Word: margin
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State Sen. Michael J. Barrett '70 claimed victory last night by a margin of nearly 2-1, eclipsing Republican challenger William F. Hofmann III after a hard-fought battle to retain his Cambridge...
With victory firmly captured by a margin of approximately 25 percent, LoPresti expressed concern about the state's economic problems. "The first thing we all have to address is the fiscal situation of the state," he said...
...conventional acceptance speech that preceded the impromptu concert, Kennedy thanked his staff and volunteers and touted "a margin of victory that was second to none in the state." With 40 percent of the votes counted, Kennedy was leading Fiscus, a self-employed engineer, by 75 percent to 25 percent...
According to last September's primary electionresults, Bulger won by a 4000 vote margin. But atleast 7000 citizens cast votes for Bulger'sopponent--a political unknown--and another 4000left their ballots blank, leaving Bulger with only50 percent of the primary vote. Add inIndependents, Republicans and assorted undecidedsand one has a recipe for Bulger's defeat, DeJongsays...
...Democratic Party eventually accepted a $100 down payment for the list, but by the time she received it, it was too late to gain the support of many delegates, she says. Without a significant margin if support at the party convention, Stevens was forced to take her ideas directly to the voters as a write-in candidate...