Word: thompson
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Incumbent Saundra Graham, who lost last month's Democratic primary by 49 votes to Alvin E. Thompson, claimed community support last week and said she needs only to teach voters the logistics of her write-in/sticker campaign...
...other side, Thompson maintains that his name's presence on the ballot does not assure him victory. "I'm running as if I'm the loser," the Cambridge truant officer said in an interview Friday...
...raise $50,000 in this city for a campaign--how do they get that kind of money?" asked Thompson. "Number one, the people with the money do not live in the district. Anyone who contributes to your campaign has an interest...
...Graham has said her opponent also has external interests. While Thompson bills himself as a progressive who favors rent control, she noted that he is a close friend of City Councillor William H. Walsh, who has often opposed keeping rents below market rate...
...Thompson acknowledges the friendship with Walsh but says he does not "go along with his theories" on rent control. Both Walsh and Thompson have said in the past that they favor imposing a "means test" that would allow only those with incomes below a certain level to pay the reduced rents...