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Roosevelt recently made headlines by urging his opponents to refuse Political Action Committee contributions. Bachrach, Vallely, and Kennedy say their campaigns have not accepted such contributions, and Johnston has pledged to run her campaign entirely on private contributions...
...other Democratic contenders thus far are: State Senator and activist George Bachrach (D-Watertown), State Representatives Thomas M. Gallagher (D-Brighton), William F. Galvin (D-Allston), and Thomas J. Vallely (D-Back Bay), former State Representative and two-time Boston mayoral candidate Mel King, Cambridge activist Carla Johnston, James Roosevelt Jr. '68--a grandson of Franklin D. Roosevelt '04--Boston City Councilor Albert L. "Dapper" O'Neil, who entered the race this week, Watertown international lawyer James Spiegal, and Robert M. Cappucci...
State Sen. George Bachrach portrays himself as an iconoclast and not "a back-slapping member of the club." His record of activism includes demonstrations against the Vietnam War, civil rights advocacy, anti-nuclear rallies, and a 1984 arrest while protesting in the offices of Deak-Perera, a dealer in South African gold Krugerrands...
...legislature, Bachrach has advocated rent control, comparable-worth pay, minority, women's, and gay rights, and increased government funding for health care. He also served on the Senate Rules Reform Committee that led to the 1985 adoption of new procedures for the body...
Nine Democratic hopefuls participated, including acknowledged frontrunner Joseph P. Kennedy II, and, in the order they spoke, State Representatives William Galvin (D-Brighton), Thomas Vallely (D-Back Bay) and Thomas Gallagher (D-Allston); Bachrach; James Roosevelt; James Spiegel; Carla Johnston; and former Boston mayoral candidate Melvin H. King. The Republicans taking part were Clark Abt and Mildred Fay Jefferson, a new entrant in the race...