Word: thompson
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...From what I can tell, it was a fair election, and the people spoke two to one against her," said Thompson's campaign chair, Lester P. Lee, Jr. on Wednesday...
...contest for Graham's State House seat has produced bitter accusations on both sides and sharply divided the East Cambridge neighborhoods that make up the 28th Middlesex district. Thompson charged that Graham had lost touch with her community and become inaccessible over the course of her 17-year political career...
...response, Graham has tried to portray Thompson, a truant officer with a long recond of community activism but no experience in elected office, as a friend of developers and an opponent of rent-control and affordable housing...
...several precincts, voters improperly placed stickers over Thompson's name in the ballot book. When poll workers tried to remove the stickers, the pages underneath ripped, and several had to be replaced...
...Because Thompson's name was covered by hers, Graham argues that some voters may have punched the card--and voted for Thompson--thinking they were voting for her. Graham's campaign acknowledges that some of these stickers might have been misplaced in ignorance, but said some of it may have been the result of deliberate tampering by Thompson supporters...