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Stepping into the Ring:

"Stepping into the Ring": These Western Mass. candidates have run for political office several times and will try again.
Karen Brown
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"Stepping into the Ring": These Western Mass. candidates have run for political office several times and will try again.

Stepping into the Ring:

In this new series reporter Karen Brown looked up several former candidates from western Massachusetts who lost their races last year. She wanted to find out what they learned from campaigning. What follows are profiles of three electoral hopefuls who gave politics a try.