POLITICAL NOTES Harbinger? New York's Fifth Congressional District, carved out of New York City's Borough of Queens, has long been safe, solid Democratic ground. Its 450,000 residents register two-to-one for Harry Truman's party; they have sent Democrats to Congress nine out of ten times in the last 20 years. Last week, voting to fill its vacant congressional seat, the Fifth turned down a Democrat and elected a Republican to Congress by a vote of 17,300 to 11,442.* It was an unexpected upset for the Democrats. Was it also a harbinger of...
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