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THE MASSACHUSETTS ELECTION
RESULTS SHOW THERE WILL BE FEW
YEAR.
CHRISTINE LEE IS LIVE TO TELL US
WHY SOME PEOPLE ARE DISAPPOINTED
BY THE POWER OF INCUMBENCY AND
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
THE MASS GOP WAS DEALT A MAJOR
BLOW THIS ELECTION LEAVING SOME
DOES A REPUBLICAN HAVE TO DO TO
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION YEAR
PROVED TO BE AN ADVANTAGE FOR
THE U.S. SENATE SEAT FROM SCOTT
BROWN AND TWO SEATS FROM
INCUMBENT REPUBLICANS IN THE
STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
WERE PEOPLE OF STRONG
CONVICTION, WHO WERE RUNNING FOR
SOMETHING AND NOT JUST AGAINST
SOMETHING OR SOMEONE.
INCUMBENTS, IN GENERAL, DID
WELL. ALL WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
LAWMAKERS RUNNING FOR REELECTION
WON BY WIDE MARGINS - EXCEPT
ANDREWS OF ORANGE, WHO BEAT HER
OPPONENT BY LESS THAN 200 VOTES.
FOR MANY REPUBLICANS, THE POWER
OF DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENCY WAS
DISAPPOINTING. EVEN CONGRESSMAN
JOHN TIERNEY MANAGED TO BEAT HIS
GOP OPPONENT DESPITE A FAMILY
ILLEGAL GAMBLING RING SCANDAL.
BECAUSE OF THE LEVEL OF PUBLIC
DISAPPOINTMENT WITH ELECTED
PARTY STATE, THE ECONOMY .THERE
WAS A BLUE TIDE THAT WIPED OVER
MASSACHUSETTS. WITH EXTENSIVE
GROUND OPERATIONS AND
ESTABLISHED FIELD OFFICES ACROSS
THE STATE, THE DEMOCRATIC
REGISTRATION CAMPAIGN AND
ELECTION DAY.
LATE AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER I JUST
KIND OF SENSED A GROWING
GRASS ROOTS EFFORT THAT WAS
EXPANDING.
THE MASSACHUSETTS DEMOCRATIC
PARTY SAYS THEY HAD 20,000
VOLUNTEERS WORKING ON ELECTION
DAY FROM 201 STAGING LOCATIONS.