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Show Page 72 THE HERALD. Provo. Utah. Sunday, February 24. 1980 Grand Old Party's Confidence Gains tor 1980 Election - mean Republican progress to the pro pols behind the scenes. That s because House seats are won on local levels, congressional district district It has by congressional nothing to do with who heads the ticket, instead, it reflects bow the party is doing at the far more important ward and precinct levels, where rest the power and the The WASHINGTON (NEA) Grand Old Party must really believe 1980 is its year, because party strategists are predicting substantial gains oo Capitol Hill And not just in the Senate, either, where the Republicans have a good chance of capturing control. Along with that hoped-fo- r gain, party strategists are saying that, with a little luck, as many as 35 Democratic seats in the House of Representatives will go to the GOP come November. This, more than Senate control or a return to White House power, will patronage The relative numbers of Democrats and Republicans in the House have changed little in the last six years. They currently stand at 276 Democrats and 159 Republicans. The last major shift came in 1974. but that was mainly a result of Watergate. Forty seats swung to the Democrats that year and, because of the nature of House campaigns, most of those newly Democratic seats were kept in 1976 and 1978 But the GOP believes this could be the year. To this end, it has targeted 35 current Democratic seats it believes are ripe for the picking. door-to-do- three cases, the Democratic incumbents already have announced In The they will not seek other seats are held by incumbents margin Six of the districts are in California There are three each in Missouri and Pennsylvania, two each in Colorado, Ohio and Texas The remaining 17 are spread around tfie country GOP challengers already have been picked in each of the targeted districts. Almost without exception, tne candidates are young and articulate. Three of them are women mm the Republican planneis say of much lose will Democratic Party share if its strength in the House its of representatives drops to around 240 Partv unity is becoming a thing of the past and. with conservative Democrats voting with Republicans swing on ever more issues, a could represent a major shift in the The National Republican Congressional Committee has held three special workshops for the candidates to help them put together effective campaign organizations Special training sessions have been held for campaign managers and g chairme Even direct help from party experts has been available Once the individual campaigns get into high gear next fall, major GOP figures will be sent into the 35 districts to campaign and direct financial support from a national campaign fund. appear to be substantially more liberal than demographic studies say their districts are or who won their last election by a very narrow woo 35-se- at fund-raisin- House power balance The Aurora Borealis. also called the Northern Lights, is a broad display of rather faint lights in the northern skies at night. 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