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In yesterday’s U.S. Senate special election primary for the Democrats, Ed Markey defeated Steve Lynch, 309,487 to 229,594 (57% to 43%). On the Republican side, Gabriel Gomez was victorious, receiving 96,072 votes (51%) to Michael Sullivan’s 67,756 (36%) and Danny Winslow’s 24,547 (13%). The above image which shows the town-by-town…
Read More »Congressman Ed Markey visited his Lowell campaign headquarters yesterday to fire up local supporters for the final Get Out The Vote push up to and through Primary Election Day this Tuesday. The polls will be open from 7:00 am until 8:00 pm. Please be sure to vote.
Read More »Governor Deval Patrick recently named Marian Ryan to be the new Middlesex District Attorney. Ryan, a prosecutor for more than thirty years in the Middlesex DA’s office, will serve the balance of the four year term to which Gerry Leone was elected in 2010. Leone resigned last month to go…
Read More »Reminder for next GLAD Meeting Tomorrow! SATURDAY! Greater Lowell Area Democrats Regular Breakfast Meeting Saturday April 20, 2013 at 8:00 AM SHARP! Independence Grill at the Radisson Hotel Rte. 110 in Chelmsford Please join us at this meeting of area Democrats. Marie Sweeney, GLAD Chair For more information: sweeney133@verizon.net AGENDA: The regular…
Read More »Massachusetts has long had an important role in free, quality public education. Just as in colonial times, Massachusetts continues to set the standard for public education in the new United States. MassMoments remind us that on this day – April 14, 1642 – the Massachusetts Bay Colony passed the first…
Read More »UMass Lowell continued to cement its reputation as a center of political activity in Massachusetts last evening with a debate between US Senate candidates Steve Lynch and Ed Markey at Durgin Hall (the three Republican candidates had been invited but chose not to participate). While the debate was not broadcast…
Read More »Billerica and Tewksbury held their annual town elections yesterday. Incumbents carried the day in Tewksbury while a newcomer broke into the ranks in Billerica. In a three-way race for Selectman – challenger George Simolaris topped the ballot taking over 41 percent of the votes – 4,639, followed by incumbent Mike Rosa…
Read More »From UMass Lowell: The Center for Public Opinion periodically sponsors political debates as part of its mission to promote civic engagement and an enhanced understanding of the political process. U.S. Senate Special Election Primary Debate, April 8, 2013 Come see the candidates for U.S. Senate debate the issues of importance…
Read More »When I wrote this post in November of 2009, I didn’t know Patrick Murphy and nobody had any idea of what would unfold in the next few years. Catching up with the latest local commentary on social media this morning, I remembered this quirky post written in the aftermath of…
Read More »In Massachusetts suffrage for woman began with voting for school committee. Today Mass Moment reminds us that author Lousia May Alcott of Concord, Massachusetts was the first woman to register to vote in that town. Alcott herself held meetings teaching the women of Concord how to vote when the time…
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