A flurry of endorsements, if not a slurry, while Somerville Democrats say “dark money” is suddenly in use in a race and an incumbent says she’s been smeared as an “incumbent.”

Somerville Democrats ended their weeklong voting on endorsements for the city’s district-level races; and challenger Daniel Lander gets a big endorsement too.

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.