James P. McKenna and Attorney General Martha Coakley before a Sept. 30 debate. Despite her huge financial advantage, the incumbent said, “I’m taking this race very seriously.’’
(Steven Senne/ Associated Press)
Campaign 2010
Coakley’s foe hopes to win on discontent
James P. McKenna and Attorney General Martha Coakley before a Sept. 30 debate. Despite her huge financial advantage, the incumbent said, “I’m taking this race very seriously.’’
(Steven Senne/ Associated Press)
For James P. McKenna, it was the equivalent of political lightning: Two days after the Republican primaries, the first-time candidate from Central Massachusetts learned that he had received nearly three times the write-in votes he needed to win a place on the November ballot as his party’s nominee for attorney general. (Full article: 1273 words)
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