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Humphrey carried the state. Democratic incumbent Sen. Abraham Ribicoff swept to re-election, beating Republican Edwin H. May, a former congressman. May centered his attack on Ribicoff's support of George McGovern for president and on the speech Ribicoff gave at the Democratic convention denouncing the "gestapo tactis" of the Chicago police. There was no change in the House delegation...
Democrats are counted as leaders in nine more states. One is California, where liberal Democrat Alan Cranston is far ahead of conservative Republican Max Rafferty in a battle for the seat of Thomas Kuchel, a G.O.P. liberal. Another is Connecticut, though Abe Ribicoff is being pressed unexpectedly hard by Republican Edwin May. Republicans lead in another six Senate races, with comparatively easy victories forecast...
...zooming down through the fog to land a mere 40 minutes late. Though his talk ran longer than planned, Bailey, Murphy and Senator Abraham Ribicoff gradually pushed him back on schedule, and the Connecticut foray turned into a success. The Constitution Plaza hecklers were gentle, Waterbury's workers turned out in droves, and Humphrey finally flew to New York in high humor. Murphy, relieved but exhausted, boarded a plane for San Diego to handle this week's set of traps...
...backlash is small, their caliber is unusually high. Paul O'Dwyer (N.Y.), William G. Clark (Ill.), Harold Hughes (Iowa), John Gilligan (Ohio) and Alan Cranston (Calif.) are five exceptional challengers who have done much to free their party from the likes of Mayor Daley and President Johnson. Similarly Abraham Ribicoff (Conn.) and George McGovern (S.D.) distinguished themselves at the Democratic Convention, while Ernest Gruening (Alaska), Gaylord Nelson (Wisc.), and Franch Church (Idaho) have performed yeoman service inside the Senate...
...coalition under McCarthyite the Rev. Joseph Duffey is concentrating on re-electing Ribicoff in '68 (hated by the old guard after his anti-Daley Chicago speech), on lobbying for a progressive legislative program in '69, and taking on Dodd in '70. They are furiously building a grass-roots organization...