Word: district
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...proved repeatedly?and jarringly?that it is not a good year for predictions. Only 100 of Nixon's votes are "safe," most of them coming from Western and Midwestern states where he is all but unassailable. And though Humphrey's only truly secure territory is the District of Columbia (3 votes), his candidacy is not altogether bankrupt...
...seventh district includes mainly suburbs north of Boston--Arlington, Belmont, Winchester, Saugus, Medford, and other nearby communities...
...what was expected to be a very close race, early McCarthy backer, State Rep. Joseph Bradley, was defeated by a 2-1 margin in the third district Democratic contest. Incumbent Phillip J. Philbin, a hawk until very recently, beat Bradley in a large new district. Philbin's old district was put into other districts after court-ordered redistricting...
...Edward P. Boland, running for renomination for his ninth term, defeated former Springfield mayor Charles V. Ryan, a liberal in the second congressional district Democratic race. Boland received aid in his campaign from Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54 (D-Mass), his first campaigning since his brother's assasination...
McCarthy-backer Worcester Mayor Joseph Casdin ran far behind incumbent Harold Donahue in the Democratic nomination battle in the fourth congressional district...