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A campaign button used in Carl Touhey's 1973 campaign for election as mayor of Albany.  In 1973, Carl E. Touhey, a well educated, successful businessman, ran as the Republican Party candidate in an attempt to unseat eight-term Mayor Erastus Corning 2nd.  Touhey was defeated by 3,552 votes, the smallest margin of votes in Corning's electoral life.

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"Clean Sweep" Campaign Button
United States; Aluminum, tin and laminated paper, 1973
AIHA Collection: Gift of Mary Sheehan

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