Contenders quick to begin campaigns

[Ian David]

By Matt Viser, Globe Staff | March 22, 2007

Signs were printed, press releases prepared. Even as Robert E. Travaglini stood in the State House lauding his successor as president yesterday, candidates were getting ready to launch campaigns for the Senate seat he has held for 14 years.

"I'm putting bumper stickers on my own car right now," Dan Rizzo, a city councilor from Revere, said when reached on his cellphone at 2:45 p.m. Two hours later, he sent out the press release announcing his candidacy that he had drafted earlier.

State Representative Anthony W. Petrucelli, an East Boston Democrat, had several hundred campaign signs made up a few weeks ago. Today, he said, after meeting with his campaign staff, he is going to start canvassing the district, handing out bumper stickers and campaign literature.

"I can't imagine why I would wait," he said. "It's a campaign. Special elections are quick. They're fast and furious. It's not the same type of election cycle as a regular election. Every day is valuable to work hard and meet voters."

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