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...Medicare and student aid. Labor was most powerful here in Massachusetts. Working men and women stood up for a pro-labor Senator, John Kerry, and defeated a formidable Republican candidate in Gov. Bill Weld. Labor was also crucial in the defeats of Republican incumbents Reps. Peter Blute and Peter Torkildsen in the third and sixth districts. Spurred into action by the Gingrich agenda but also by broader social forces such as the growing income disparity, wage stagnation and downsizing, the American labor movement is on the rise once again...
Tierney defeated Torkildsen by just 360 votes earlier this month, prompting the incumbent to call for a recount...
...Sunday, Torkildsen picked up 33 votes in a recount of votes cast in Danvers, cutting Tierney's margin to 327 votes, the Secretary of State's Office said...
...another of this year's close races, Tierney is rematched against Peter Torkildsen, who beat him in 1994 by only 4% of the vote. This year Tierney is counting on the added support of the district's labor unions. He promises to stop "corporate welfare," reward companies that are good to employees, and fight balanced-budget plans that take entitlements and quality public education away from blue-collar voters. He's pro-environment and vows vigilance on the Clean Water, Clean Air and Clean Harbor acts...
...PETER TORKILDSEN (R) District...