Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pashure pokudzokera kubasa rake repamutemo kwamakore maviri, akamirira kuva gavhuna achirwisana naJohn Davis Lodge weRepublican aripo, achikunda musarudzo nemavhoti anopfuura zviuru zvitatu. Sa gavhuna (1955<unk>1961), Ribicoff akakurumidza kutarisana nedambudziko rekuvakazve nyika yake mushure memafashamo anoparadza akaitika mukupera kwezhizha uye kudonha kwa1955, uye akabudirira kutungamira bipartisan kuedza kubatsira nzvimbo dzakakanganiswa. Ribicoff akabva abudirira kutaura kuti mari yehurumende inofanira kuwedzerwa pazvikoro nepurogiramu dzorubatsiro. Akatsigirawo kugadziridzwa kwebumbiro remitemo yenyika iyo yakawedzera masimba ekutonga kwemaguta emunharaunda. Akasarudzwazve nyore nyore muna 1958, Ribicoff akanga ava kushingaira pane zvematongerwe enyika enyika. Shamwari yenguva refu yeSeneta weMassachusetts John F. Kennedy, Ribicoff akanga aronga mumwe wake weNew Englander kuti ave mutevedzeri wapurezidhendi pa
1956 Democratic National Convention uye akanga ari mumwe wevakuru vakuru vehurumende vokutanga kutsigira mushandirapamwe waKennedy wokutsvaga mutungamiri wenyika.