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Despite the second-place finish of 1912, the Progressive Party began to fade away and the Republicans regained much of their strength. One hundred thirty-eight candidates, including women,<ref>{{cite news |title=A Kansas Woman Runs for Congress |url=https://archive.org/stream/independen79v80newy#page/n54/mode/1up |newspaper=The Independent |date=Jul 13, 1914 |access-date=August 14, 2012}}</ref> ran for the U.S. House as Progressives in 1914 and |
Despite the second-place finish of 1912, the Progressive Party began to fade away and the Republicans regained much of their strength. One hundred thirty-eight candidates, including women,<ref>{{cite news |title=A Kansas Woman Runs for Congress |url=https://archive.org/stream/independen79v80newy#page/n54/mode/1up |newspaper=The Independent |date=Jul 13, 1914 |access-date=August 14, 2012}}</ref> ran for the U.S. House as Progressives in 1914 and 5 were elected. However, almost half the candidates failed to get more than 10% of the vote.<ref>''Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U. S. elections'' (1985), pp. 880–885</ref> |
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[[Gifford Pinchot]] placed second in the Senate election in [[1914 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]], gathering 24% of the vote. Hiram Johnson was denied renomination for governor as a Republican—he ran as a Progressive and was re-elected. Seven other Progressives ran for governor; none got more than 16%.<ref>''Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U. S. elections'' (1985), pp. 489–535</ref> Some state parties remained fairly strong. In [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]], Progressives won a third of the seats in the [[Washington State Legislature]]. |
[[Gifford Pinchot]] placed second in the Senate election in [[1914 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]], gathering 24% of the vote. Hiram Johnson was denied renomination for governor as a Republican—he ran as a Progressive and was re-elected. Seven other Progressives ran for governor; none got more than 16%.<ref>''Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U. S. elections'' (1985), pp. 489–535</ref> Some state parties remained fairly strong. In [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]], Progressives won a third of the seats in the [[Washington State Legislature]]. |