Word: mason
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Observers expect Mason to spend about $200,000 by the end of the campaign, because only 65 per cent of the voters in the district recognize his name while more than 90 per cent know Drinan...
Both campaigns have plenty of money. Drinan and Mason had each raised more than $110,000 by the beginning of October. Much of Drinan's support has come labor unions and wealthy liberals, while Mason's funds have come from the Republican National Committee, the American Medical Political Action Committee, and numerous businessmen through out the state and the country...
...Mason's qualifications are similarly tailored for the district. He is Jewish, went to Boston College, a Jesuit school, and is a Vietnam War hero. He lives in south Brookline, the most Jewish part of the town, and is a member of a Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Newton that boasts more than 1000 members. He has appealed to the west by emphasizing his moderate positions, Catholic education, and war record...
...district as one of ten races in the country it really wants to win. The district was targeted in the 1972 election, but Drinan won then although he received less than 50 per cent of the vote. The National Committee's action may even have a negative affect on Mason. "It makes Drinan look like a hero," Martin A. Linsky, the fourth district's Republican candidate in 1972, says...
This fact has fueled much of Mason's campaign. Linsky estimates that 25 per cent of the people hate Drinan, but adds that "no one will win on Drinan's unpopularity...