A new Bay State website called Imagine Election lets you type in your address to see who will be appearing on your ballot on November 4, and then find out a little something about each candidate’s background and "priorities if elected." Visit the site to find out whether you’re one of the lucky ducks with […]
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Wall Street Journal discovers Patrick-Obama connection
We thought the idea that there are similarities between the background, style, message and, by implication, substance of Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick and Barack Obama was a pretty old storyline by now. Apparently not to the Wall Street Journal, which devoted the upper half of its op-ed page on Friday to yet another account of […]
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Massachusetts ranks dead last in contested elections
Massachusetts, once known for its raucous politics, now ranks last in the nation in the percentage of voters with a choice as to who represents them in the State House. (Click here for data.) There are both Democratic and Republican candidates in only 27 28 of 160 state representative districts this year. (With contests in […]