Challenged before but rarely tested, Stephen Lynch may finally have a ‘toss-up’ primary in 8th District

To active Democrats in Boston and its southern suburbs, the primary for the Eighth Congressional District isone of the most exciting races in years: Voters’ mailboxes are filling with campaign fliers, and at a time when dissatisfaction with long-serving incumbents is running high, some polls show the challenger closing in.

You just wouldn’t know it from watching the incumbent, Stephen Lynch, actually campaign.

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