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...course, was that the Boston returns came in first, and though they gave the Democrats a lead, the margin was not enough to offset the expected Republican vote from the western part of the state. In Boston, which Sen. Kennedy carried, 221,152 to 74,014, Thomas J. O'Connor could manage only a 150, 305-to-116,854 lead over Saltonstall and Ward was ahead of Volpe by only...
...while Saltonstall soon began to cut into O'Connor's margin, Volpe remained well behind Ward. After 1208 of the State's 1984 precincts had reported, Saltonstall took the lead in his race, 600,725 to 572,608. But Volpe still trailed...
Ward, meanwhile, refused to concede. O'Connor capitulated shortly before midnight, but still Ward held firm. Volpe's victory speech, with a pledge to clean up and reorganize Massachusetts government, did nothing but make him more adamant...
...Statler Hotel headquarters Thomas J. O'Connor conceded to Senator Leverett Saltonstall about midnight election night. For the 35-year-old mayor of Springfield who tried to unseat the man who surely now is recognized as a phenomenon in Massachusetts politics it was a disappointing end to a campaign that never quite got off the ground. The energy and the ability of the man were there, but the organization and planning and money that go into running for office was missing. O'Connor, though a loser, is a fresh face on the tired political scene in the Bay State...
This represents an unfortunate defeat for Kennedy because O'Connor's vote could have been very important in the 87th Congress. In order to carry through his forward-looking program, the new President will need enough liberal votes, both Democrat and Republican, to offset the recalcitrant coalition of Republicans and Southern Democrats. And unhappily, O'Connor was not the only Kennedy supporter beaten in this strange national election...