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Boston City Councilor Raymond L. Flynn--one of six candidates trying to unseat Boston Mayor Kevin H. White in November says he is the candidate of the city's minorities and neighborhoods...
...earn charge of the law enforcement office in this county--an area which includes 54 cities and towns and one-fourth of the electorate in the state--Harshbarger had to unseat 23-year incumbent John J. Droney in the Democratic primary. Harshbarger tried in 1978 and lost by a narrow margin. This September he won in a landslide...
Last week's aggregate returns can be understood only as a reaction to the last two years of Republican rule. In the House of Representatives, the GOP lost some 26 seats, more than twice the midterm average; in almost no case did a conservative challenger unseat a liberal incumbent. In the Senate, despite the fact that the vast majority of seats up for grabs were held by Democrats, the Republicans only barely clung to their slim majority. At the state level, Democratic candidates took seven of the 14 contested governor ships previously held by Republicans. They also won control...
UTAH IS THE LAST STATE in the Union to begin talking about the economy. For Democratic Salt Lake City Mayor Ted Wilson, who is arming to unseat Republication incumbent Senator Orrin Hatch, the luxury of Democratic challengers throughout the nation--attacking President Reagon's programs--was taboo for him until a month ago, when the highest state unemployment rate since before World War II (8.7 percent) was announced and the largest copper and steel manufacturers began massive layoffs...
...vigorously supports increased aid to the elderly, legalized abortion and the ERA. Although her candidacy has been a magnet for women's groups from all over the country, she has raised only some $750,000 so far, not enough for the heavy TV exposure she may need to unseat an incumbent. To compensate, Woods marches in just about every parade she can find, arriving at the scene at the wheel of her own modest Chevette. She also calls on Son Pete, a former starting quarterback at the University of Missouri, for handshaking appearances...