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State Rep. Royall Switzler (R-Wellesley) was nominated by a close second ballot at the April convention. He was later found to have falsified his Vietnam war record, and withdrew from the race. The current bearer of the party's endorsement, George Kariotis, owns a corporation which has been fined by the Environmental Protection Agency, but is relatively unscathed...
James Dorsey, press secretary to Democratic Gov. Michael S. Dukakis, said he would have no comment. Dukakis is unopposed within his party for another term and will meet the winner of the Switzler-Hyatt GOP primary...
Maureen Garde, executive director of the Democratic State Committee, cited that incident, saying: "Royall Switzler has been awarded the Democratic State Committee's annual John Lakian 'truth in campaign' literature award by unanimous vote...
Hyatt declined comment on the impact of Switzler's statement, saying only, "A lot of that depends on the general public reaction and you folks in the media...
...Switzler was one of several statewide candidates to file their nominating petitions on the final day before the state deadline. Hyatt and Dukakis had filed their forms earlier, and the Secretary of State's office reported that all candidates for statewide office in both parties had met the filing requirement...