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===Election to Congress===
 
===Election to Congress===
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In 1954, with a stronger organization, Cramer ran again and unseated Campbell by the same 0.7 percent margin by which he had lost in 1952.<ref>State of Florida, General election returns, November 4, 1952, and November 2, 1954</ref> Cramer found that the $40,000 he spent in 1954 was insufficient for advertising in the still new medium of television, but the state party had contributed several thousand dollars to his campaign.<ref>"Cramer v. Kirk,"" p. 406.</ref>Assigned to the House Public Works Committee, Cramer worked to expand interstate highways and to keep them without tolls. He backed a federal interstate project to tie [[Miami]] with [[Tampa], the large city next to St. Petersburg.
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In 1954, with a stronger organization, Cramer ran again and unseated the one-term incumbent Courtney Warren Campbell ((1895-1971) by the same 0.7 percent margin by which he had lost in 1952.<ref>State of Florida, General election returns, November 4, 1952, and November 2, 1954</ref> Cramer found that the $40,000 he spent in 1954 was insufficient for advertising in the still new medium of television, but the state party had contributed several thousand dollars to his campaign.<ref>"Cramer v. Kirk,"" p. 406.</ref>Assigned to the House Public Works Committee, Cramer worked to expand interstate highways and to keep them without tolls. He backed a federal interstate project to tie [[Miami]] with [[Tampa], the large city next to St. Petersburg.
    
===Senatorial election of 1970===
 
===Senatorial election of 1970===
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