A couple of vacancies have opened up per email today from the state party: We have two open caucus seats for the DSC: Male Seat in the Hampshire, Franklin, and Worcester State Senate District and a Male Seat in the Norfolk, Bristol, and … [Read more...]
State of the Race for 3rd CD
State Senator Barbara L'Italien (D-Andover) announced today that she is exploring a race for the House seat currently held by Niki Tsongas. By my count, this brings the number of Dem candidates to three and so far all are from Andover. In … [Read more...]
Notes from the Democratic State Committee
Just thought I would let people know a few points that might be of interest from today's meeting: The next state convention will be June 1-2 at DCU in Worcester. Alternates will be seated separately this time. The party is cognizant … [Read more...]
RIP Joe DeNucci
Longtime state Auditor Joe DeNucci passed away today at age 78 due to Alzheimer's related complications. He was our longest-serving Auditor (1987-2011) and previously served in the MA House. The linked article mentions he was ahead of his … [Read more...]
Senator Warren to co-sponsor Medicare for All
I (and I suspect many of you) received the following email yesterday: Christopher, When the Republicans tried to repeal the Affordable Care Act and gut Medicaid, I heard from parents all across Massachusetts who were terrified about … [Read more...]
AG Healey certifies petitions
It's late, so I'm not going to say much, but just thought that folks would be interested in the AG's decisions regarding ballot questions for 2018. You have to look under the petitions filed tab and expand each item to find the summary of … [Read more...]
Preview of the Almanac of American Politics
PoliticoMA has published an excerpt from the upcoming edition regarding our fair Commonwealth: "Massachusetts, an affluent, highly educated state at the top of its economic game, is one of the nation's bluest states, but it defies … [Read more...]
Elizabeth Warren gets a “Democratic” challenger
I had heard rumors this might happen. I received the email below from Allen Waters announcing he is contesting Senator Warren's renomination. I think Donald Trump does a better job reading the political mood than this guy does. For a … [Read more...]
A Declaration of Resistance
(I've been working on this a few days and was going to post on July 4th, but with news of the past week it seems more time-sensitive than that. It's scary what I DIDN'T have to change! Also, this is my first post on the new BMG so I hope … [Read more...]
RIP Senator Ken Donnelly
My FB feed lit up late this evening with condolences for the family of State Senator Ken Donnelly (D-4MI) after battling a brain tumor. The following is from his own FB page: It is with enormous sadness that we must report that State … [Read more...]
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