Word: bellotti
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Thus they were primed for the term-limit referendum, billed by its backers as "a citizens' revolt against professional politicians." In Massachusetts the economy had imploded, along with Governor Michael Dukakis' standing. Public anger escalated along with the deficit. When Dukakis chose to retire, party regulars turned to Francis Bellotti, 67, a swaybacked former attorney general burdened with a liberal business-as-usual image...
...Most of us thought it was going to be single-digit, but that Bellotti was going to win," says Hale Champion, a lecturer at the Kennedy School of Government...
Although Silber has at times been linked to such "establishment" politicians as former Boston Mayor Kevin P. White and current state Senate president William M. Bulger, Silber has thus far successfully run as an outsider to state politics. As Pierre Robert, a Bellotti spokesperson, admitted on Wednesday, Silber rode the crest of an "angry reaction" to pull off the upset...
...Republicans, meanwhile, ran a more civil campaign. Pierce and Weld never stooped to the name-calling of Bellotti, Silber and Lt. Gov. Evelyn Murphy. As a result, Weld enters the final leg of the race relatively unscathed...
...Party Support--Of weightier import to the Silber camp, however, is the dearth of support their candidate will likely receive from Bellotti supporters, 75 percent of whom said they would rather abandon their party than cast a vote for Silber...