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...surprisingly tense contest yesterday, frontrunner State Senator Stephen F. Lynch won the Democratic party’s nomination for the 9th District congressional seat. Lynch beat out his closest competitor, Cheryl Jacques, by a margin of 12 percent--although early results showed a much closer margin. The special election drew a remarkably high turnout of about 110,000, much higher than any predictions...
...Republican primary, State Sen. JoAnn Sprague defeated her only competitor, banker William McKinney, 62 to 38 percent. The seven-candidate Democratic primary received far more media attention during the campaign, however, both for the fireworks among Lynch (who received 40 percent of the vote), Jacques (28 percent), State Sen. Brian Joyce (16 percent) and State Sen. Marc Pacheco (14 percent), and because its winner is expected to triumph in the heavily Democratic district’s November general election. The winner of that contest will take over the seat formerly held by beloved Congressman J. Joseph Moakley, Jr., who died...
Bearse’s confidence is not unfounded—in the latest Boston Herald poll, Lynch held a strong 39 percent, with his closest competitors, fellow State Senators Cheryl Jacques, Brian A. Joyce and Marc R. Pacheco foundering at 18 percent, 12 percent and 10 percent respectively...
Other campaigns have targeted Lynch’s character, but “We’re running a campaign based on issues,” said McQuilken. “Steve Lynch has a 100 percent anti-choice voting record... and a B-rating from the [National Rifle Association...
Faced with the statistics that the majority of the district’s pro-choice voters have favored Lynch in polls, McQuilken said that those voters don’t know of Lynch’s pro-life stand. But McQuilken maintained a stoic optimism, saying that tomorrow Jacques will be holding “a really rocking victory party...