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HEY – why DO they run for office?

May 12, 2010 By AmberPaw

1.  I need a job (not true for Smulowitz, who was already employed as a physician); some say that was true of Harry Truman; if so, he was not alone. 2.  A passion for governance, and desire to make a difference. 3.  Family … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: candidate, governance, incumbency, smulowitz

Potential State House candidate? Check your voter registration by Feb 23, 2010.

February 18, 2010 By comment-planet

If you're contemplating becoming a candidate for the fall elections to the General Court, there is a fundamental deadline approaching on February 23. Every year there are a number of people who fail to understand this aspect of running for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2010, candidate, deadline, election, registration

Alan Khazei, cofounder of City Year, explores a U.S. Senate run

September 9, 2009 By eddiecoyle

Frank Phillips of the Boston Globe reports today that Alan Khazei, the cofounder of the widely admired City Year program in Boston that served as a model for community service programs, is seriously pondering jumping into the U.S. Senate … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: candidate, city-year, progressive, special-election, u.s.-senate

Katherine Triantafillou – Good Government Candidate for Register of Probate, Middlesex County

September 21, 2008 By katherine

Selected Biographical Information: • B.S., University of Michigan(1972); J.D., Suffolk Law School(1975); MPA, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (1999);admitted to Massachusetts Bar in 1975. • Taught family law at Suffolk Law … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: candidate, katherine-triantafillou, massachusetts, middlesex-probate, register-candidate, register-of-probate

From Candidate to Statesman – and why I cannot commit to another candidate in the primary

February 3, 2008 By AmberPaw

Here is a link: http://blog.johnedwards.com/st... I will support whomever the convention selects.  But no other candidate heard my concerns the way John Edwards does, nor has any other candidate earned the full measure of commitment in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: barack-obama, candidate, commitment, hilary-clinton, john-edwards, joseph-biden, primary

I Intend to Run for the 32nd Middlesex

November 2, 2007 By cartergilson

On October 2nd, 2007, Michael E. Festa stepped down as the Representative of the 32nd Middlesex District in the Massachusettes House of Representatives.  Festa became the Executive Secretary of Elder Affairs for the Patrick … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 32nd-middlesex, candidate, house, massachusetts, mike-festa

How to make Al Gore President:

October 12, 2007 By kerrylus

How to Make Al Gore PresidentTo all who care about our country and our planet:On October 10, 2007, Al Gore's Chief of Staff in the White House said of a possible Gore candidacy, "He's not ruled it out in the future."  When asked by a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: al, candidate, democrat, draft, election, environment, gore, grassroots, green, independent, nobel, president, presidential

Press Conference Today @ 11 AM, One Ashburton Place

August 6, 2007 By ross4senate

MEDIA ALERT / PHOTO OPPORTUNITY:JEFF ROSS FILES SIGNATURES, PLACING ON THE BALLOT FOR THE STATE DEMOCRATIC SPECIAL PRIMARYWHO:  Jeff Ross, Democratic Senate candidate for Middlesex, Suffolk, Essex.WHAT:  Jeff Ross is a human … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: campaign, candidate, jarrett-barrios, jeff-ross, progressive, state-senate

How POTUS Candidates should handle the Marriage Q

January 4, 2007 By Laurel

Angie Paccione ran against Republican incumbent [and author of the discriminatory federal marriage amendment] Marilyn Musgrave (CO) in the Nov. 2006 congressional elections.  Angie lost by 3 points.  Given her very firm … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: candidate, framing, gay, marriage, paccione, president, same-sex, tactics

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