Saturday, May 4, 2013
The two will face off on June 25 in the U.S. Senate special election.
After months of campaigning we now know who is going head to head in the June 25 special U.S. Senate election. Democratic Congressman Edward Markey (D-Malden) took the Democratic vote in the Tuesday election over fellow Congressman Stephen Lynch (D-South Boston). Political newcomer and former U.S. Navy SEAL Gabriel Gomez of Cohasset came out on top of a field of Republican candidates - including more seasoned opponents former U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan and State Rep. Dan Winslow of Norfolk. With a month and a half of campaigning still to come we wanted to stop and ask you this question. If the Special Election were today - who would you vote for right now? Markey or Gomez? Tell us in our comments section below.
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
92 percent of Somerville voters cast ballots in the Democratic primary.
Somerville voters chose Rep. Ed Markey, a Democrat, and former Navy SEAL Gabriel Gomez, a Republican, in Tuesday's special primary for U.S. Senate. Voters in the rest of the state concurred, as both candidates will face off against each other in a special election on June 25. In Somerville, Markey earned 75 percent of the vote while his Democratic primary opponent, Rep. Stephen Lynch, took 24 percent of the vote. Markey had 6,587 votes and Lynch had 2,120 votes, according to unofficial results from the Somerville Election Department. On the Republican side, Gomez received 47 percent of the vote in Somerville. His primary opponents, former U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan and State Rep. Dan Winslow received 35 percent and 17 percent of the …
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Find Somerville voting information and special senate election coverage here.
Tuesday is the special state primary for U.S. Senate. On the Democratic side, the primary pits two congressmen, Ed Markey and Stephen Lynch, against each other. On the Republican side, three contenters, Dan Winslow, Gabriel Gomez and Michael Sullivan, are vying for their party's nomination. The winners of today's primary will move on to the special senate election on June 25. If you're not voting today (and you should be), know that the deadline to register for the June 25 special election is June 5. Yes. At your polling location you will choose a Democratic or Republican ballot, and you will remain unenrolled.
Sunday, April 28, 2013
The primary is Tuesday, April 30. We gathered questions from editors across Patch’s coverage area in Massachusetts.
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
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…
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Here's some information about how to register to vote in the special state primary for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts.
Today, Wednesday, is the last day to register to vote in the April 30 special state primary for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts. You can register in person at the city's election office in the basement of Somerville City Hall, 93 Highland Ave., Somerville, MA, 02143. The office will be open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Residents can also download a mail-in voter registration form on the Secretary of the Commonwealth's website. Once that form is filled out and signed, it must be mailed to the Somerville election office and postmarked by today, April 10, for you to be eligible to vote.
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Sunday, April 7, 2013
A look back at what happened over the past week in the U.S. Senate race.
It was a very busy week in the race for U.S. Senate. Things started to get heated as the candidates continue to race toward the April 30 primaries. We saw candidates lashing out at party backing, another facing an ethics complaint, new poll numbers, and more. Let’s start with the Democrats this week. Democratic candidates Stephen Lynch (D-South Boston) and Edward Markey (D-Malden) will face off in a second debate Monday night in Lowell. If the news of the past week is any indication, it should make for an interesting back and forth between the candidates. Lynch took aim at his party leaders last week for supporting Markey. Lynch told the Boston Herald that the Democratic leaders haven’t been fair and told them that he thinks they’ve done …
Sunday, March 31, 2013
A look back at what happened over the past week in the U.S. Senate race.
It was a big week in the race for U.S. Senate, with both Republican and Democratic candidates facing off for the first time in a debate Wednesday night. Candidates running in the April primary faced each other in two 30-minute debates in an event sponsored by the Boston Media Consortium and held at the WCVB-TV, Channel 5 studios in Needham. Congressmen Stephen Lynch (D-South Boston) and Edward Markey (D-Malden) went several rounds on the topic of health care reform in the first debate between the two Democrats. The two also sparred over bank bailouts. Write-in Democratic candidate Brett Rhyne was not at the debate. Republicans also faced each other for the first time in their own debate immediately following Lynch and Markey. Candidates …
Thursday, March 28, 2013
GOP and Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate debated Wednesday night at the Channel 5 studios in Needham.
The Republican candidates for U.S. Senate leaned on their diverse backgrounds to explain positions on issues ranging from the economy and debt reduction to gay marriage Wednesday night. Gabriel Gomez, a former Navy SEAL and businessman from Cohasset, said that hearing from a variety of perspectives served him well in the military and that he would bring those lessons to bear working with fellow Republicans and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. State Rep. Dan Winslow (R-Norfolk), saying "Obamacare is bad for Massachusetts" and simply layers federal bureacracy on top of the state's system, highlighted an upcoming legislative proposal on Beacon Hill to reduce health care costs. Former U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan talked about making …
Reverend E. Raleigh Pimperton III
5:32 pm on Friday, May 24, 2013
How refreshing to hear that Gomez has referred to Markey as 'pond scum.' Sadly Gomez has little chance of winning with the low-information voters in this depressingly blue state. Reverend E. Raleigh Pimperton III more ›