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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Dorothy Runnels |
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Lovington, New Mexico , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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January 27, 1923
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| Died | June 17, 2020
(97 years)
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| Contributor | User 13 |
| Last Modifed | David
Jan 27, 2021 02:08pm |
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Widowed -
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| Info | Mrs. Dorothy Frances Gilland Runnels
Born in Houston TX on 1/27/1923
Married Harold Runnels in 1944; they moved to Lovington CO in 1951 where he started the Runco Acidizing and Fracturing Company.
Dorothy Runnels was active in women's groups while her husband served in Congress and received aid from them for her write-in campaign to win his seat after his death in 1980. Altogether, 212 of the 275 Democratic members of Congress in 1980 supported her write-in campaign.
Deming Headlight, 10/20/1980; Santa Fe New Mexican, 9/28/1980
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