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...politics," stressing issues of reform and full representation, received its mandate from Boston's "new 9th" on November 7. And there was evening and there was morning, and the 9th District shrank back to normal proportions, even for those who had helped to transform it. By the morning of November 8, however, the district wore an unmistakably new political aspect to complement its new shape...
...Irish Volunteers," an electric rock band that seemed to specialies in American folk tunes with an Irish' brogue, set the cadence for the lively victory celebration that appeared destined to begin since the early evening. Louise Day Hicks and the old 9th District politics were left behind in the wake...
...most traditionally Democratic districts on the map, and he was forced to spend much of his time convincing the voters of his Democratic loyalty. "I was trying to reaffirm my principles as a Democrat by giving the Democrats a real choice," he said. A pre-election survey of the 9th District electorate showed that the battle plan had worked--only 10 per cent would vote against Moakley because of his independent status...
...election night, the Moakley victory was irreversible. Inside the Hilton ballroom. O'Neill introduced hundreds of Moakley supporters to "the next congressman of the 9th congressional district" as Moakley and his wife flashed victory "Vs" to the rejoicing capacity crowd. Amid the cheers, someone menponed that McGovern had conceded, but the news was squelched in the triumphant uproar. "He's dynamite, isn't he?" swooned one admirer as Moakley began to speak...
...spoke to his supporters in the same spirit of openness and togetherness that he stressed throughout the campaign: "We're going to be the first Independent congressman to be sent to Washington in over 5000 elections." The candidate who had promised to represent "all the people" in the diverse 9th District seemed ready to fulfill that promise to the point of taking the whole district with him to Congress...