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June 9: The bad news in New Jersey was that conservative supply-sider Jeff Bell lost to Rep. Millicent Fenwick in the senatorial primary. The good news is that Mrs. Fenwick is given far better chance than Bell to beat Democratic candidate Frank Lautenberg, a political neophyte who came from behind in nine-man Democratic field to win the nomination. . . . Incidentally, Rep. Janies Courier, the only Republican in the land to have won Reagan’s endorsement this year, slid in to easy victory over Rodney Frelinghuysen in New Jersey’s 12th CD. . . . In California, San Diego Mayor Pete Wilson charged from behind in the last fortnight to cop Republican senatorial nomination from Barry Goldwater Jr., which could be bad news for Gov. Jerry Brown, the Democratic primary winner. Last preprimary Mervin Field matchup showed Wilson running 22 points ahead of Brown, whereas Barry Goldwater Jr. led him by only 12 points. … In gubernatorial race, Mayor Tom Bradley of Los Angeles won the Democratic nod, as expected. He’ll face Attorney General George Deukmejian, which was unexpected. Deukmejian came from seven points behind in last week to beat out Lt. Gov. Mike Curb, very probably because of last-minute disclosure that Curb had been classified “medically, mentally, or morally unfit” for military service during the Vietnam War. Early polls have Bradley well ahead of Deukmejian now, but Deukmejian showed up as attractive, aggressive candidate against Curb. . . . Other big races: In Iowa, where Republican Gov. Robert Ray is retiring, the Democrats gave their primary votes to 31-year-old Roxanne Conlin, a liberal former U.S. Attorney and out-and-out feminist. Her GOP opponent: Terry Branstad. … In Ohio, it was too little and too late for conservative William Ress, who jumped in with write-in candidacy after tragic death of Rep. John Ashbrook. Ress had support of Ashbrook’s widow, Jean, but prize went to moderate Republican Paul Pfeifer, who’ll be taking on Democratic Sen. Howard Metzen-baum. . . . In the gubernatorial battle, Rep. Clarence Brown won GOP nomination from the more liberal Seth Taft.

In New York, as expected, the Liberal Party has given its nomination to Lt. Gov. Mario Cuomo over Mayor Edward Koch. That means there will be at least three candidates on ballot for governor come November: Koch, Democrat; Cuomo, Liberal; and, most probably, Lehrman, Republican and Conservative. Republican establishment in New York, anxious to stop Lehrman, is not having much luck. Its latest candidate, former U.S. Attorney Paul Curran, gets only 4 per cent of primary vote in Wirthlin poll, has only 5 per cent name recognition against Lehrman’s 69 per cent (Gannett).

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June 9: The bad news in New Jersey was that conservative supply-sider Jeff Bell lost to Rep. Millicent Fenwick in the senatorial primary. The good news is that Mrs. Fenwick is given far better chance than Bell to beat Democratic candidate Frank Lautenberg, a political neophyte who came from behind in nine-man Democratic field to win the nomination. . . . Incidentally, Rep. Janies Courier, the only Republican in the land to have won Reagan’s endorsement this year, slid in to easy victory over Rodney Frelinghuysen in New Jersey’s 12th CD. . . . In California, San Diego Mayor Pete Wilson charged from behind in the last fortnight to cop Republican senatorial nomination from Barry Goldwater Jr., which could be bad news for Gov. Jerry Brown, the Democratic primary winner. Last preprimary Mervin Field matchup showed Wilson running 22 points ahead of Brown, whereas Barry Goldwater Jr. led him by only 12 points. … In gubernatorial race, Mayor Tom Bradley of Los Angeles won the Democratic nod, as expected. He’ll face Attorney General George Deukmejian, which was unexpected. Deukmejian came from seven points behind in last week to beat out Lt. Gov. Mike Curb, very probably because of last-minute disclosure that Curb had been classified “medically, mentally, or morally unfit” for military service during the Vietnam War. Early polls have Bradley well ahead of Deukmejian now, but Deukmejian showed up as attractive, aggressive candidate against Curb. . . . Other big races: In Iowa, where Republican Gov. Robert Ray is retiring, the Democrats gave their primary votes to 31-year-old Roxanne Conlin, a liberal former U.S. Attorney and out-and-out feminist. Her GOP opponent: Terry Branstad. … In Ohio, it was too little and too late for conservative William Ress, who jumped in with write-in candidacy after tragic death of Rep. John Ashbrook. Ress had support of Ashbrook’s widow, Jean, but prize went to moderate Republican Paul Pfeifer, who’ll be taking on Democratic Sen. Howard Metzen-baum. . . . In the gubernatorial battle, Rep. Clarence Brown won GOP nomination from the more liberal Seth Taft.

In New York, as expected, the Liberal Party has given its nomination to Lt. Gov. Mario Cuomo over Mayor Edward Koch. That means there will be at least three candidates on ballot for governor come November: Koch, Democrat; Cuomo, Liberal; and, most probably, Lehrman, Republican and Conservative. Republican establishment in New York, anxious to stop Lehrman, is not having much luck. Its latest candidate, former U.S. Attorney Paul Curran, gets only 4 per cent of primary vote in Wirthlin poll, has only 5 per cent name recognition against Lehrman’s 69 per cent (Gannett).