Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: He mema a Newman no te Pāti Reipa i te timatanga, engari i kitea e ia he nui ake tana kore makona ki tana tuunga mo te wehewehe. Ka tae atu a Newman ki te huihuinga whakahaere tuatahi o te Progressive Democratic Party, he roopu pango e arotahi ana ki te taurite me te wehewehe. I te tau 1958, kua hurihia e ia tana mema ki te Pāti Manapori, i reira i mahi ai ia hei karere ki te
1968, 1972, me te 1980 Democratic National Conventions.