CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - Senate candidate Stephen Pagliuca
(pah-lee-OOH'-kah- says his fellow Democrat and the man he's trying
to replace in the U.S. Senate, Edward Kennedy, aired "inaccurate"
ads against Republican Mitt Romney in 1994.

The ads criticized Pagliuca's former boss at Bain Capital for
layoffs that occurred at Ampad, a Marion, Ind., company acquired by
Bain.

Pagliuca told The Associated Press during an interview Monday
that Romney did not respond quickly enough to the criticism.

It allowed Kennedy to fend off the sternest re-election challenge of his nearly 47-year career.

Pagliuca says he will "fight tooth-and-nail" if he faces similar criticism in the special election to fill Kennedy's seat.

Kennedy died Aug. 25 of brain cancer.

Pagliuca is one of four Democrats and two Republicans seeking
the seat.