Henry Salvatori, a southern California conservative operative, had convinced Shell to endorse Nixon.

Unlike Shell, Bruce Reagan had been among those conservatives who had refused to endorse Nixon.

Nunn endorsed Nixon over the national Democratic nominee George McGovern of South Dakota.

"The best way to determine what a man will do is to see what he already has done," said Spaht in endorsing Nixon.

Still Adam endorsed Goldwater in 1964 and Nixon in 1972.

He also declined to endorse Nixon.

These efforts paid off; 26 of the 30 newspapers serving the district endorsed Nixon.

The contentious Democratic race left the party divided, and Democrats were slow to rally to Douglas-some even endorsed Nixon.

John Kennedy indicated that he could not endorse Nixon, but that he would not be heartbroken if Douglas was returned to her acting career.

Third ballot (Deacon endorsed Nixon):