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RCP: For Republicans, A Ray Of Hope
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| Last Edited | *crickets chirp* Oct 01, 2007 01:00pm |
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| News Date | Monday, October 1, 2007 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | CHELMSFORD, MA - In a spartan office space, nestled above a flower shop just off Interstate 495, volunteers worked quickly to stuff envelopes on a recent Wednesday morning. The office, home to Jim Ogonowski's campaign for Congress, was packed with volunteers, and the candidate himself paced around like a big cat in too small a cage.
Ogonowski's campaign is decidedly uphill. He hopes to replace former Congressman Marty Meehan, in Massachusetts' Fifth District, who left to serve as Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, in his old district. To do so, Ogonowski will have to win a seat that gave the last two Democratic Presidential nominees 57% each, and one that proved a challenge to Meehan only in his first race, when he won with 52% in 1992.
But Washington Republicans are surprisingly enthusiastic about Ogonowski's chances, and while he remains an underdog to his opponent, Democrats are taking notice and working to protect against what could be a disaster for the new majority: An Ogonowski victory, or even a close race, could do for Republicans what Paul Hackett's narrow loss in a heavily Republican district in Ohio did for Democrats in 2005.
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