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In the '''midterm elections of 1962''', the [[Democratic Party]] lost four seats in the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] but gained two seats in the [[U.S. Senate]], retaining their majorities.

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Although the opposition party traditionally makes healthy gains in midterm elections, the nation rallied behind [[President Kennedy]] during the [[Cuban Missile Crisis]], less than three weeks before the election. Two prominent Democratic freshman Senators included [[George McGovern]] of [[South Dakota]] and [[Birch Bayh]] of [[Indiana]]. Earlier in 1962 [[Edward Kennedy]] was elected to the Senate in [[Massachusetts]] in a special election.

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Every incumbent Republican in the House was reelected. They did particularly well in south, defeating a four-term Democratic Senator in Alabama. Future presidential candidates that were elected Governor included Democrats [[George C. Wallace]] of [[Alabama]] and [[John Connally]] of [[Texas]], and Republican [[George Romney]] of [[Michigan]]. Governor [[Nelson Rockefeller]] of [[New York]] easily won a second term.

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Future President [[Richard M. Nixon]] was defeated in his campaign for Governor of [[California]], and told the press "You won't have Nixon to kick around any more", announcing his retirement from politics.

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