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BOSTON--Less than a third of Boston's 207,000 registered voters are expected to turn out in today's non-partisan mayoral primary which is likely to produce a general election showdown between Mayor Raymond L. Flynn and City Councilor Joseph Tierney in November...
City elections officials yesterday predicted a turnout of 15 to 30 percent of Boston's voters in the so-called "preliminary" election in which Flynn and Tierney are vying with two lesser-known candidates to become the top two vote-getters to advance to the Nov. 3 general election...
...Flynn, 48, is seeking his second term as mayor of the nation's 20th-largest city and hub of the country's 10th-largest metropolitan area. Tierney, 46, is making his first run for the $100,000-a-year job after 16 years on the City Council, 10 years as its president...
Polls have shown Flynn to be at the peak of his popularity in the city and political observers have said his election come November is almost a sure bet. A former schoolteacher, Flynn is known for his down-to-earth, neighborly style. He has been praised for reaching out to all the neighborhoods in the city...
...Flynn spent yesterday welcoming former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres to the city and attending a groundbreaking with Gov. Michael S. Dukakis for a $20.3 million, 165-unit housing project in Boston's Mission Hill section...