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Bay State Readies Ballot Boxes

Capuano nears finish of eighth district race on top

Schinella said his lack of money made his lastfew days difficult.

"Unfortunately, when you limit the amount offunds you take in, you have a limited amount ofthings you can do in the last few days," he said."It's not the kind of effort that we really neededto have."

However, he says the election outcomes willstill be key.

"[We will see] how well we do in an atmospherewhere we've been literally ignored by the papers,"he said.

Likewise, Hyde said he would be watching theresults carefully.

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"We're happy to leave it to the voters, butit's going to be an interesting set ofexperiments, and an interesting set of researchprojects" in terms of sociology and politicalexperimentation, he said.

While his opponents' campaigns end quietly,Capuano and his supporters are looking forward totonight's results.

"It's exciting," said Somerville city plannerElaine Middleton, 33. "We're gonnalose him, beinghere in Somerville, but he's going to fight for usin DC.

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