Some of you may be aware that, in ten days (on Tuesday, September 10), a competitive Congressional special election will take place. (Technically, it's already taking place with early voting underway.) In North Carolina's 9th Congressional … [Read more...]

Back in November, after Election Day, I shared on BMG a list of seven Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives that I hoped would get primary challengers in this 2019-2020 election cycle due to not being reflective of the … [Read more...]

A quick review of headlines from the last week: Thursday, June 6 Baker quietly puts political team together as he considers 3rd term Saturday, June 8 At least 10 people injured in Green Line derailment near Kenmore Tuesday, June … [Read more...]

If I wanted to be glib and a bit rude, I could joke that, while the Registry of Deeds was very important in 1825, much of the Registry's role of "keeping the residents of Suffolk County’s real estate records safe and accessible" could today … [Read more...]

Massachusetts' 7th Congressional district saw a titanic primary in 2018 between incumbent Mike Capuano and then-Boston City Councilor Ayanna Pressley. Though now-Congresswoman Pressley won that primary by a very comfortable 17-point margin, … [Read more...]

Back when I was a more active blogger around a decade ago, there was an expression: "More and Better Democrats." We wanted to elect more Democrats, sure, but specifically the best Democrats we could in each district, acknowledging that some … [Read more...]

The Congressional primary victories won by Ayanna Pressley here in Massachusetts and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in New York were momentous and portend meaningful progressive pushes if/when Democrats reclaim the majority in the U.S. House of … [Read more...]

To kick off the last full calendar week before Fourth of July, when many people start going on summer vacations and tune out from politics a bit, I thought now would be a good time to re-visit some notable moments from Massachusetts … [Read more...]