This time, she was successful, securing more than 60% of the electorate in an overwhelmingly Democratic year.
He was then easily re-elected in the overwhelmingly Democratic year of 1974.
He chose not to run in 1992, which turned out to be a Democratic year.
"All of those things say it should be a Democratic year."
That was the case in the Democratic Presidential primary last year.
In a heavily Democratic year nationally, she still managed to gain nearly 42 percent of the vote.
By a margin of 5 percentage points, registered voters said they expected to vote more Republican than Democratic this year.
With a split in the state Republican party, 1882 looked to be a Democratic year, and there were several contenders for that party's nomination.
"Two fine people, who stand out in a bad Democratic year," he said then.
He was reelected until 1948, a Democratic electoral year.