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In the wikipedia article on Senator Albert Gore Sr., the following sentence appears: "Gore easily won renomination in 1958 over former governor Jim Nance McCord." Senator Gore's opponent in the Democratic primary was former governor Prentice Cooper. According to his opening speech in the campaign, Governor Cooper criticized Senator Gore for his refusal to sign the Southern Manifesto as well as for Senator Gore's support of the 1957 Civil Rights Bill, and because "he stands for integration." See Nashville Tennessean, June 29, 1958, p. 10A (Governor Cooper's opening campaign address in Murfreesboro). See also numerous articles in the following weeks prior to the August 7 primary. E.g., Tennessean, 7/29/58, p. 3 ("Gore's opponent, Prentice Cooper of Shelbyville, criticized Gore for the Senator's refusal to sign the Southern Manifesto"). See also Tennessean 8/17/58 on national editorial response to Gore's victory margin of 120,000 votes.

Former Governor McCord ran as an independent for governor, not Senator, in 1958, and was defeated by Buford Ellington who had narrowly won the Democratic primary which was tantamount at the time to winning the general election, as the article correctly points out.

I will be happy to help you rewrite the submission on Senator Gore, although giving the correct name of his opponent would probably be sufficient. While irrelevant to the correction here, Governor Cooper's son, Jim Cooper, has served as a distinguished Democratic Congressman from Tennessee for many years.

Andrew Hoyal Seattle, Washington awavolfan@aol.com