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...David I. Finnegan. A former Boston School Committee president and a fourth place finisher in the 1979 mayoral race. Finnegan is the latest entrant in the race. The WBZ radio talk-show host could present a challenge to White, but he is still about $70,000 in debt from his last campaign and may not be able to organize and raise money before the September primary...
...King. The only minority candidate in the field may prove to be a serious contender if he can gain support from white liberal voters. A five-term state representative from the South End. King finished third in the 1979 mayoral election, behind Joseph F. Timilty and ahead of Finnegan. Timilty is not running, so King may well gain one of the top two spots in the September primary and a shot at victory in a two-man November runoff...
...side. Aside from Kearney, who raised $119,300 last year, none of the challenger has shown that he is able to raise enough funds to fight an advertising war with White. Flynn and king are the most visible contenders, but they will probably be fighting for the same constituency Finnegan, because he is such a late entrant, may never figure into the race unless he can parlay his popularity as a radio host into a healthy campaign bank account. And DiCara and Kiley must show that they have more than a narrow constituency...
Says Flynn, "The real question is whether the last of the big city mayors is going to survive."Kevin White's Challengers--top row: LAWRENCE S. DiCARA '71, DAVID I. FINNEGAN, RAYMOND L. FLYNN; bottom row; ROBERT R. KILEY, DENNIS J. KEARNEY '73, MELVIN H. KING...
Robert Creamer, campaign manager for Finnegan, said he thinks the race is close but sees his candidate coming out on top. He added that his boss had done a "fine job" in his major responsibly to oversee all $7 billion in state expenditures...