sentences:  In 1952, Cramer chose to run for the U.S. House against Courtney W. Campbell, a Democratic businessman from Clearwater and a former member of the state highway board.There was no incumbent in the race, so it was open.Having spent $25,000 in a handshaking tour of Pinellas, Hillsborough, Pasco, and Hernando counties, Cramer benefited from the national Eisenhower-Nixon ticket but lost by 0.7 percent.