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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...
...victory of Rep. Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill Jr. (D-Mass) over his Republican opponent William A. Barnstead yesterday virtually assures his election this January as Speaker of the House with the retirement of the current Speaker, Rep. Carl B. Albert (D-Okla...
...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...
...appearing in Massachusetts once during the campaign, Reagan has made this something less than a campaign, and I'm disgusted," William Barnstead, Massachusetts state coordinator for Reagan said last night. "The Reagan staff in Washington refused to give us any real support, so what could we expect...