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Robert F. Drinan, one of the most successful practitioners of the new politics, is embroiled in a tough night for re-election against liberal Republican-Martin A Linsky in the Fourth Congressional District...
...midnight Drinan had 46,020 votes to Linsky's 38,024 votes with "2 out of 144 precinets reporting Conservative candidate John L Collins had polled only 3751 votes...
Political dignitaries and celebrities began arriving. Father Robert Drinan of Newton, a new politics hero, received a huge ovation. Former House Speaker John McCormack of South Boston, on the other hand, an old school Irish politician who served for forty years in Congress, evoked literally no response...
...taking votes from everybody. The conservative Democratic Philbin supporters in the western end of the district are still bitter about the 1970 campaign and still can't stand Drinan. They might not be able to bring themselves to vote for a Republican, but they might support me instead...
Money is flowing freely in the campaign. While not running the Iavish, direct mail-oriented campaign he did two years ago. Drinan still expects to spend over $200,000. Linsky campaign workers say they will spend $150,000 to $200,000. Recently, campaign treasurers for all three candidates met secretly to try to work out a limit for campaign spending but so far no agreement has been reached...