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Veteran State Representative Alice K. Wolf will not run for the state senate seat being vacated by Jarrett T. Barrios '90, according to a statement she faxed to The Crimson Tuesday night...
...Wolf, 73, has amassed a record as a devoted progressive, focusing particularly on education and the environment during her five and a half terms as a representative for the 25th Middlesex district, which covers a significant portion of Cambridge. Her decision not to compete in the senate race increases the odds that popular City Councillor Anthony D. Galluccio—who has run for the Senate seat twice before and is the only Cambridge elected official running—will prevail in this fall's special election to fill the seat...
...statement, Wolf, a 1978 graduate of the Kennedy School of Government, said that among the “many factors that played a part in my decision,” the most important was her desire to remain in the State House, where she serves on the three committees, including the powerful, tax-levying Ways and Means Commitee...
...love my job serving in the House of Representatives and representing the people of Cambridge and the 25th Middlesex District,” said Wolf, who would not have had to give up her seat...
While the state senate seat has been held by the progressive Barrios since 2002, political analyst Glenn S. Koocher '71 said that Wolf, a former Cambridge mayor, might have had a tough time attracting votes in less liberal parts of the district, such as Everett and Revere...