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==Political activities==
==Political activities==
Although Fulbright was comfortably re-elected, Bernard, later the Republican state chairman from 1971 to 1973, was his strongest Republican rival, for in all previous contests Fulbright had been returned to office unopposed or without significant opposition.<ref>In 1956, for instance, Fulbright polled 83 percent of the vote against the Republican candidate Ben C. Henley of Harrison in Boone County. Like Bernard, Henley was a state party chairman.</ref> In the primary, Fulbright had handily defeated [[James D. Johnson]] of Conway, a [[segregation]]ist Democrat who had been the 1966 Democratic gubernatorial election to the then [[Governor]] [[Winthrop Rockefeller]], a [[Moderate Republican]] and a younger brother oif later Vice President [[Nelson Rockefeller]]. Fulbright won his final election<ref>[[J. William Fulbright]] was unseated in 1974 in the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[primary]] election by then Governor [[Dale Bumpers]].</ref> with 59.2 percent to Bernard's 40.2 percent. Bernard's ticket mate, Governor Rockefeller, scored a second two-year term by defeating the Democrat Marion H. Crank of Foreman in Little River County in southwestern Arkansas. Crank had earlier defeated Johnson's wife, Virginia Morris Johnson, in the Democratic gubernatorial runoff election.
Although Fulbright was comfortably re-elected, Bernard, later the Republican state chairman from 1971 to 1973, was his strongest Republican rival, for in all previous contests Fulbright had been returned to office unopposed or without significant opposition.<ref>In 1956, for instance, Fulbright polled 83 percent of the vote against the Republican candidate [[Ben C. Henley]] of Harrison in Boone County. Like Bernard, Henley was a state party chairman.</ref> In the primary, Fulbright had handily defeated [[James D. Johnson]] of Conway, a [[segregation]]ist Democrat who had been the 1966 Democratic gubernatorial election to the then [[Governor]] [[Winthrop Rockefeller]], a [[Moderate Republican]] and a younger brother oif later Vice President [[Nelson Rockefeller]]. Fulbright won his final election<ref>[[J. William Fulbright]] was unseated in 1974 in the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[primary]] election by then Governor [[Dale Bumpers]].</ref> with 59.2 percent to Bernard's 40.2 percent. Bernard's ticket mate, Governor Rockefeller, scored a second two-year term by defeating the Democrat Marion H. Crank of Foreman in Little River County in southwestern Arkansas. Crank had earlier defeated Johnson's wife, Virginia Morris Johnson, in the Democratic gubernatorial runoff election.
In 1970, Bernard and then Republican State Representative [[George E. Nowotny, Jr.]], of [[Fort Smith, Arkansas|Fort Smith]] both considered running for governor had Rockefeller not sought a third term.
In 1970, Bernard and then Republican State Representative [[George E. Nowotny, Jr.]], of [[Fort Smith, Arkansas|Fort Smith]] both considered running for governor had Rockefeller not sought a third term.