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This imbalance stems from several factors. Three strong, conflicting, well-known candidates-Gov. Edward J. King, former Gov. Michael S. Dukakis and 14, Gov. Thomas P. O'Neill III-vie for the Democratic nomination. The Republican spot is sought by five relative unknowns-Westwood businessman John R. Lakian, House minority leader William G. Robinson, assistant House minority whip Andrew H. Card Jr., former Boston city councilor John W. Sears '52 and former Metropolitan District Commissioner Guy Carbone...
...party seems hard pressed to provide a strong candidate. John Becker, head of Becker Research Corporation, a state-based public opinion firm notes that "if you go back to the '60s and '70s the Republican candidates were well-established Republican leaders." And though Becker will take on duties advising Lakian's campaign, he adds that this year "the Republicans are distinguished primarily by the fact that these are very obscure candidates...
...still difficult to predict who will receive the convention's non-binding endorsement in two weeks, but all sides agree it will come down to Lakian and Robinson. Lakian, who has no political experience and to playing up his "untainted" image, has been organizing for these years...
...Republican candidates for Governor, John Lakian, Guy Carbone and John Sears have already generated support in the Harvard community...
James E. Higgins '83, executive director of the Massachusetts College Republicans, will go to the March 6 Republican convention as a Cambridge Ward 6 delegate for Lakian. Higgins, who is the statewide college coordinator for the Lakian campaign, said yesterday that he hopes to recruit Harvard students as volunteers for the main campaign organization. "It's difficult to find many interested students so early in the campaign," he added...