Election 2014

This coming Tuesday night, August 19, beginning at 7:00 pm, there will be a debate of the five Democratic candidates for state representative in the 18th Middlesex District.  The debate will be televised live on Lowell cable channels 8 and 99 and will be streamed live on ltc.org.  The debate…

Here’s a press release I just received from the Rady Mom campaign: RADY MOM ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY FOR 18TH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT Urges Community: “Let’s Make History!” LOWELL—Rady Mom, a Lowell Businessman and community activist, announced his candidacy for State Representative today at his kickoff party at The Hong Kong Restaurant in…

Last night I posted the results of the delegate voting at yesterday’s Democratic State Convention and Friday I wrote about that night’s speeches by Elizabeth Warren and Deval Patrick. Tonight I’ll wrap up my convention reports with short summaries of the speeches given by the various candidates: Deb Goldberg (Treasurer)…

Just back from a long day at the DCU Center in Worcester. I’ll post more details tomorrow but here are the results of the first ballot which decides who will appear on the ballot in the September 9 Primary Election. To do that, candidates needed the votes of 15% of…

The 2014 Democratic State Convention began last night at the DCU Center in Worcester. The main business of the evening was the nomination by acclamation of three statewide candidates who are unopposed in the September 9, Democratic Primary. They are Secretary of State William Galvin, State Auditor Suzanne Bump, and…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. I haven’t written much about Citizens United and the lethal impact that infamous Supreme Court decision has had on our already tainted political process.  Nothing I could have written would have driven the point home as colorfully as  this…

Democratic candidate for governor Don Berwick will be in Lowell this Friday and he wants to have lunch with YOU. Don will be at Brew’d Awakenings at 61 Market Street from 11:30 am until 1:30 pm. Stop by and talk to him about the issues that concern you and while…

Attorney General and Gubernatorial candidate Martha Coakley visited Lowell tonight for a fund raiser at La Boniche hosted by Eileen Donoghue, Steve Panagiotakos, Bill Martin and Michael Gallagher. In her brief remarks, Coakley reminisced about all that she learned about the law and about people during her time as an…

Maura Healey, a candidate for Attorney General in this year’s state election, will be in Lowell this Wednesday night (April 23) for a Meet and Greet event at the Blue Shamrock, 105 Market Street, from 5:30pm to 7pm. The event is free and gives voters in Lowell and Greater Lowell…