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One PoD is the Senate race b/w JFK and Henry Cabot Lodge Jr -- despite the latter busying himself campaigning for Ike out of state, the race was still close, less than 3%. So suppose Kennedy loses.

First, what becomes of the Kennedy clan -- does JFK run for congress again, or look to the governorship? What about Bobby -- suppose he can't get close to McCarthy*; where does his career go from here?

And of course, I'd be interested in the larger impact on American politics...

*full disclosure: I'm actually thinking about this being part of a bigger "No Mao" TL (discussed here), where one aspect is McCarthy's loss in 52 and the absence of McCarthyism generally -- no need for that to affect this thread though
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