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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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Mrs. Olga Fabianich, mother of Alaska's former Gov. Mike Stepovich, calmly accepted her son's defeat in the U.S. Senate race to Democrat Ernest Gruening. Stepovich received the highest Republican vote total, but Democrats won both Senate seats, the governorship, and the House seat.
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PORTLAND, (AP) -- Mrs. Olga Fabianich, the mother of Alaska's former Governor Mike Stepovich, took her son's loss in his bid for a U. S. Senate seat calmly Wednesday. She said he had told her the race would be close.
"I hoped and prayed for him to get it," she said. "He was one of the best. He's a pretty good leader."
Stepovich, a Republican, lost to Ernest Gruening, a Democrat.
Stepovich gained the largest vote total among Republicans but it wasn't enough to penetrate the Democratic victory margin, which gave them both Senate seats, the Governorship and the House seat.
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Alaska
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Wednesday
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stepovich lost to gruening; democrats won both senate seats, the governorship and the house seat
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Mrs. Olga Fabianich took her son Mike Stepovich's loss in his bid for a U.S. Senate seat calmly. She said he had told her the race would be close and that she hoped and prayed for him to win, calling him one of the best and a pretty good leader. Stepovich, a Republican, gained the largest vote total among Republicans but it wasn't enough to overcome the Democratic victory margin.