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...past—he grew up in poverty but won scholarships to Harvard and served in the White House—endeared him to the state’s liberal Democratic primary electorate. Appointed chief of the Justice Department’s civil rights division during the Clinton administration, Patrick also served as general counsel at both Coca-Cola and Texaco. He was a member of the Harvard Board of Overseers from...
...Though Patrick won the primary easily, his campaign was considered a long-shot for much of the past 18 months. Reilly, a popular two-term attorney general, began as the frontrunner but stumbled early, bungling the choosing of a running mate on Jan. 30. It was soon discovered that his designee had financial problems, including $12,000 in unpaid taxes...
...Patrick capitalized on Reilly’s troubles by locking up two-thirds of the delegates elected at local caucuses...
...With Patrick surging, Gabrieli—who had held out on running for governor on the hope that Reilly would choose him as a running mate—entered the race. A wealthy venture capitalist who had been the 2002 Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor, Gabrieli took to the airwaves and spent over $10 million of his own money on the race. By mid-August, the three candidates were in a statistical dead heat...
...once Patrick began his own advertising blitz in August, and after a strong debate performance at the Kennedy School of Government on Sept. 7, he took the lead in the polls for good...