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UPDATE – Buonomo resigns! Middlesex Register of Probate Nominating Caucus

September 19, 2008 By AmberPaw

John Walsh notified the members of the State Democratic Committee, officially, that John Buonomo declined his nomination for Register of Probate for Middlesex County – and that the Caucus is necessary [the notice came via e-mail after 6:00 PM tonight – the deadline for Buonomo to resign was 5:00 PM today]

Location and time of Caucus:  9/24 at 6:30 PM Waltham High School, 617 Lexington St.  Only town and ward committees can elect delegates.  Only elected members of those town and ward committees can vote or be elected delegates.

Wrinkle:  As far as I know, Buonomo has not declined his nomination [he got more than enough votes to keep him on that pesky ballot – anyone know the total?]

I just received my first mailer from a Register Candidate.  It is from Maria Sheehy, the Asst. City Solicitor of Lowell, with both a law degree AND a degree from UMASS School of Management.

She also boasts endorsements from:  Niki Tsongas, Sen. Panagiotakos, Rep. Cory Atkins, Rep. Thoma A. Golden, Rep. Kevin Murphy, Rep. David Nangle, and Rep Miceli.

Until I received her mailer, I had never heard of her – wonder who else is running?

REMEMBER the old open thread?  How about making this the new Open Thread…

If anyone hears/can validate that Buonomo declined, could you let us all know?

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  1. ron-newman says

    September 19, 2008 at 2:26 pm

    I got a letter from Sean O’Donovan and another from my ward committee chair in Wednesday’s mail.  That means they were mailed Tuesday, before the election had even ended.  Also got a phone call from Bob Colt yesterday.

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    p>As of 11 am when I called Secretary Galvin’s office, Buonomo had NOT yet withdrawn.   I expect Galvin is trying as hard as possible to shove Buonomo out.  Here’s a Somerville Journal article on the subject.

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    p>I asked Galvin’s office if any write-in candidate had won the Working Families Party nomination.  They told me that they cannot release official results to anyone until Monday.   (To my knowledge, only Sean O’Donovan sought this nomination.  He would have required 1000 write-in votes to get it.)

  2. woburndem says

    September 19, 2008 at 4:12 pm

    The fun begins I hope all candidates take you up on the request we need to know more.

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    p>Best to ALL

    • ron-newman says

      September 19, 2008 at 4:28 pm

      Could you please tell us where you heard this?  Thanks.

      • kate says

        September 19, 2008 at 7:44 pm

        See my new post.  Kate

  3. tom-m says

    September 19, 2008 at 4:17 pm

    I’ve gotten a call, email or mailer from the following declared candidates:

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    p>Maria Sheehy, Lowell
    Bob Colt, Winchester
    Thomas Concannon, Newton
    Sean O’Donovan, Somerville
    Teresa Walsh, Arlington
    Tara DeCristofaro, Arlington

    <

    p>In addition, a fellow named John Panica of Newton has a website up, touting a write-in campaign for the primary.  I emailed him through his website and he called me back, but seemed a bit unclear on the whole caucus process and wasn’t sure if he was going to pursue it.

    <

    p>Anyone else?

    • marcus-graly says

      September 19, 2008 at 9:30 pm

      Just Kidding.

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      p>Looks like the caucus should be a grand old time, with the different regions of the County well represented.  MetroWest could be decisive since there’s no one from that area.  

  4. kate says

    September 19, 2008 at 7:50 pm

    Only town and ward committees can elect delegates.  Only elected members of those town and ward committees can vote or be elected delegates.

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    p>To be very precise, only elected and ex officio members of the town and ward committees can vote.

  5. ron-newman says

    September 19, 2008 at 8:05 pm

    Not that it matters now, but the deadline for Buonomo to withdraw is actually Monday 9/22 at 5 pm.

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    p>I’ve now been contacted by: Tom Concannon (letter), Sean O’Donovan (two separate letters!), Bob Colt (phone call only), Maria Sheehy (large glossy color postcard)

  6. ron-newman says

    September 19, 2008 at 9:12 pm

    The Mass. Democratic Party website has an Excel spreadsheet containing a list of 132 separate ward and town committees, the names and phone numbers of their chairs, and the date and time of each caucus that has been scheduled.   It still has lots of blank spaces!   I hope the state party will keep updating this spreadsheet over the weekend.

    • marcus-graly says

      September 19, 2008 at 9:22 pm

      who’s on top of things and who isn’t.  Do you know what “Re-Org pending” means in the table?

      • ron-newman says

        September 19, 2008 at 9:27 pm

        I think it means that the committee has failed to meet even once after it was elected (in the February 5 presidential primary) to select its own officers.  Or, if it did meet, it failed to report the results to the state party.

        • amberpaw says

          September 19, 2008 at 9:44 pm

          This unusual situation could invigorate the party committees, I think.

        • marcus-graly says

          September 20, 2008 at 8:06 am

          After all the hubbub with our competitive Ward Committee race in Ward 7 back in February (I kid you not, that’s how screwed up Somerville Ward 7 politics are) the committee never met? not even once?  Typical Bob Trane, I suppose.

          • pablo says

            September 20, 2008 at 7:08 pm

            The trane has derailed.

            • marcus-graly says

              September 21, 2008 at 4:26 pm

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