Thursday, May 23, 2013
The campaign committee called “Koutoujian for Congress” allows the candidate to raise money for a campaign and hire campaign staff.
Middlesex County Sheriff Peter J. Koutoujian announced Thursday that he is opening a Congressional campaign committee account. The move is a serious indication that Koutoujian will run for U.S. Congress if Congressman Edward Markey wins the U.S. Senate special election next month. "I have dedicated my life to working on issues important to the people I have been honored to represent as a legislator and now as Sheriff. If given the opportunity, I intend to fight for the people of the 5th Congressional district as their representative in Washington," said Koutoujian. "Throughout my career, I have focused on guaranteeing access to quality, affordable health care, enacting common sense measures to strengthen our economy, ensuring public …
Majority Whip of the Massachusetts Senate says she is in the race to be the congressman for the 5th Middlesex District, if Congressman Ed Markey Wins the Senate race on June 25.
Sen. Karen Spilka, who represents Framingham, announced on her personal Facebook page Tuesday, if Congressman Ed Markey wins the U.S. Senate seat vacated by now Secretary of State John Kerry, she win run for Congress. "Want my friends and supporters to know first: I'm in the race for the Massachusetts 5th Congressional district. Looking forward to making a formal announcement once Ed Markey is our US Senator," posted the Ashland resident. The senate election is Tuesday June 25. Congressman Markey, who represents Framingham and has an office downtown, is running against Republican Gabriel Gomez. A fundraising page was created for the Spilka for Congress campaign. On the page its states, "No one is more qualified than State Senate Majority …
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
The former Navy SEAL and the longtime Congressman will face off June 25 to fill John Kerry's former U.S. Senate seat.
A political newcomer will face a long-time Massachusetts politician in the race to be the Bay State's next U.S. senator. The Associated Press has declared Republican businessman and former U.S. Navy SEAL Gabriel Gomez of Cohasset and Democratic U.S. Congressman Edward Markey of Malden the winners of their U.S. Senate special primary elections, according to tweets from Fox 25. The call for Gomez came approximately one hour after the polls closed in the statewide primary while a call for Markey came moments later. Gomez defeats his more seasoned opponents, former U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan of Abington and state Rep. Dan Winslow of Norfolk. Markey beat fellow U.S. Congressman Stephen Lynch of South Boston. Brett Rhyne of Needham ran an …
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Ed Markey (D) and Gabriel Gomez (R) came out on top in Natick in the special primary election for U.S. Senate today.
The special election for U.S. Senate has been building momentum for months as Masschusetts looks to replace John Kerry, who is now the United States Secretary of State. Now, the unofficial results are in for the voting here in Natick. On the Democrat side, longtime Congressman Ed Markey received 71.92 percent (2323 of 3230 total votes) of the vote. Stephen Lynch received 27.93 percent, or 902 total votes. There were also five write-in votes. Republicans in Natick chose former Navy Seal Gabriel Gomez, who received 50.37 percent of the votes (480 of 953 total). Michael Sullivan received 33.16 percent (316 total) of the vote, while Daniel Winslow rounded out the race with 15.95 percent (152 total). The Republicans also had five write-in votes…
Today's election has just one item on the ballot: the primary for U.S. Senator to replace John Kerry, who is now United States Secretary of State.
The Natick Town Election three weeks ago had a very poor voter turnout. When the official results came out, the voter turnout was in the 10 percent range. This could've been for a variety of reasons, notably the lack of contested races (there were just two). Today, the entire state is voting in the special primary election for U.S. Senate. This election became necessary when John Kerry became United States Secretary of State, and here in Natick it looks like more people have been interested in voting today than they were on April 9. At the Morse Institute Library, where precinct 8 votes, 235 voters has cast their ballots as of 4 p.m. Similar numbers were found at the Natick Community-Senior Center, where precincts 7 and 9 vote. Each of …
Here's the information you need to know when you head to the polls to vote today.
Today is the special primary election for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts. This election became necessary when longtime Massachusetts' Senator John Kerry became United States Secretary of State. Patch recently interviewed the candidates to learn about their opinions on a number of local, regional and national issues. Polls in Natick will be open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. Here is a list of polling locations, as well as which precincts vote at which location: Please note that voters in precincts 7 and 9 now vote in the Community-Senior Center. All other precincts will vote in the same places they have in previous years. If you don't know which location you're supposed to vote at, just visit the website of the Secretary of the Commonwealth and …
Sunday, April 28, 2013
The Special Primary Election for U.S. Senate is on Tuesday, April 30. Patch interviewed three candidates from each major political party.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
We gathered questions from editors across Patch’s coverage area in Massachusetts.
Patch editors interviewed each of the candidates running for U.S. Senate in the April 30 special election. We gathered questions from editors across Patch’s coverage area in Massachusetts. The editors asked both broad questions about policy, as well as opinions on more local, regional issues. Click on the links below to read the questions and answers with each candidate… Stephen Lynch Edward Markey Brett Rhyne (write-in candidate) Gabriel Gomez Michael Sullivan Daniel Winslow
Monday, April 15, 2013
Natick voted for Elizabeth Warren and owns more hybrid cars than the state average.
Natick is green and blue. That’s what we found when we compared data from the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles to the vote in the 2012 U.S. Senate race. You can see the results in the map above: Large circles suggest towns with more hybrid ownership per capita, and the red/blue color suggests which way those towns voted last year. In Natick, 20.4 of every 1,000 vehicles is a hybrid, compared to the state average of 18. Patch’s research suggests the state has a good number of what might be called “green Republican” communities. More than 40 percent of the communities where Republican Scott Brown carried the vote have an above average numbers of hybrids. The data is a nice rebuttal to the national trends of hybrid/GOP separation: …
Sunday, April 14, 2013
A look back at what happened over the past week in the U.S. Senate race.
Just a little more than two weeks until the primary election to see which Democrat and Republican will go head to head to fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by John Kerry’s appointment to Secretary of State. Monday night, U.S. Congressmen Stephen Lynch, D-South Boston, and Edward Markey, D-Malden, met in their second debate which contained few fireworks. The debate, held at the University of Massachusetts Lowell and sponsored by the college and the Boston Herald, lasted about 45 minutes and touched a wide variety of issues on which the two Democrats mostly agreed. On Wednesday night, it was the Republicans’ turn as they went face to face in the WBZ-TV studios moderated by the station’s Jon Keller. Former U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan…
Larry
11:14 pm on Thursday, May 23, 2013
Well Hugh, you seem to find that whole democracy thing chaffing. Kinda like your whining about not getting your way at Town Meeting. It just seems that you'd be happier in Oklahoma or Alabama. Of course you'd have even more trouble insisting that your holidays get forced upon everyone else. more ›