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| Date: | 1980 |
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| Description: | Four smiling young Cubans with petitions for camp nomination elections. Photographs made on July 4, 1980, by Archibald of Cuban refugees who had arrived as... |
| Read an account of the history of recall elections in Wisconsin. This article also includes a Wisconsin recall timeline and citations of scholarly sources. |
| Date: | 02 21 1989 |
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| Description: | Seven men wait for the polls to open Tuesday morning at the New Berlin Administration Building. |
| Date: | 10 05 1986 |
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| Description: | Long before Governor Earl conceded the race, some backers celebrated at his campaign party in Madison. |
| Date: | 11 1984 |
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| Description: | "Supporters of Dwight York watch election returns on the TV screen." |
| Date: | 11 1984 |
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| Description: | "After being assured of a victory, York thanks his followers for their support at the American Legion building in Lomira." |
| Learn about America's presidential elections since 1856 and discover how Wisconsin voted. |
| Date: | 04 1985 |
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| Description: | "Twenty-six-year-old Martin P. Koll, who was elected Village President at the spring election, posed on Theresa's main street." |
| Date: | 1988 |
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| Description: | Framed assortment of political campaign buttons for George H.W. Bush and running mate Dan Quayle, and Mike Dukakis and running mate Lloyd Bentsen. One of t... |
| Date: | 1984 |
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| Description: | Framed assortment of political buttons for Ronald Reagan and running mate George H.W. Bush, and Walter Mondale and running mate Geraldine Ferraro (the firs... |
| 1850-2009 |
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| Photographs of political campaign techniques of the past. |
| Read a short biography about this U.S. Senator famous for his penny-pinching attitude toward government spending and his courage in taking unpopular stands |
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