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#5) Death of former President Gerald R. Ford. December 6, 1973, Ford takes the oath of office to become Vice-President (filling vacancy from Spiro T. Agnew's resignation of October 10, 1973). On August 9, 1974, Gerald Ford takes oath of office to become the 38th President of the US (filling vacancy from Richard Nixon's resignation). President Ford led the country during a very tumultous period in US history. On August 19, 1976, Ford defeated Ronald Reagan for the Republican nomination for President. November 3, 1976, President Ford concedes the election to Jimmy Carter; losing the electoral college vote 297-240. Mr. Ford died on December 26, 2006.
#4) Republicans lose control of US Congress. The November 2006 off-cycle elections saw the Republicans lose seats (like Lincoln Chafee in RI) and Democrats gain seats - thus taking control of the Congress. When all is done, Democrats control the Senate 51-49, and the House 233-202.
#3) Massachusetts back to a Democrat Governor. After sixteen years with a Republican in the corner office, Kerry Healey was not able to succeed Mitt Romney. Perhaps a result of anti-Republican sentiment across the country, or simply beaten by a better candidate or campaign. The end result is the same - no Republicans elected to any state offices.
#2) Massachusetts Republicans' role further diminished as a few more Legislative seats are lost. Republicans now hold only five of forty Senate seats, and nineteen of 160 House seats. Those numbers further reduce the effectiveness of Republican beliefs, goals and ideals.
#1) Lack of leadership in Massachusetts Republican politics. With no state-wide officeholders, zero for ten US Congressional, and only a few regional (county) officials, there is no clear leader of the State Republican Party. The experiences of the past couple of elections have demonstrated a need to concentrate efforts at the truly local level - this means city/town elections (Board of Selectmen, School Board, etc...) and House races. Concentration on state-wide races has taken the focus off of win-able seats and not developed grass-root organizations. To move forward, efforts need to be focused on the truly local races.
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