Word: philbin
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...hopelessly naive "screamers." His success in avoiding this stereotype was attested one day this summer when a union official whose local covered plants in both the 3rd and 12th districts told him, "That fucking priest Drinan is out of his mind," and asked if Studds wanted Representative Phillip Philbin to campaign...
Complete unofficial returns showed Drinan ahead with 64,716 votes, while McGlennon trailed with 61,129. Philbin, who ran a write-in campaign, brought up the rear with...
...race which received national attention, Drinan defeated two conservative opponents-Democratic incumbent Philip J. Philbin, whom Drinan had defeated in the Democratic primary, and Republican State Rep. John A. McGlennon...
Drinan's staff feared that a strong showing by Philbin in the Western half of the district, including the factory towns of Fitchburg and Leominster, would offset Drinan's advantage in suburban Newton, Waltham, and Watertown...
...when McGlennon grabbed much of Philbin's strength particularly in the eastern precincts, Drinan appeared to have the needed margin of victory...