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...best choice to serve the district with a vigorous voice in Congress is George Bachrach, a former state senator from Watertown and a long-time advocate of improved education and home health care funding for seniors. Bachrach ran for the seat in 1986 and came in a very close second to Kennedy. In the intervening years, he has headed both the Massachusetts President of Americans for Democratic Action and the state Office for Children. Most recently he has worked as the head of a company which raises money for non-profit organizations...
Throughout his career in public service, Bachrach has been an articulate proponent of increasing education spending to repair crumbling schools, lower class size and fund programs for three- and four-year-olds to start school early...
...Bachrach has also drawn support from seniors in the district with his attention to the need for funding for home health care, so that the elderly are not unnecessarily sent into nursing facilities. He stands out among the field in the seriousness with which he addresses the needs of both young and old. Bachrach has also been the most outspoken proponent of a woman's right to choose in the race...
Finally, in his advertising campaign, Bachrach has revealed a refreshingly self-deprecating sense of humor. In one ad promoting small class size, he stands in front of 40 screaming children and attempts to teach amid flying erasers and paper airplanes. The conclusion? He can't teach such a crowded group, but he will work for improved education funding in Congress...
...George Bachrach, 45, a former state representative from Watertown, went so far as to call himself "unreconstructed," putting him squarely at odds with the Democratic caucus in Congress he seeks to join...