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...lyrical victory speech to a crowd of about 400 supporters at Sydney Hill Country Club in Newton, Drinan said "a bond of true love" exists between him and his constituents...
...Mason addressed supporters at the American Legion Post 440 in Newton, urging them to "hang in there." "We have come too far together to give up before we see the votes come in," he said...
There's also not much of a chance that Mason can beat Drinan in the Catholic western part of the district. Even if he does beat Drinan in the west, it will have to be by a large margin to offset Drinan's power in Brookline and Newton...
...district is one of the strangest in country. The eastern part of the district, Brookline and Newton, is Jewish and highly liberal. That is where Drinan is the strongest. Further west in Framingham, which has liberal-Jewish, blue-collar and moderate communities, and to the far west are Gardner and Fitchburg, which are Catholic, conservative and working-class. Of the approximately 500,000 people in the district, half are Catholic, 150,000 are Protestant and 100,000 are Jewish...
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...