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Although the 1998 Eighth Congressional District race will be remembered for putting the new face of Mike Capuano into the Eighth's vaunted history, voters will be hard pressed to forget his two closest competitors--Ray Flynn, former mayor of Boston, and George Bachrach, a former state senator. Both campaigns had high hopes coming into Tuesday night's Democratic primary...
Testimonials such as these reflect the quality of the candidates in the Eighth District. As Capuano himself admitted Tuesday night, "any one of the 10 candidates" could have represented the district well...
...final vote tallies had Capuano winning with 23 percent of the vote with Flynn following with 18 percent, and Bachrach a close third with 14 percent...
...even with all the changes in the district,campaign staffers for Flynn, Capuano and Bachrachall said there is still only one thing thatmatters...
...Congressional District PrimaryResultsDemocratic PartyCandidate Votes PercentageGeorge Bachrach 11,312 16%Michael E. Capuano 17,807 24%Marjorie O'Neill Clapprood 8,902 12%Raymond L. Flynn 12,208 17%Christopher F.O. Gabrieli'81 4,715 6%Thomas M. Keane'78 1,793 2%John O'Connor 9,735 13%Alex Rodriguez 1,299 2%Susan M. Tracy 2,172 3%Charles C. Yancey 2,979 5%81% of precincts reportedPhilip Hyde III was uncontested in the Republicanprimary...