Word: barnstead
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...parts of several other neighboring cities in Massachusetts's 18th Congressional district. By virtue of his position as Speaker of the House, his popularity throughout the district, and the overwhelmingly Democratic voter registration, "Tip" O'Neill can't possibly lose to perennial Republican challenger William "Battlin' Bill" Barnstead tomorrow...
Other candidates who spoke at the meeting included Lewis S. Crampton, candidate for state treasurer, and William Barnstead, candidate for Congress in the Eighth District, which includes Cambridge, against Rep. Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. (D-Mass...
Representative Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. also overwhelmingly defeated William A. Barnstead, a candidate who tried unsuccessfully to capitalize on anti-busing sentiment around Boston. Barnstead's tactics and rhetoric were far more strident and divisive than Robertson's, however, and it is encouraging to see that the voters rejected Barnstead's candidacy as well. O'Neill, soon to be elected Speaker of the House, did not emerge from the campaign altogether unscathed. Because of his position of national leadership, O'Neill's record, especially his foreign travel at government expense, has come under increased scrutiny. O'Neill has withstood...
...Barnstead admitted prior to the election that he didn't have much chance of beating the popular incumbent but in his concession speech last night he said it was important to "give the people a choice." O'Neill, now entering his thirteenth term in Congress, has not faced Republican oppostion since...
...Barnstead ran on a platform opposing "big government, big spending and professional politicians." Unlike O'Neill, he supported a constitutional amendment banning busing and is opposed to federally-funded public employment projects...