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Dates: during 1970-1979
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With about 50 per cent of the Third District vote counted, the Rev. Robert F. Drinan S.J., a Jesuit priest running as an antiwar Democrat, held a 5000-vote lead over his Republican opponent, John McGlennon, who has campaigned on a law and order platform. Drinan's opponent in the Democratic primary, hawkish incumbent Philip J. Philbin, trailed badly in his write-in campaign...

Author: By Garrett Epps, | Title: Peace Candidates Win Mass. Races | 11/4/1970 | See Source »

Peace candidate Robert F. Drinan, S.J., appeared to be on his way to Washington as the next representative of the Third Congressional district when he arrived at the West Newton Armory at 1:50 a.m. this morning to thank his supporters for their loyalty and paticuce...

Author: By Gregg J. Kilday, | Title: Wait It Out | 11/4/1970 | See Source »

...Drinan's staff was predicting victory over Congressman Philip J. Philbin, vice-chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, and Republican challenger John McGlennon. McGlennon was showing surprising strength in the three-way contest, capturing many of the anti-Drinan votes that might have given Philbin another term...

Author: By Gregg J. Kilday, | Title: Wait It Out | 11/4/1970 | See Source »

Over 3000 Drinan volunteers crowded the West Newton Armory in hopes of celebrating their candidate's victory. One out of every five Newton voters had been listed as a Drinan volunteer during the course of the campaign, and the widely varying composition of the crowd-from twelve year-old teeny-boppers to seasoned leaders of the Massachusetts peace movement, including Harvard assistant pro-fessor of Social Studies Martin H. Peretz-underscored Drinan's liberal base...

Author: By Gregg J. Kilday, | Title: Wait It Out | 11/4/1970 | See Source »

Republican Governor Francis Sargent is expected to turn back a challenge by Boston Mayor Kevin White. In House races, interest is concentrated on the races of conservative Democrat Louise Day Hicks in the ninth district and liberal Democrat Robert Drinan in the third...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: Muskie Attacks Smear Tactics, Seeks "Politics of Trust" | 11/3/1970 | See Source »

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