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...DiCara said yesterday that he withdrew because he is "more interested in a reform-oriented candidate than I am in my own future...
...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...
Guzzi gained the endorsement of the Mass Caucus '74 when Boston City Councilman Lawrence S. DiCara '71 and State Rep. John A. Businger of Brookline withdrew after the second ballot, on which Guzzi had received 48 per cent of the vote while DiCara had 44 per cent and Businger four per cent...
...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...
However, no matter what office DiCara runs for next, he gives the impression of never having gotten over the glory of being a high school politician. Maybe it's the minuscule budgets or the best-friend approach of his campaign, but DiCara still seems like he is running for student council president...