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RUMOR MILL
Jacques vs. Barrios?
BY ADAM REILLY
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Will Cheryl Jacques, who recently resigned as national chief of the Human Rights Campaign, return to Massachusetts politics? In 2001, after the legendary congressman Joe Moakley died, Jacques vied to replace him. Instead, Stephen Lynch won the special Democratic primary and now represents the Ninth Congressional District. But if Jacques is still interested in Congress, a seat might be opening up soon: Representative Michael Capuano, in the Eighth Congressional District, is widely thought to be planning a 2006 Democratic gubernatorial run. This, of course, would require Jacques to move into a new district, and could pit her against another prominent gay pol, State Senator Jarrett Barrios. And that would be a hell of a race.
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