Article: Keating challenge to Bulger boosted Flood takes on Senate president's ally

State Sen. William Keating's challenge to Senate President William M. Bulger got a much-needed boost yesterday as a well-known Democrat, former state Rep. John Flood, announced he is challenging a top Bulger lieutenant, Sen. Paul White (D-Dorchester).

In announcing his candidacy, Flood, a one-time gubernatorial candidate who has recently been trying to launch a Beacon Hill lobbying career, pledged his support for Keating's effort to end Bulger's longtime grip on the Senate president's gavel.

Flood, a maverick Democrat who shares White's conservative positions, said his Senate campaign would be based on Bulger's "years of absolute and autocratic rule."

"The citizens of Massachusetts must ...

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