Word: districters
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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SOMERVILLE--Michael E. Capuano, a small-town mayor who took on political heavyweights, won both the Democratic nomination for the Eighth Congressional District and his place in history last night...
...This election proves that beyond a shadow of adoubt, the Eighth Congressional District stillbelongs to the regular working people of America,"he said...
Marjorie O'Neill Clapprood, who finishedfourth, was at the polls by 6 a.m., and traveledthroughout the district all day. Severalcandidates had phone banks set up, with hundredsof volunteers pleading with undecided Bay Staters...
Although Capuano never amassed a bankroll likemillionaire candidates John O'Connor andChristopher F.O. Gabrielli '81, enthusiasticsupport amongst his Somerville constituents mayhave influenced a district looking for a strongvoice...
Flynn's tenure as mayor of Boston wascontroversial at times, but he always maintainedstrong grass-root support, particularly amongstthe district's Irish-American voters...