Kirk's finish comes as a surprise for various reasons. Certainly anyone driving the streets of Gloucester over the past few weeks saw far more signs for Destino, City Councilor Mike McLeod, and former City Councilor Jeff Worthley than they … [Read more...]
Breaking: Barrios Leaving Senate
The AP reports that State Senator Jarrett Barrios has been offered the job of President of the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation. This will create a special election for his Senate seat. … [Read more...]
Legislative Results – At Least One Incumbent in Trouble (Updated)
Senate BHF: Looks like Ben Downing with only the small towns left.1st Bristol: Claire Naughton will get another chance to win the seat in November.28th Middlesex: Steven Smith with a 134 vote lead waiting for the Malden precinct. … [Read more...]
Legislative Vacancy
As I was researching more links for my list of candidate web sites, I discovered that Rep. Thomas O'Brien (D-Plymouth 12) has just been named as Plymouth County treasurer.O'Brien was unopposed in the Democratic primary for re-election, … [Read more...]
House and Senate Candidate Update
I started with the official candidate list as published by the Secretary's office. The Green and Libertarian parties each list one candidate on their sites. The Republicans have a few more candidates that are not on the Secretary's site; … [Read more...]
Volunteering for Democratic Convention
My name is Patrick Abegg, and I am a volunteer for the Democratic Party. I currently serve as Vice-Chair of the First Essex and Middlesex Democratic Coalition, which is an organization of the 18 town and city committees in the First Essex … [Read more...]
Health Care Reform Bill Out
AP story hereMore details to follow soon.UPDATED: Act! has a summary and the full bill as PDF files on their action page.UPDATED AGAIN: AP has new story with more details. … [Read more...]
Special Election Fundraising
Pre-primary finance reports were due 1/3 for the three special elections.http://www.mass.gov/ocpf/Wo 2Ellis (D) 6825Rice (D)9275McCallum (D) 2575Dennehy (R) 18,855 (5,000 from self)Venuto (U) no reportBr 1Coppola (R) 5026 (500 from … [Read more...]