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...poll conducted for The Boston Globe last week placed three candidates--David I. Finnegan, Raymond L. Flynn, and Melvin H. King--in a dead heat, and two others--Dennis J. Kearney '72 and Lawrence S. DiCara '71--more than 10 percentage points behind, in the eight person field...

Author: By Michael W. Hirschorn, | Title: Picture Clears in Boston Mayor's Race | 9/27/1983 | See Source »

...poll, analysts say, for the first time raises the possibility that Finnegan--long considered a shoo-in for the final--may finish third and fail to make the runoff. The former School Committee chairman and WBZ-radio talk show host has been hurt because many voters feel his campaign lacks substance...

Author: By Michael W. Hirschorn, | Title: Picture Clears in Boston Mayor's Race | 9/27/1983 | See Source »

...Early Finnegan campaign billboards featured the now famous slogan, "Finnegan or Him Again," referring to four-term Mayor Kevin H. White. After White announced last May that he would not seek reelection, the slogan became "Begin Again with Finnegan...

Author: By Michael W. Hirschorn, | Title: Picture Clears in Boston Mayor's Race | 9/27/1983 | See Source »

...Washington visit was clearly meant to boost King's campaign the Chicago mayor often was more in the spotlight than the Boston candidate whom polls put in second place along with City Councilor Raymond I. Flynn Former School Committee Chairman and WBZ radio talk show host David I. Finnegan is considered the frontrunner...

Author: By Michael W. Hirschorn, | Title: Washington Comes to Boston to Back King | 8/9/1983 | See Source »

With seven weeks to go until the preliminary elections--if they run on time--King still trails poll leader Finnegan, who finished behind King in the 1979 preliminary and is neck-and-neck with Flynn, who may take away a substantial portion of the Black vote from King...

Author: By Michael W. Hirschorn, | Title: Washington Comes to Boston to Back King | 8/9/1983 | See Source »

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