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...Tierney blamed his loss on insufficient press coverage and a lack of aggressive fund-raising, but he chose to focus his concession speech on the positive aspects of his campaign...
DORCHESTER--With booming rock music and cheering volunteers, the Dorchester campaign rally last night certainly sounded like a victory. But all the enthusiasm in the world couldn't make up for the defeat of their candidate, Joseph Tierney, who last night lost the city's biggest-ever landslide election for mayor...
Even when Tierney told the 125 supporters at his rally, "There won't be a new mayor for Boston," they would not relent...
...this time Tierney had come up empty in his bid. He garnered only 30,897 votes or 33 percent of the electorate, compared to Mayor Raymond F. Flynn's outpouring of 63,412 votes or 67 percent. Both are Democrats...
With his wife and two children at his side, Tierney told his supporters, "The people here did good enough, we just didn't do good enough...