1950 U.S. Senate

January 21, 2008 - 10:39am

Wesley Powell ran statewide in New Hampshire twelve times during a thirty-year political career

One of the best primaries in New Hampshire history was for the United States Senate in 1950, when Wesley Powell, a 34-year-old World War II veteran challenged 70-year-old incumbent Charles Tobey in the Republican primary.  Powell was the conservative candidate, while Tobey came from the centrist faction of the GOP.

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