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Boston College law student and Watertown Democratic committee Chairman Warren Tolman officially launched his campaign to succeed departing State Sen. George Bachrach on Sunday...
...Tolman, who has been preparing his candidacy for the past year, joins a race already in full swing--following the trend towards early campaigning set by candidates for the Eighth Congressional District seat held by departing Speaker of the House Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill Jr. Bachrach is prominent among more than a dozen candidates for that office, and is one of four state legislators leaving their seats open to competition among a host of local politicians in this rare game of musical chairs...
Speaking at the Mount Auburn Steak House in his native Watertown, Tolman, 26, told family members, supporters, and local Democrats who packed the restaurant that "many of my generation have been criticized for their narrow self-interest" and said he hoped to prove himself an exception as "a candidate of compassion, concern, dignity and integrity...
...Tolman spoke mainly on community and social service issues, emphasizing housing, education, transportation, environmental protection, and health care. However, he said he hopes to use the state Senate seat as "a platform" to articulate his advocacy for a nuclear freeze and his concerns on national issues and foreign policy...
...Tolman also voiced a commitment to work for Senate rules reform if elected. Bachrach's advocacy of such measures, in defiance of Senate President William Bulger, is widely believed to have cost him a committee chairmanship and considerable influence. Tolman said he believed a coalition of liberal senators could successfully pass reform measures without being penalized...