Word: caucuses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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John F, Kerry, the Navy dove trying to oust Philip J. Philbin (D-Mass) in the September 15 primary, came in a close second place to Rev. Robert S. Drinan at a caucus held on Saturday...
Eight-hundred people qualified for the caucus of Democratic candidates, which was open to all residents of the Third Congressional District who are college age or older. A split between two liberal candidates helped Philbin stay in office...
...Kerry withdrew after the third ballot, when Drinan had captured under 60 per cent of the vote in a race that had thinned out to only two men. Kerry said he would abide by the caucus's decision. "Let's beat Philbin!" Kerry said as he received a standing ovation...
...solidarity with the working class smacks ungently of socialism, which is not at all what the McCoverns, McCarthys, and Goodells have in mind. When the Independent Radical Caucus asked that a student hand be outstretched to the only disaffected sector with the power to demand anything, SMC criticized them for trying to drag sectarian politics into the coalition...
What if Kerry loses at the caucus? "If it's a representative group," he said, "I'll support the candidate that comes out." He said he might campaign for Stevens, if Stevens wins the caucus's approval. Another idea of his is creating a national citizen's lobby which would be primarily educational and which "would be a new kind of interest group that will demand attention from the men who are legislating...