Word: duffey
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...proved crucial. Two Senate victories that the Republicans picked up almost casually ?Glenn Beall's in Maryland and Lowell Weicker's in Connecticut?turned on other factors. Weicker ran against two opponents, Democratic Incumbent Thomas Dodd. who campaigned as an independent after failing to win renomination. and Joseph Duffey, an antiwar liberal who had gained the party's designation. Beall unseated Joseph Tydings, whom LIFE accused last summer of having less-than-strict ethical standards. Tydings also failed to attract large numbers of black voters whose support he needed. Neither Beall nor Weicker matched the bellicosity emanating from Washington...
Connecticut's traditional Democratic vote was split between that party's peace candidate, Rev. Joseph Duffey, and Thomas Dodd, the Democrat incumbent running as an Independent. Republican Rep. Lowell P. Weiker won with 41 per cent of the vote...
...Connecticut Democratic peace candidate Rev. Joseph Duffey suffered from a split in his party and was defeated by Republican Rep. Lowell P. Weiker. Incumbent Senator Thomas Dodd, a Democrat running as an Independent, won 28 per cent of the vote, most of it in traditionally Democratic blue collar areas. The gubernatorial race, won by Republican Thomas Meskill with 54 per cent, also helped Weiker's effort...
...Duffey's campaign was considered a significant index of the strength of McCarthy-style peace campaigns. Duffey was a strong supporter of McCarthy's presidential...
...much Dodd cuts into Duffey's vote will determine whether the election is won by the Republican candidate, Rep. Lowell P. Weiker. Weiker is considered a moderate Republican, but supports the Nixon course in Indochina...