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Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 02:54 Written by rslcpol Friday, 26 February 2010 02:29
From boston.com:
About 30 seats in the Massachusetts Legislature could open up this year as state lawmakers abandon posts they held for years, or even decades, to run for other offices or retire.
As a result, the Legislature appears poised for one of its biggest overhauls in years, amid the taint of a corruption probe, anti-incumbent voter sentiment, and a Republican revolt fueled by the surprise election of Scott Brown to the US Senate.
Democrats hastened to note that most of the departing lawmakers are running for other posts, including sheriff in numerous counties, and the state Senate seat vacated by Brown.
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