The Pittsburgh Press (November 6, 1944)
25 women seek seats in Congress
Clare Boothe Luce headlines fight
New York (UP) –
More than 25 women contestants are entered in tomorrow’s election contest for House seats while another is seeking the governorship in Michigan.
The most interest centers in the fight of Rep. Clare Boothe Luce (R-CT) to retain her seat from the state’s 4th Congressional district. She is opposed by Margaret E. Connors, a Democrat.
In California, Helen Gahagan Douglas, wife of movie actor Melvyn Douglas, is running against Republican William D. Campbell for the 14th Congressional seat of Democrat Thomas F. Ford, retired.
Rep. Stephen A. Day (R-IL) has been campaigning against two women seeking to unseat him – Emily Taft Douglas, a Democrat, and Elizabeth S. Carr, Prohibition Party candidate.
Five up for reelection
Mrs. Luce is one of five women, up for reelection. A sixth, Republican Margaret C. Smith, was returned as Maine’s representative from the 2nd district in the state’s election in September. The others are:
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Republican Rep. Jessie Sumner opposed by Democrat Carl B. Jewell in the 18th Illinois district.
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Republican Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers, representing the 5th district in Massachusetts, opposed by Democrat Milton A. Wesson.
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Democratic Rep. Mary T. Norton, opposed in New Jersey’s 13th district by Republican Frank J. V. Ginimo and William S. Dowd, running as a “victory without hate” candidate.
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Republican Rep. Frances P. Bolton is opposed by Democrat Don O. Cameron in Ohio’s 22nd district.
Woman is Socialist candidate
Most of the other women contestants are running on minor party tickets.
Katherine Odell, Socialist Party candidate, has entered Michigan’s gubernatorial race but it expected to end up third behind Republican Governor Harry F. Kelly and Edward J. Fry, a Democrat.