Over the weekend, Richard Tisei (the former State Senator, and unsuccessful candidate for Lieutenant Governor and for John Tierney's seat in the House of Representatives) announced that he would not run for Senate on the Republican side. … [Read more...]

Across the proverbial aisle, that is.  The recent election of Kirsten Hughes to be Chair of the Massachusetts Republican party seems to have left a lot of local Republican activists baffled and disheartened - not because of any perceived … [Read more...]

Well, this would be interesting. Middlesex District Attorney Gerard Leone tells the Herald he’s considering getting into the Democratic race for U.S. Senate, a move that could shock the party establishment and completely shake up the … [Read more...]

Jack E. Robinson emails BMG as follows: I'm mulling pulling papers on Monday as an Independent, which I changed to right after the November election! Robinson, as you may recall, ran as a Republican against Steve Lynch several years ago. … [Read more...]

Scott Brown has just announced that he will not be a candidate in the upcoming special election to replace John Kerry in the US Senate. Scott Brown will not run for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by John Kerry, the Herald has learned. "U … [Read more...]

Janet Wu tweets that Scott Brown "will put out a statement @ 1 pm today."  Now, Scott Brown has done some odd things in his career, but surely one of the oddest would be to announce that he is running for Senate in what would instantly … [Read more...]

Congratulations to our friend Kirsten Hughes, who won the hotly-contested election for Chair of the Massachusetts Republican Party.  Apparently it was a long and, to judge from Herald reporter Joe Battenfeld's tweets, annoying … [Read more...]

Rep. Stephen Lynch is set to announce his candidacy for Senate this afternoon at the Iron Workers' Hall in South Boston.  Before that even happens, Lynch has a website up (no content yet, but at least it has a message from Lynch and a way … [Read more...]

A person familiar with Congressman Stephen Lynch's plans has informed BMG that Lynch will enter the race for John Kerry's very-soon-to-be-vacant Senate seat.  Lynch plans to make a formal announcement on Thursday afternoon at the Iron … [Read more...]

John Kerry has won easy (94-3) Senate confirmation as President Obama's new Secretary of State.  Needless to say, we are very proud that one of BMG's own is now the nation's top diplomat!  Congratulations Mr. Secretary - a well-deserved … [Read more...]