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Joyce’s tactics, though, have drawn criticism since he began fund raising for the race while Moakley was still alive. At the time, Moakley’s aides including Clark condemned the move as inappropriate in the press...
...district has changed so much—both ethnically and physically, having undergone three redistricting plans after the 1970, 1980 and 1990 censuses—this is hard to make any predictions since the district has undergone a sea change since Moakley was first elected...
...When Moakley, then a Boston City Councilor, ran for Congress in 1972, South Boston was primarily white, Irish and Catholic, O’Connor says...
...Moakley would represent the district during some of the most tumultuous times in its history. Two years after his election the community would be rocked by riots after a federal court imposed mandatory busing to desegregate the schools...
While the fire-fighter may represent the district that elected Moakley, Sayurra Ozawa, a 24-year-old native of Japan, represents the next generation of the Ninth. She has only lived in her Dorchester apartment for a year...