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Either Kerry, Shannon, former Speaker of the Massachusetts House David M. Bartley, or Secretary of State Michael J. Connolly will face the winner of the Republican primary battle between former Defense Secretary and Attorney General Elliot L. Richardson '41 and Walpole businessman Raymond Shamie...
Shannon also showed strength among Bartley delegates at the convention. Though Shannon held, a 36-32 percent lead over Kerry on the first ballot, it took Bartley's withdrawal after the third ballot to put him over the top. Most of Bartley's support swung over to Shannon on the fourth ballot, finally giving him the nomination...
...Boston Phoenix last week reported that Bartley played kingmaker, intentionally pushing Shannon over the top, after he knew he could not win the endorsement himself. The article argued logically that Bartley--who commands substantial support from the moderate wing of the party and in his base in the western part of the state--wanted to neutralize Kerry's campaign with Shannon...
...others say that Bartley did not try to manipulate his delegates, and would not have been successful even if he had tried. "We didn't tell out people what to do," said Bartley press secretary Cheryl A. Delgreco. "There wasn't that large of a vote swing to say David Bartley swung the vote...
Shannon, himself, told The Globe after his victory. "It was clear from the beginning the way this endorsement was going to be won was by being the second choice of other candidates' delegates. We knew for example that those Bartley people would come to us after he dropped...