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Quest for Delegates in Race for Governor Continues
Posted: February 12, 2002
BOSTON -- Former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich said he is well on his way to collecting enough delegates to appear on the party's ballot this fall. And he claims the field is already narrowing to three candidates.
Reich said yesterday that he had collected 537 delegates at Democratic caucuses around the state last week. That's short of the 750 needed to appear on the ballot, with 15-hundred delegates still uncommitted.
Buoyed by strong caucus showings in western Massachusetts, including Amherst, where he received all 19 delegates, Reich said the prospects are dimming for his Democratic challengers Warren Tolman and Steve Grossman.
Tolman, a former state senator, rejects that claim.
A spokeswoman for Grossman says Reich fears Grossman because he's the only one with private sector experience. (AP)
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