Massachusetts Secretary of State Bill Galvin soft-pedaled his reputation as the state's lone pro-life statewide officeholder in a debate with challenger Josh Zakim, who is running hard to Galvin's left in an effort to sway liberal voters in the Democratic primary.
As a state representative from Brighton, Galvin voted in 1983 and 1984 to amend the state constitution to restrict abortion. His current job, Secretary of State, which he has had since 1995, has nothing to do with abortion, but Zakim, a Boston city councilor who lives in the Back Bay, is using the issue as a wedge to appeal to left-wing voters.
Christine Hallquist took 40 percent of the vote in the Democratic primary to become the nation's first transgender candidate for governor to win a major party nomination.
Hallquist defeated three other candidates, including 14-year-old
