Voters have a choice Sept. 1 between a candidate well-prepared to take on the political establishment and one who is a part of it.
Beacon Hill
Political notes: Somerville Democratic committee goes for Connolly, others; AFL-CIO likes Lander
Somerville Democrats ended their weeklong voting on endorsements for the city’s district-level races; and challenger Daniel Lander gets a big endorsement too.
AI invented part of my campaign platform
Meta AI recently told me about my own campaign, and used a Mississippi state senate voter guide as a source. The problem is that I'm running in Massachusetts.
Political notes: Voting record evidence answers allegations; Barber’s big endorsements; Lander flips three (updated)
MacKay voting record evidence answers allegations, a Decker birthday party fundraiser, three officials flip to Lander and Barber scores an endorsement from the state senator she seeks to replace.
Cars drive debate at a meeting about 350 Rindge Ave. affordable housing and its future Ferro’s grocery store
Ferro’s Foodtown and its fast food will shut for two years while housing is built, but the store's new liquor license request, parking and traffic were the topics instead.
In stating cases for election, 27th Middlesex candidates have parallel experiences and a working-class divide
One candidate cited extensive experience getting things done in public processes. The other mirrored that experience from behind the scenes.
We deserve a state representative who works for us
I share a lot in common with my current state representative, Marjorie Decker, but feel more represented by her opponent in the upcoming Democratic primary.
Candidates for 34th Middlesex take big swings for an $8.7B millionaire’s tax and lower barriers to homebuilding
A three-way race for a state House of Representatives seat serving Somerville and Medford got its first and only stage time at a Saturday forum.
Political notes: Three debates on one day, housing town hall and a candidate withdrawal (updated)
Nine candidates running to represent Somerville, Cambridge, Medford and Winchester gather under roof, Hopcroft withdraws and more from the campaign trail.
Barber’s abortion care bill heads to the Senate for women still being denied treatment
My bill replaces a narrow checklist of pregnancy health care exceptions with a single standard: a physician’s professional judgment.