The elections will bear upon 3 seats in the upper house and the 432 seats in the lower house. They will also affect 32 posts of State Gove nors and 281 other less important civil and federal official positions The only seats in the House to remain unaffected will be those oe cupied by Maine's representatives, who were elected only last September.
Striving to win the 35 Senatoria: seats are 107 candidates, including 3o Democrats of whom 24 are trying for re-election, and 23 Republicans of whom three are seeking to retain their office. The rest is made up of eight Socialists, five Prohibitionists, four Communists, three Progressives, one Farmer Labourite, eight Independents and ten others.
In the running for seats in the tower house are 927 candidates. Of these, 426 are Democrats; 291 are trying for re-election. There are 355 Republicans, with 82 trying for another term, The rest of the list includes 15 Progressives, seven running for re-election; 16 Farmer Labourites, with five wanting another term; 37 Socialists; 15 Communists; 27 Prohibitionists, nine Socialist Labourites, 15 Independents and 57 others.
Furthermore, there are 112 candidates for the 32 available Governorships. Thirty-two are Democrats, while 31 are Republicans. The rest play no major role in the battle.
The Democratic Party is confident in the outcome of the electoral battle and counts upon four points for victory: Economic recovery, President Roosevelt's increased personal pop larity, the small-salaried classes' evident support of the New Deal, d the reputation of the Republigans as reactionaries.
En the other hand, the Republicans count upon a possible reaction after the years' of existence of the New Deal The farmers' discontent following the lowered prices of their agricultural products is another fac-ior in their calculations. Also, there ere the accusations of corruption hurled against Democrat politicians and a certain alleged distrust of New Dealers, who are accused by some of being "extremist visionaries" and 100 high-spending. administrators—Havas.
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