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Either Kerry, Shannon, former Speaker of the Massachusetts House David M. Bartley, or Secretary of State Michael J. Connolly will face the winner of the Republican primary battle between former Defense Secretary and Attorney General Elliot L. Richardson '41 and Walpole businessman Raymond Shamie.
Though no polls have been released in the two weeks since the convention, Kerry is expected to remain in front because he has high name recognition. He ran a successful statewide race for lieutenant governor in 1982--even after losing the party's endorsement--and he is positively identified with...
Kerry also stands to benefit from the active support of a number of local bigwigs, especially in the southeastern part of the state.
Thomos R. Kiley, a Boston-based political consultant and chief of posting operations for the Kerry campaign, claims that Kerry did not expect to win the party endorsement, even though Kerry operatives invested heavily in Worcester and had what by all accounts was the best-run operation on the convention...
Nonetheless, Kerry backers are terming the convention a "non-event" that was, and deserved to be, overshadowed by the Celtics 7th-game victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA Championships.