WASHINGTON -- Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.) kicked off his campaign for U.S. Senate Thursday at a South Boston union hall flanked by members from 26 unions.
Choosing the Local 7 hall on Old Colony Avenue, down the street from the rough project where he grew up, was no accident. Lynch, a former union president, is banking on labor's support to derail the well-choreographed plans of longtime Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and national Democrats, who tried to clear the field with endorsements from top Massachusetts Democrats -- including John Kerry, Barney Frank and Victoria Kennedy -- and a war chest of $3.1 million.
So far, Lynch looks like he's getting it.
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