Word: districters
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Rita Corkery remembers O'Neill being vocally criticized by residents of the district--which she says was surprising for the usually unified eighth...
Then came Ronald W. Reagan. The eighth district gave Reagan 36 percent of its vote, the lowest of any district in the nation...
...district, O'Neill was so popular he often galloped through election years without so much as a primary challenger...
...political clout did not hurt his image. O'Neill's influence helped bring the district money for depressing Boston's central artery--a massive public works project that locals have dubbed "Tip O'Neill's Going Away Present...
...people of the district were used to having somebody who could throw their weight around in Washington...