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GOP picks a fight  view story
Monday, March 6, 2006
Yvonne Abraham - - Boston Globe
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She is the daughter of immigrants. She is black and Hispanic. She is a single mother, and a Muslim.
And, to the delight of the state party, Samiyah Diaz is also a Republican.
The law student, who is collecting signatures to oppose state Senator Dianne Wilkerson, the Roxbury Democrat, in November, may have little chance of besting the 13-year incumbent. But for longtime Republicans, Diaz's candidacy is as much about shifting the image of the Republican Party as it is about winning.
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