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or the building of a new stadium, Pressman opposed using public money to build a replacement. During the 1974 elections, Pressman had an amendment to the city's charter placed on the fall ballot. Known as Question P, the amendment called for declaring "the 33rd Street stadium as a memorial to war
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would have lost the 1966 gubernatorial election by a narrow margin. Had Agnew not been elected governor of Maryland in 1966, it is unlikely that he would have been chosen as Richard Nixon's vice-presidential running mate in 1968. Mahoney's support of segregation alienated many liberal Democrats,
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candidate withdrew, and Pressman accepted the Republican nomination as their candidate for City Comptroller. He won the general election running on a 'ticket' with former Baltimore Mayor and Maryland Governor Republican
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veterans and prohibiting the use of city funds for construction of any other stadium." The measure passed 56 to 44 percent, effectively destroying any chance of a new, modern sports complex being built in Baltimore.
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In 1984, the city's NFL franchise left for Indianapolis. In the next elections, city voters repealed Question P by 62 percent to 38 percent, paving the way for the construction of both
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Pressman lost his first bid for election in the 1963 Baltimore Democratic Primary election for City
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prompting them to split their tickets by supporting him or the pro-civil rights Agnew.
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for Mahoney. Had the 10% of the vote received by Pressman instead gone to Mahoney,
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by just over 1,200 votes (less than 1%). Following the election, the
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