Long before Ayanna (Change can’t wait) Pressley defeated incumbent Mike Capuano and long before Joseph (I can’t wait) Kennedy III began ruminating about a run against US Sen. Edward Markey, there was Seth Moulton. Moulton ran against incumbent US Rep. John Tierney in 2014 and won, becoming the first candidate to defeat a sitting Massachusetts […]
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Baker needs a bolder plan
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER’S DECISION to greet Vice President Mike Pence on Nantucket last weekend drew the deserved ridicule and scorn expected. But if Democrats want to win the corner office in 2022, our focus should be on Baker’s growing list of shortcomings, not on trying to turn him into the Trump/Pence clone he is not. […]
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Did Liss-Riordan overstep on Second Amendment?
FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS about American’s constitutional right to bear arms are roiling the Massachusetts Democratic primary for US Senate. After mass shootings, a distressingly occurrence in American politics, the debate typically focuses on incremental changes to gun laws that might be possible in our polarized political environment. But after two back-to-back mass shootings this past weekend […]
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Moulton soldiers on despite lack of traction
US REPRESENTATIVE SETH MOULTON is one of 24 Democratic candidates running to challenge President Donald Trump, but hasn’t even been able to qualify for the first two rounds of debates. The son of Salem has been on the campaign trail since April, prioritizing national security and veteran issues in his 2020 bid. Earlier this week, not […]
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Moulton soldiers on despite lack of traction
US Representative Seth Moulton is one of 24 Democratic candidates running to challenge President Donald Trump, but hasn’t even been able to qualify for the first two rounds of debates. The son of Salem has been on the campaign trail since April, prioritizing national security and veteran issues in his 2020 bid. Earlier this week, […]
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Ranked-choice may be headed to ballot
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE SUPPORTERS OF RANKED CHOICE VOTING plan to file an initiative petition by next week to put the voting reform on the 2020 ballot in case they are unable to advance it through the Legislature before then. “While we will continue advocating for the successful passage of two ranked choice voting bills […]
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The Codcast: Alex Morse wants to change how Washington works
Alex Morse, the 30-year-old mayor of Holyoke, may look like he’s on a fool’s errand by challenging Rep. Richard Neal in next year’s Democratic primary. After all, just seven months ago Neal’s three decades of toil in the DC vineyards landed him in one of the most powerful positions in the House, chairman of the […]
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Alex Morse wants to change how Washington works
ALEX MORSE, the 30-year-old mayor of Holyoke, may look like he’s on a fool’s errand by challenging Rep. Richard Neal in next year’s Democratic primary. After all, just seven months ago Neal’s three decades of toil in the DC vineyards landed him in one of the most powerful positions in the House, chairman of the tax-writing […]
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Lowell settlement scraps city’s current electoral system
THE CITY OF LOWELL settled a federal lawsuit filed by a group of Asian-American and Latino voters by agreeing to scrap the voting system the municipality has used for the last 62 years and to replace it with one of four options that will be studied, voted on by city residents, and put into operation […]
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House subverted will of voters on eggs
WHEN VOTERS CAST THEIR DECISION, whether for a candidate or a policy matter, they should be able to feel assured that the winning decision will be honored. In 2016, an astonishing 77 percent of voters made it clear at the ballot box that they wanted egg-laying hens – those raised in Massachusetts as well as […]