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Guzzi said yesterday that he plans to base his campaign on his achievements in the state legislature and on Davoren's record as secretary of state...
...also said that there are "no real differences on the issues" between Guzzi and himself and that he will support Guzzi against incumbent Secretary of State John F. X. Davoren in the Democratic primary on September 10. DiCara criticized Davoren for his "lack of leadership" on voting rights and election reforms...
...last four years, I have been actively involved in election law reform and other issues in the legislature," Guzzi said. "During the same period, Davoren has been secretary of state. He has neither carried out the duties of his office nor has he proposed needed reforms in the election laws...
Still, it's something of a mystery how DiCara expects to knock off Republican incumbent John F.X. Davoren in November, let alone eliminate a strong field of Democratic contenders. But such mysteries are nothing new to DiCara. Nobody predicted that he would poll the third highest vote total in the city council elections last election day--that is, nobody except DiCara. The ambitious councilor has a deceptive support that is unlike that of any other politician in Boston. His political strength is a lucid memory and a quick recall of the names and faces of almost anyone he has ever...
...receives the Democratic nod next Saturday, DiCara will still have to wage war with incumbent Davoren in November. But if he beats Davoren, the path could be cleared towards higher offices; the secretary of state before Davoren was Mayor White. DiCara says, "Anyone who doesn't believe that people in public life should move up the ladder are saying what they want is an aristocracy where a seat is passed on by a political club." He also freely admits he doesn't want to be secretary of state all his life, though insisting that he can only...