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Massachusetts. Paul Dever, the Democratic incumbent and the hoarse, perspiring National Convention keynoter, found himself in a seesaw battle with Republican Congressman Christian Herter. Dever's great strength was in Boston, which he carried by more than 120,000 votes (while Stevenson was carrying it by only 65,000). But it was not quite enough. Scholarly Christian Herter carried the state by more than...
...evidence, we need only point to the cities like Boston, where there are many Catholic voters present, voters particularly sensitive to this issue. Boston, while supporting local aspirants Dever and Kennedy handsomely, helped sound the death-knell of Stevenson's candidacy. In Chicago, too, the local Democratic office-seeker, Dixon, fared better than his one-time boss. Moreover, reversing this analysis, a metropolis like Philadelphia, whose Catholic population looms less weighty in the vote tallies, and Pittsburgh like it delivered up their overwhelming Democratic majorities as usual. Clearly, it was the Reds-in-Government issue that caused this...
...While Dever managed to cling to his precarious lead, it became evident that most state offices would be held by Republicans...
From the very start, Kennedy led the ticket, with Dever only a short distance behind. The heaviest voting was in the Presidential contest, but Stevenson lagged behind the Democratic ticket as a whole, with the single exception of the Attorney General race. Democrat Kelly's opponent, Fingold, managed to outrun the Republican ticket, but his lead came to a halt when the Boston precincts reported...
Police charged them with attempting to take over two searchlights at a Dever rally in front of Cambridge's Hotel Commander. Police also said they shouted obscenities at the Massachusetts Governor, who spoke at the rally...