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Vatican Ambassador and former Boston mayor Raymond L. Flynn has decided to run for governor of Massachusetts this year, according to reports in the Boston Globe...
...Flynn, who has mulled a gubernatorial bid since he left the state last July, told two state labor union officials last week at an AFL-CIO conference in Florida that he had made up his mind to become a candidate, the Globe reported...
...Globe also reported yesterday that Flynn was denied a teaching post at Northeastern University when officials at the school realized he only wanted a part-time post, which would have allowed him to make a gubernatorial...
...Flynn's decision to run would increase the number of Democratic candidates challenging Gov. William F. Weld '66 from three to four. Sen. Michael J. Barrett '70 (D-Cam-bridge), Rep. Mark Roosevelt '78 (D-Beacon Hill) and former Sen. George Bachrach of Watertown have already announced their candidacy for the state's highest post...
Triantafillou says she doesn't know who will win the nomination. But the city councillor adds that Barrett is campaigning well so far. "It's hard to call [the election], especially with the rumblings of Ray Flynn back to town," Triantafillou says. "[Barrett]'s a hard working legislator, and he seems to be doing all the right things...