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Republican Rancor. In Massachusetts, Teddy Kennedy's rout of George Cabot Lodge was perfectly predictable. Far less so was Peabody's apparent win over Republican Governor John A. Volpe. In Connecticut, former Health, Education and Welfare Secretary Abraham Ribicoff, long touted as the greatest Democratic vote getter in...
Democratic candidate Abraham A. Ribicoff, former Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, defeated Horace Seely-Brown in the Senatorial race; incumbent Governor John Dempsey (D) won easily over John Alsop. The Democrats also picked up an additional House seat, raising their total in Connecticut to five.
It remains for both the Republican candidates to overcome the great, vote-getting name of Abe Ribicoff; he is favored to beat Seely-Brown, and he might well carry Dempsey along with him. In that sense, a story doing the Connecticut rounds is appropriate. Alsop, pulling a switch on Seely...
Getting himself remembered is the major problem for husky Horace. For after six terms in the House, he has pitted himself against one of the most formidable votegetters in Connecticut political history. Ribicoff. who resigned last June as Secretary of Health. Education and Welfare to run for the Senate, is...
They are also getting to like Seely-Brown. if only because they are getting to know him through his tireless potholder campaigning. As for actual issues, Ribicoff is running hard on the Administration's medicare bill. "I had to sit in the Senate gallery and watch medicare defeated." says...