Word: conventioners
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Tomorrow's Democratic state convention is hardly expected to raise as many eyebrows as its Republican counterpart last month, but some candidates for the six state offices may offer a few surprises on this day at the races.
Their partisans will be prominent in the 1 p.m. "gold rush" today, when campaign workers are allowed to race each other to the best locations for posters in Springfield's Civic Center. D'Amico is reportedly spending $17,000 on the convention. Murphy, whose campaign is better financed, will probably...
State Rep. A. Joseph DeNucci (D-Newton), the favored candidate for the post, joined the past week's rush to declare candidacy before the convention. David Williams, his press secretary, said that most voters "don't know a hell of a lot" about the $60,000-a-year office. "There...
The most unlikely Republican candidate is Cleaver, 50, the former Black Panther leader whose campaign office is decorated with his convict photo and old Panther posters. His hair is graying, and he now wears fraying business suits in place of the outrageous codpiece he sported in the '70s. But Cleaver...
Michigan's convoluted convention contraption moves into high gear on May 27, the deadline for filing petitions to run in the 5,904 precinct elections to be held in early August. Those selected will meet at district conventions in January 1988 to elect delegates to a state convention, and they...