In_PRP last_ORD week_NN1 's_POS elections_NN2 ,_PUN there_EX0 was_VBD a_AT0 Massachusetts_NP0 upset_VVD you_PNP probably_AV0 did_VDD n't_XX0 hear_VVI about_AVP ._SENT It_PNP happened_VVD in_PRP Lawrence_NP0 :_PUN The_AT0 perceived_AJ0 front-runner_NN1 ,_PUN interim_AJ0 mayor_NN1 Kendrys_NP0 Vasquez_NP0 —_PUN endorsed_VVN by_PRP Senator_NP0 Elizabeth_NP0 Warren_NP0 ,_PUN former_DT0 mayor_NN1 Dan_NP0 Rivera_NP0 ,_PUN the_AT0 local_AJ0 teachers_NN2 union_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC the_AT0 Globe_NN1 editorial_NN1 board_NN1 —_PUN lost_VVN to_PRP businessman_NN1 and_CJC former_DT0 city_NN1 councilor_NN1 Brian_NP0 De_NP0 Peña_NP0 by_PRP a_AT0 decisive_AJ0 margin_NN1 ._SENT De_NP0 Peña_NP0 's_POS electoral_AJ0 win_NN1 in_PRP Lawrence_NP0 stands_VVZ for_PRP a_AT0 localized_AJ0 version_NN1 of_PRF one_CRD current_AJ0 ailment_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 Democratic_AJ0 Party_NN1 ._SENT In_PRP this_DT0 race_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 more_AV0 liberal_AJ0 candidate_NN1 —_PUN the_AT0 one_PNI endorsed_VVN by_PRP Warren_NP0 ,_PUN who_PNQ chose_VVD Lawrence_NP0 to_TO0 launch_VVI her_DPS failed_AJ0 presidential_AJ0 candidacy_NN1 ,_PUN in_PRP early_AV0 2019_CRD —_PUN was_VBD bested_VVN by_PRP a_AT0 Democratic_AJ0 politician_NN1 whose_DTQ message_NN1 was_VBD based_VVN on_PRP economic_AJ0 opportunity_NN1 and_CJC public_AJ0 safety_NN1 ._SENT Lawrence_NP0 ,_PUN a_AT0 Democratic_AJ0 stronghold_NN1 ,_PUN has_VHZ nearly_AV0 90_CRD ,_PUN 000_CRD residents_NN2 and_CJC the_AT0 highest_AJS proportion_NN1 of_PRF Latino_NN1 residents_NN2 in_PRP the_AT0 state_NN1 ,_PUN at_PRP 82_CRD percent_NN0 ._SENT Only_AV0 14_CRD percent_NN0 of_PRF Lawrencians_NN2 are_VBB college_NN1 graduates_NN2 ;_PUN roughly_AV0 1_CRD in_PRP 5_CRD residents_NN2 lives_VVZ in_PRP poverty_NN1 ._SENT In_PRP the_AT0 decade_NN1 before_PRP the_AT0 coronavirus_NN1 pandemic_AJ0 disproportionately_AV0 hit_VVD the_AT0 city_NN1 ,_PUN Lawrence_NP0 saw_VVD its_DPS schools_NN2 put_VVN into_PRP state_NN1 receivership_NN1 and_CJC struggled_VVD with_PRP political_AJ0 scandals_NN2 ._SENT Who_PNQ can_VM0 forget_VVI Willy_NP0 Lantigua_NP0 ,_PUN the_AT0 first_ORD Latino_NN1 mayor_NN1 this_DT0 city_NN1 and_CJC the_AT0 state_NN1 had_VHD ?_SENT Lantigua_NP0 became_VVD mayor_NN1 in_PRP 2010_CRD after_PRP serving_VVG four_CRD terms_NN2 as_PRP a_AT0 state_NN1 representative_NN1 ._SENT But_CJC his_DPS single_AJ0 mayoral_AJ0 term_NN1 was_VBD mired_VVN in_PRP controversy_NN1 and_CJC allegations_NN2 of_PRF corruption_NN1 and_CJC cronyism_NN1 ._SENT Though_CJS he_PNP was_VBD never_AV0 indicted_VVN ,_PUN Lantigua_NP0 was_VBD reportedly_AV0 investigated_VVN by_PRP federal_AJ0 authorities_NN2 and_CJC the_AT0 state_NN1 attorney_NN1 general_AJ0 sued_VVD him_PNP for_PRP campaign_NN1 finance_NN1 violations_NN2 ._SENT Never_AV0 one_PNI to_TO0 stay_VVI on_PRP the_AT0 sidelines_NN2 ,_PUN Lantigua_NP0 ran_VVD for_PRP mayor_NN1 again_AV0 this_DT0 year_NN1 ,_PUN came_VVD in_PRP fourth_ORD in_PRP the_AT0 five-way_AJ0 preliminary_AJ0 ,_PUN and_CJC reportedly_AV0 supported_VVN Vasquez_NP0 in_PRP the_AT0 final_NN1 ._SENT More_AV0 recently_AV0 ,_PUN the_AT0 Lawrence_NP0 schools_NN2 have_VHB been_VBN dealing_VVG with_PRP a_AT0 spike_NN1 in_PRP school_NN1 fights_NN2 among_PRP students_NN2 ,_PUN like_PRP many_DT0 other_AJ0 school_NN1 systems_NN2 across_PRP the_AT0 state_NN1 ._SENT Advertisement_NN1 "_PUQ I_PNP think_VVB voters_NN2 identified_VVN with_PRP my_DPS message_NN1 and_CJC my_DPS life_NN1 story_NN1 ,_PUN "_PUQ De_NP0 Peña_NP0 told_VVD me_PNP in_PRP an_AT0 interview_NN1 in_PRP Spanish_AJ0 ._SENT "_PUQ I_PNP presented_VVD a_AT0 plan_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC people_NN0 understood_VVD that_DT0 vision_NN1 ._SENT But_CJC it_PNP was_VBD n't_XX0 a_AT0 political_AJ0 vision_NN1 ._SENT It_PNP was_VBD realistic_AJ0 because_CJS I_PNP come_VVB from_PRP that_DT0 plan_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ De_NP0 Peña_NP0 vowed_VVD not_XX0 to_TO0 run_VVI for_PRP another_DT0 office_NN1 after_CJS being_VBG mayor_NN1 ._SENT He_PNP 's_VBZ an_AT0 entrepreneur_NN1 who_PNQ financed_VVD his_DPS first_ORD business_NN1 venture_NN1 with_PRP $_NN0 10_CRD ,_PUN 000_CRD he_PNP obtained_VVD by_PRP maxing_VVG out_AVP his_DPS first_ORD credit_NN1 card_NN1 ,_PUN he_PNP said_VVD ._SENT "_PUQ I_PNP speak_VVB the_AT0 language_NN1 of_PRF poverty_NN1 because_CJS I_PNP come_VVB from_PRP poverty_NN1 ._SENT People_NN0 used_VVD to_TO0 call_VVI me_PNP '_POS el_NN1 gomero_NN1 '_PUQ [_PUL the_AT0 tire_VVB dealer_NN1 ]_PUR ,_PUN "_PUQ he_PNP said_VVD ._SENT 
