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...could demonstrate your good faith to the teachers and future teachers of Massachusetts by removing Silber and replacing him with an articulate, impassioned proponent of rational education reform. Patricia McGovern's name springs to mind. An unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, McGovern nevertheless managed to establish herself as a knowledgeable advocate for the future of education in this state. The shining moment of her campaign came in the first week of September when she challenged Silber to a debate about the Board of Education. She took the usually aggressive and articulate Silber to task with her extensive preparation...
Both candidates posted easy victories in their Sept. 15 primary races. Harshbarger defeated Patricia McGovern by a comfortable 20 percent margin while Cellucci beat Joseph D. Malone '76 by 16 percentage points...
That debate took a turn for the better during the run-up to the Democratic gubernatorial primary, in which all three candidates--Brian Donnelly, L. Scott Harshbarger '64 and particularly Patricia McGovern--shared reasonable and intelligent thoughts on education reform. Harshbarger won the primary easily and--for a few moments last Tuesday night--looked poised to challenge Acting Governor A. Paul Cellucci's weakened position in the corner office...
Harshbarger will be in Dorchester as well thismorning as he attends the Democratic StateCommittee's "unity breakfast" with McGovern andhis other Democratic opponent in the primaries,Brian Donnelly, a former congressman and formerambassador to Trinidad and Tobago, who won 17percent of the vote...
Gubernatorial Primary ResultsDemocratic PartyCandidate Votes PercentageBrian J. Donnelly 89,333 17%L. Scott Harshbarger'64 274,466 52%Patricia McGovern 167,246 31%88% of precincts reportedRepublican Party