Word: democratics
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John Kerry's bid to become the first Democrat in 45 years to be elected to Congress from the 5th Congressional District of Massachusetts failed yesterday. Former State Representative and Congressional Aide Paul W. Cronin was elected...
Kerry who had been picked as a solid favorite as recently as a week ago was substantially kindered by the with drawal from the race last Friday of Democrat turned independent Roger P. Durkin a conservative whose criticism of Kerry's radicalism had dominated the campaign Durkin threw his support to Cronin in an attempt to block Kerry's bid for Congress. Yesterday's returns medicated that Cronin had picked up most of the 20 per cent of popular support that Durkin had claimed...
...upset was in the making last night in the 5th Congressional District, as Republican Paul W. Cronin may have beaten Democrat John F. Kerry for the seal vacated by former Republican Congressman F. Bradford Morse...
Although Studds was leading weeks by 33,600 to 26,466 with only about 40 per cent of the vote counted, the Democrat seemed to have victory safely in his grasp by running ahead of his expected totals in New Bedford, Plymouth and Norwell
Ticket splitting throughout the nation prevented the Nixon landslide from shaking the Democrat's control of Congress. As of 2 a.m. the Republicans appeared to have gained 15 seats in the House and one in the Senate...