By Noah Bierman, Globe Staff
The two Democratic candidates vying to challenge Republican Scott Brown for his US Senate seat told delegates at the state convention Saturday that they would need a tough candidate unafraid to take a punch.
Marisa DeFranco, the long-shot trying to win 15 percent of the delegates for a spot on the primary ballot, gave what may have been her last pitch if delegates decide not to let her move on.

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