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Congratulations to UMass Lowell for scoring a debate between US Senator Scott Brown and his Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren. No date has been set. The moderator will by David Gregory of NBC news and the debate will be co-sponsored by the Boston Herald. Here’s the UML press release that just…
Read More »Congresswoman Niki Tsongas (above) and State Senator Eileen Donoghue (below) formally opened their joint headquarters today at 73 East Merrimack Street in Lowell, directly across from the Lowell Memorial Auditorium.
Read More »I’ve already written about Elizabeth Warren winning the votes of 95.77% of the delegates at Saturday’s Democratic State Convention in Springfield, so here are a some other notes from the day: State Treasurer Steve Grossman who was the first speaker of the day had supporters distributing to each delegate a…
Read More »The monsoon-like weather that washed across the Commonwealth didn’t keep 3,554 delegates from attending the 2012 Democratic State Convention in Springfield today. The biggest story will have to be the mammoth vote for Elizabeth Warren – she got 95.77% of the delegates – and the concurrent failure of Marisa DeFranco…
Read More »I’ve long been an advocate of Twitter, especially for breaking news. Twitter certainly got a workout within the Mass Mutual Center today at the Democratic State Convention as delegates, journalists and campaigns tweeted rapid fire updates. For all of you not on Twitter, below is a slightly edited (i.e., where…
Read More »In today’s NYTimes, Tim Egan writes about resumes and the Presidency. The job description at the White House is not head bookkeeper. Read Egan’s opinion here, and get the NYT if you want more.
Read More »As I mentioned in yesterday’s post about rep and senate races in the Merrimack Valley, a well-qualified and prominent Democrat is considering a run the the newly reconfigured 18th Essex House District. Barbara L’Italien who formerly held the seat for four terms is a high ranking member of the administration in the…
Read More »Former Lawrence Mayor – albeit briefly – now incumbent State Representative Marcos Devers is being challanged in his reelection bid on two fronts. Jose L. Santiago both a former state representative and former but fired Methuen police sergeant, has taken out papers to run as an unenrolled candidate. Santiago held the 16th Essex…
Read More »Yesterday Democrats gathered all over Massachusetts to select delegates to attend the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina from September 3 to 6, 2012. The delegate selections were done at Congressional District caucuses. Each Congressional District elected four male delegates, four female delegates and one alternate. The 3rd…
Read More »The scent of vulnerabilty surrounds the position of Northern Essex Register of Deed . Until yesterday, Register Robert Kelley was the target of former Methuen Mayor Bill Manzi. With Manzi now focused on the First Essex State Senate race, two other Democrats are now taking aim at Kelley. In recent months…
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