Barry Goldwater

==Early political career==
In a heavily Democratic state, Goldwater became a conservative Republican and a friend of [[Herbert Hoover]]. He was outspoken against [[Modern liberalism in the United States#New Deal|New Deal liberalism]], especially its close ties to [[Trade union|labor unions]]. A pilot, amateur radio operator, outdoorsman and photographer, he criss-crossed Arizona and developed a deep interest in both the natural and the human history of the state. He entered [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]] politics in 1949, when he was elected to the [[Phoenix City Council|City Council]] as part of a nonpartisan team of candidates pledged to clean up widespread prostitution and gambling. The team won every mayoral and council election for the next two decades. Goldwater rebuilt the weak Republican party and was instrumental in electing [[John Howard Pyle|Howard Pyle]] as [[Governor of Arizona|Governor]] in 1950.<ref>Robert Alan Goldberg, ''Barry Goldwater'' (1995) pp. 67–98</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/daily/may98/goldwaterchrono.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000914042048/http://washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/daily/may98/goldwaterchrono.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 14, 2000 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=June 5, 1998 |access-date=March 30, 2010 |title=A Look at the Life of Barry Goldwater }}</ref>