Word: electioneering
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Overwhelming their Republican opponents Democratic Governor Abraham A. Ribicoff won re-election, Thomas J. Dodd toppled incumbent Senator William A. Purtell and Chester Bowles captured a Republican Congressional seat. Ribicoff piled up a 610,000 plurality.
Close to 50 million voters will go to the polls tomorrow in a midterm election that will decide the makeup of the 86th Congress and have a strong effect on the 1960 Presidential race.
Griswold, along with former Justice of the Supreme Court Louis S. Cox, is featured in advertisements as a supporter for Herter. The statement of the Committee of Lawyers for Herter claims that "his election as Attorney General is essential to the proper adminstration of the legal affairs of the Commonwealth...
The state to watch for early indications of a trend is Connecticut, where the polls close at 7 p.m. and the final count should be available within an hour. Complete election night coverage will be provided by both the CRIMSON and WHRB.
Election Coverage. All networks, 9 p.m.