Interview with Lee R. Nunn, May 26, 1984
Project: John Sherman Cooper Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Lee Nunn, a prominent political campaign manager in Kentucky, begins the interview by detailing his participation in Cooper's 1956 Senatorial campaign. Nunn considers the state of the Kentucky Republican Party overall. Nunn's political work after the 1956 campaign is also mentioned. The interviewee describes the 1960 elections in Kentucky. Nunn talks of his political career in the early 1960s. Nunn provides an overview of Cooper's personality. The 1964 Republican National Convention is considered. Nunn's role in Cooper's 1966 Senatorial campaign is discussed. Nunn illustrates what the Kentucky Republican Party was like in the 1950s and 1960s. The interviewee articulates strategies to win elections that the Kentucky Republican Party utilized. The level of support provided to the Kentucky Republicans by the national party is evaluated. Nunn's position in the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee is examined. Nunn details why he left Washington, D.C. in the 1960s. Nunn recalls his role in his brother Louie Nunn's gubernatorial campaign in 1967. Nunn considers the challenges of being the Chairman of the Kentucky Republican Party. The interviewee explains the Southern strategy of the Republican Party to get more voters. How Cooper and Morton fit into this strategy is explored. Nunn gives his views on how Cooper has become so popular with Kentucky voters. Ronald Meredith, a U.S. District Attorney in Louisville, is said to be similar to Cooper in personality. The Democratic stronghold in Kentucky is explained. How helpful the Republican Party was to Cooper's successful political career is also mentioned. To conclude the interview, Nunn provides the names of potential people to interview for this project.Interview Accession
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Nunn, Lee R. Interview by Richard C. Smoot. 26 May. 1984. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Nunn, L.R. (1984, May 26). Interview by R. C. Smoot. John Sherman Cooper Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Nunn, Lee R., interview by Richard C. Smoot. May 26, 1984, John Sherman Cooper Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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