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Faced with two candidates whom each seem to appeal to half the district, local political observers are, calling Shea-Atkins race one of the closest ever...
...Pascucci OG Beverly, Mass. 63 Roger Caron OT Norwell, Mass. 64 Alex Hill OG Hobart, Ind. 65 Larry Balough OG Cleveland, Ohio 66 George Kostakos OT Utica, N.Y. 67 Dick Lannon OG Peru, III. 68 Taine Pechet OG Cambridge, Mass. 69 Wayne Hunley OG Pittsburgh, Pa. 70 Brian O'Shea DT Lynnfield, Mass. 71 Joe Ryan OT Brooklyn, N.Y. 72 Dave Bednar OT New Canaan, Conn. 73 Pete Buonfiglio OT Stone Ridge, N.Y. 74 Dennis Vavassis DT Massapequa, N.Y. 75 Keith Gallagher OT Sarasota, Fla. 75 Dan Steere MG Dallas, Texas 76 Eric Eakin DT Lockbourne, Ohio 76 Mike Martin...
...contestants, State Sen. Philip L. Shea (D-Lowell), the chairman of the Democratic State Committee, are diametrically opposed in almost every way; where Atkins is a wealthy blue-blood living off a Swiss trues fund, Shea is strongly rooted in the industrial culture of lower middle-class Lowell; where Atkins is suave, Shea can be brutish, where Atkins toes the solid liberal line. Shea wavers week, the ideological poles of the Democratic party; where Atkins is in with the party bigwigs in Boston, Shea is strong with the local pols in Lowell and Lawrence...
...Shea, despite a litany of last-minute legislative flip-flops designed to make him look more liberal which have been duly noted by Atkins, has an immensely strong political base in his hometown of more than 80,000 residents. As a former city councilman and Lowell's representative to the Massachusetts House, Shea is credited by Lowellians with bringing in millions of government dollars to fix up the city's flagging downtown over the last 10 years. That shot in the arm from the state and federal governments has in turn attracted business back to the city. Wang Labs...
...late, Shea--who has a conservative legislative record--has been getting into trouble during his showdown with Atkins. Over the summer, Shea has uncharacteristically backed liberal positions on the nuclear freeze, the Equal Rights Amendment, cuts in military spending, foreign policy in Latin America, and ways to reduce the federal deficit, the plans for the latter released last week in a 40-page statement released last week. He has shut up about the causes he pushed hardest for as a legislator: amending the Massachusetts constitution to outlaw abortion, killing gay rights legislation and supporting the death penalty...