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After unsuccessfully running for a seat on the City Council, Thompson won his first political office in 1980, beating the activist candidate Saundra Graham for the Democratic nomination for state representative...
Koocher says Thompson won by a very slim margin in the 1980 vote, which had a voter turnout of only eight percent. "Alvin's defeat of Saundra was a totally unexpected victory, a major upset," Koocher says. "Alvin understands the principle to get along, go along and pay your dues. Alvin certainly paid his dues...
...Alvin's style is not to be threatening of intimidating but conciliatory," Koocher says. "White, blue-collar Cambridge voters have always been comfortable with Alvin, as opposed to your traditional blue-collar voters who weren't comfortable with Saundra Graham. Alvin's political roots are more traditional...
...frustration felt by residents perhaps was epitomized best by the 1970 demonstration at Harvard's commencement by Riverside activist and former City Councillor Saundra Graham...
Wolf says the new militant atmosphere that pervaded both the city and the University allowed Cambridge resident Saundra Graham to stage a protest at the 1970 Commencement...