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...John, we were screwed by the rain. All of (Senator Francis X.) McCann's old reliables turned out," one worker told...
...Hogan recognized that they had achieved their major objectives, regardless of what the final returns showed. They had developed a strong political organization and political base in Allston-Brighton. While running poorly in other areas around the district, Hogan had won his home ward by 1000 votes over McCann and the other major contender in the race. Cambridge School Committeeman David Wylie. During the campaign Hogan had developed a strong nucleus of 150 workers who were now loyal to him. Further, Hogan had proven to the political pros that he could run a first-rate campaign...
Following his short speech Hogan began to circulate among his workers. He heard the same complaints he had heard earlier about the rain and about the tenacity of McCann's loyalists until one of the few older men in the crowd took him aside...
...John boy, you know McCann lost six times before he won his seat," the man said...
...politics continued to prevail in the Second Middlesex District, as State Senator Francis X. McCann (D-Cambridge) swept to victory against four opponents in Tuesday's Democratic primary...