A look back on the career of Sen. Patrick Leahy, who retired this week
Note: This article was first published last month in the Addison Independent. We reprint it here with the permission of the publisher as part of the cooperative Vermont News Exchange.
WASHINGTON, DC- You won’t find a lot of framed press clippings in the office of Patrick Leahy, the longest-serving member of the US Senate. But there are two that stand out.
One features a Vermont newspaper report that came out five days before the November 5, 1974, general election.
The banner headline reads, “Poll Dooms Leahy.”
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