Senate, where Pryor won passage of a Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights in 1988.
Ohio has set a new record for early in-person voting, topping the previous record set during the pandemic. Ohio sets new record for early in-person voting, tops pandemic numbers from 2020 Skip to ...