Voices of the voters
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Name: Tim Dempsey Residence: Plympton Age: 57 Profession: Construction manager Party: Republican Leaning: After debate, undecided. Debate reaction: ``I have to tell you that listening to the debate tonight, Healey had some good points. She's tough on crime, she's working on the income tax relief, she's against illegal aliens having free education, she's against illegal aliens having licenses.' On Patrick: ``He's got property tax cuts. I like his teacher merit issues. . . . I like the fact that his idea of teacher merit [pay] is for the entire school, not just for the teachers.' He said he liked Christy Mihos's call for property tax relief, but ``the one who impressed me was Grace Ross.' ``She was laid back, quiet, but spoke very intelligently, knew all the facts,' he said. More coverage of Campaign 2006
 
Name: Tim Dempsey
Residence: Plympton
Age: 57
Profession: Construction manager
Party: Republican
Leaning: After debate, undecided.

Debate reaction: ``I have to tell you that listening to the debate tonight, Healey had some good points. She's tough on crime, she's working on the income tax relief, she's against illegal aliens having free education, she's against illegal aliens having licenses." On Patrick: ``He's got property tax cuts. I like his teacher merit issues. . . . I like the fact that his idea of teacher merit [pay] is for the entire school, not just for the teachers." He said he liked Christy Mihos's call for property tax relief, but ``the one who impressed me was Grace Ross." ``She was laid back, quiet, but spoke very intelligently, knew all the facts," he said.

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