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DeFranco collects enough signatures to challenge Warren

Poses challenge to Democrat rival Warren

By Frank Phillips

 |  Globe Staff  

  May 03, 2012

Marisa DeFranco, a North Shore immigration lawyer whose financially strapped campaign is relying on a small band of passionate volunteers, has collected enough voter signatures to qualify for a primary race with Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren. The unexpected development could complicate Warren’s much-ballyhooed challenge to Scott Brown. An official familiar with the signature process confirmed Wednesday that DeFranco has submitted to local election officials well more than the 10,000 certified signatures required for her to appear on the Sept. 6 primary ballot.

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