How Republican Conservatives Launched the Kennedy Dynasty
To their eternal regret
John F. Kennedy won his first election to the U.S. Senate in 1952 by just 70,000 votes. His opponent, incumbent Republican Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, faced a deeply divided Republican Party, and JFK’s victory was as much attributable to Lodge’s weakness as his own strength.
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