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...Third District is traditionally a Democratic stronghold, and McGovern has run unopposed in three of the last four elections. But Stopa said that there has been a call for conservative candidates in the district, which includes both “Democratic havens” of Fall River and Worcester and more conservative middle class suburbs of Boston...
...primary, Stopa will face at least four other Republicans: Robert J. Chipman, who specializes in construction loans at Wells Fargo, lawyers Robert Delle and Marty Lamb, and Chair of the Hopkinton Board of Selectman Brian J. Herr...
...Stopa said he plans to focus on fiscal responsibility, health care reform, and immigration. He said that like voters, he is nervous and angry about the current direction of the country...
...experience as a conservative in the traditionally liberal communities of Harvard and Cambridge also had an “instigating effect” on his interest in running for office as a Republican, Stopa said. But he added he often does not discuss his against-the-grain political views with his liberal colleagues...
...fact, his friend Robert M. Westervelt, a physics professor at Harvard, said he was unaware of Stopa’s campaign and did not know Stopa’s political leanings. Although their political views fall on different sides of the aisle, Westervelt said he believes that Stopa would do a good job if elected...