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...Brown has wrong-footed his opponents who expected him to move Labour to the left. Instead he has co-opted advisers from across the political spectrum, strengthening Labour's claim to the center ground. Liberal Democrats spent much of their own September conference, in the south-coast resort of Brighton, locked in private debates about whether they would fare better with a younger, more charismatic man at the helm (LibDem leader Sir Menzies "Ming" Campbell is 66). Yet youth and charisma have not enabled Tory leader David Cameron, 41, to unite his fractious party. Traditionalists are outraged by his efforts...
With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Ciommo won 31 percent of the vote to Glennon’s 28 percent. Brighton attorney Timothy N. Schofield, who had raised the most campaign funds, placed third with 21 percent...
Ciommo, 50, has served as executive director of a city-run senior center in Brighton for the past 14 years. Throughout the campaign, he emphasized his working-class roots, noting that he was raised by a single mother and was the first person in his family to earn a college degree...
Glennon, an assistant district attorney who has lived in Brighton for a decade, has a longer history of political activism. He ran for state representative in 2005, and served for years as legal counsel to former state Rep. Brian P. Golden, a Democrat who gained notoriety for endorsing President George W. Bush...
...successful candidate will have to respond with incredible verve and fortitude to forge our way through this challenge with Harvard,” said Tim McHale, the president of the Allston Brighton Community Planning Initiative, referring to negotiations over the University’s planned expansion. “There’s no greater issue on their plate. This is not an election about potholes or parking...