Carl Burke: 2nd Man In This Picture
I went looking for a photo of Carl Burke, the great Idaho attorney and the only campaign manager Frank 
Church ever had, and, of course, couldn’t find one online. He could have been the second man in this photo of the Senator and Bethine. Burke must be smiling – he usually was – as he maintains his “passion for anonymity” even as a generation of politicos and operatives remember him at his passing as the rarest of rare breeds in Idaho – a Democrat who could help elect Democrats. Carl Burke, 89, slipped away quietly late last week and most everyone who came of political age since the pivotal Church – Steve Symms race in 1980 probably made scant notice of his death. He deserves more – much more/Marc Johnson, The Johnson Report. More here.
Question: Anyone remember the Church-Symms race of 1980?
