Episode 430 BOB DOLE THE LIFE THAT BROUGHT HIM THERE (Part 11) Roy Vs Dole for U.S. Senate 1974 (A) Dr. Bill Roy

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In 1974, Bob Dole was up for re-election. He could not have picked a worse moment to be on the ballot as a Republican. Watergate had just unraveled the Presidency of Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford had just pardoned Nixon, and Bob Dole had the added problem of having just gotten a divorce. To make matters worse a popular an effective United States Congressman announced he was going to challenge Dole for his Senate seat.

That man was Congressman Bill Roy, a Topeka physician. He was a very effective Congressman. He was also an Obstetrician and that meant that at various times he had…