Posts Tagged ‘Massachusetts’
MA: Many Give Up Seats in Legislature
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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MA: GOP State Senator Running for Lieutenant Governor
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 03:46 Written by rslcpol Friday, 29 January 2010 02:19
From sentinelandenterprise.com:
That’s the number of Republicans who currently sit in the Democratic-dominated 40-member Massachusetts State Senate now that state Sen. Scott Brown of Wrentham is heading to the Big Senate in the Sky in Washington.
Soon there could only be three GOP state senators. Sen. Richard Tisei of Wakefield, the head honcho of Senate’s GOP gang of five, is running for lieutenant governor, teamed up with Republican gubernatorial candidate
Charles Baker. (Christy Mihos is also running for governor in the GOP primary.)
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MA: Republican Seeks Scott Brown’s State Senate Seat
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 03:47 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 28 January 2010 02:20
From Boston.com:
NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH – Again wanting to follow in Scott Brown’s footsteps, state Representative Richard Ross said last night that he is running for the state Senate seat that will be vacated when Brown takes his place in the US Senate following his dramatic Jan. 19 upset victory.
“Scott Brown was one of the first people who believed in me and wanted me to run for public office,’’ Ross said at a press conference in the community room of the North Attlleboro police station. “There is a time to move on, and this opportunity is too great to pass up,’’ he said.
Like Brown, Ross is a Wrentham Republican.
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Race in Mass. Concerns Dems in California
Last Updated on Wednesday, 6 October 2010 10:23 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 19 January 2010 01:53
From SFGate:
But Democrats also considered the ripple effects on coming elections in the nation’s most populous state.
“We better get our act together – and quickly,” Newsom said. Voters “are so angry. They don’t feel that we’re paying attention to their needs, in terms of their jobs, and what’s going on at the grassroots, in their neighborhoods.”
With just 10 months until the 2010 midterm election, the mayor’s remarks underscore how the Brown-Coakley race has set off alarms in Democratic-leaning California, which is holding two high-profile elections this cycle.
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A Miracle in Massachusetts?
Last Updated on Wednesday, 6 October 2010 10:30 Written by rslcpol Monday, 11 January 2010 02:00
Column written by Hugh Hewitt in the Washington Examiner:
Scott Brown is an impressive candidate — intelligent, experienced, good-humored and handsome.
Brown’s record of public service is distinguished as well. Not only is he in his third term as a state senator, he served three terms before that as a state representative. More impressive than even that, however, is his service in uniform.
As his Web site, www.brownforussenate.com brownforussenate.com, puts it: “Senator Brown is a proud member of the Massachusetts National Guard, where he has served for nearly three decades and currently holds the rank of Lt. Colonel in the Judge Advocate Generals (JAG) Corps.”
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Mass. Senate Race Tighter than Expected
Last Updated on Wednesday, 6 October 2010 10:36 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 5 January 2010 02:26
From CQ Politics:
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley (D) leads state Sen. Scott Brown (R) in the Senate special election race, but by a narrower margin than expected given the Democratic lean of the state, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Jan. 4.
Coakley topped Brown 50 to 41 percent among likely voters, with 7 percent unsure. The margin of error was 4.5 percent.
Both candidates have strong favorable ratings — Brown was viewed favorably by 56 percent of likely voters and Coakley by 60 percent. Coakely, however, is better known. Just 4 percent of voters had no opinion of her, compared to 17 percent who were unsure about Brown.
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