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Primary Turnout Hits Record Low; Kennedy, Robinson Win Easily

"I only found out about the primaries yesterday, and I wasn't familiar with any of the candidates," says Zachary M. Subin '03.

"Also, I read in the paper this morning that most of the races were uncontested," adds Subin, a New Jersey native who is registered to vote in Massachusetts.

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But at least one Harvard administrator made sure to get out and vote.

"I have never missed an election," says Director of Admissions Marlyn McGrath Lewis '70-'73, who identified herself as a Republican. "You hold an election and I will be there," she told the Associated Press yesterday.

Robinson Tales

In the most widely anticipated race of the day, both candidates for the Senate cruised to an easy victory, as neither incumbent Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54-'56, a Democrat, and challenger Jack E. Robinson III, a Republican, faced any opponents.

Kennedy is expected to win an easy victory in November, but the race has attracted widespread attention because of Robinson, an unorthodox candidate running an unorthodox campaign.

At the outset of his campaign in March, Robinson, a 40 year-old black entrepreneur, portrayed his own life story as an example of the Republican ideals of hard work and self-motivation.

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