Lynch, Markey Hit the Road, Republicans Get Started
Nomination papers deadline is Wednesday, Feb. 27
With only days to go before nomination papers are due in the race for U.S. Senate, last week was a busy one for announced and potential candidates looking to fill the seat left vacant by John Kerry’s appointment to Secretary of State. The Republican field lost one prominent candidate, and another generated a bit of controversy. On the Democratic side, Congressmen Edward Markey (D-Malden) and Stephen Lynch (D-South Boston) have been working through their pre-primary debate schedule and campaigning across the state. Democrats Markey and Lynch hit the road Both Democratic candidates hit the road again last week from Pittsfield to Salem, meeting with residents and attending fundraisers. Markey had campaign stops in Taunton, Fall River, Lowell …
kevin thomas crowley
3:45 pm on Sunday, February 17, 2013
the annoinment of markey ( who i guess is the only person i could vote for right now) by the democratic elite has all the characteristics of serious blowback. people don't like being told the candidate has been ' pre-selected '.oh, he'll beat lynch alright,but if a decent,moderate republican arises from the republican fight, watch out. markey is not in campaign shape, and if lynch doesn't get him… more ›