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Political neophyte in Massachusetts among wave of young Democrats seeking to unseat incumbents

Patrick Roath is running in Massachusetts' Eighth District, for U.S. Congress. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)
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Patrick Roath is running in Massachusetts' Eighth District, for U.S. Congress. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

hopes to ride a youth movement into Congress and oust Rep. Stephen Lynch, who is currently serving his 13th term.

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Anthony Brooks has more than twenty five years of experience in public radio, working as a producer, editor, reporter, and most recently, as a fill-in host for ½ûÂþÌìÌÃ. For years, Brooks has worked as a Boston-based reporter for ½ûÂþÌìÌÃ, covering regional issues across New England, including politics, criminal justice, and urban affairs. He has also covered higher education for ½ûÂþÌìÌÃ, and during the 2000 presidential election he was one of ½ûÂþÌìÌÃ's lead political reporters, covering the campaign from the early primaries through the Supreme Court's Bush V. Gore ruling. His reports have been heard for many years on ½ûÂþÌìÌÃ's Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Weekend Edition.