Article explores Gerald L. K. Smith's intrusion into the 1948 United States Senate race in New Mexico, in which native Oklahoman Patrick J. Hurley was the Republican candidate. In the mid-twentieth century, Gerald L. K. Smith became well-known for the viciousness of his views, his bigotry, and his extremism.
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Article explores Gerald L. K. Smith's intrusion into the 1948 United States Senate race in New Mexico, in which native Oklahoman Patrick J. Hurley was the Republican candidate. In the mid-twentieth century, Gerald L. K. Smith became well-known for the viciousness of his views, his bigotry, and his extremism.
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Abstract: In the mid-twentieth century, several individuals rose to prominence on the fringes of American political life through demagogic behavior or force of personality. Gerald L. K. Smith became one of the best known, for the viciousness of his views, his bigotry, and his extremism. Russell Buhite explores Smith's intrusion into the 1948 United States Senate race in New Mexico, in which native Oklahoman Patrick J. Hurley was the Republican candidate. At the same time, he illuminates Hurley's post-World War II behavior and anti-Zionism.
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Buhite, Russell D."Your Enemies May Attract Unwanted Friends": Gerald L. K. Smith, Patrick Hurley, and the 1948 New Mexico Senate Race,
article,
Autumn 2004;
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
(https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2016921/:
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The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org;
crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.