Thursday, May 9, 2013
Congressman leads Gabriel Gomez by 17 points.
A new Suffolk University/7NEWS (WHDH) poll shows a strong lead for Democratic Congressman Edward Markey over Republican businessman and former U.S. Navy SEAL Gabriel Gomez in the race for the U.S. Senate special election. The poll of 500 likely voters has Markey at 52 percent and Gomez at 35 percent. Eleven percent of voters in the poll were undecided. A third-party candidate, Richard Heos of the Twelve Visions Party, got 1 percent and another 1 percent refused to respond. David Paleologos, director of the Suffolk University Political Research Center in Boston, said along with the announcement of the poll that Markey has "a large lead over his Republican opponent who voters are unsure about." Indeed, 32 percent of those polled said they'd …
Saturday, May 4, 2013
There is a lot of campaigning to do before the Democrat and Republican 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: if the special election was held today - who would you vote for right now? Markey or Gomez? Tell us in our comments section below.
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Did your town vote for your candidate?
Massachusetts voters have spoken in the Senate primary, and North Andover seems to agree. Congressman Ed Markey won the Democratic nomination over fellow Congressman Stephen Lynch, and Gabriel Gomez won in the three-man Republican primary against Michael Sullivan and State Rep. Daniel Winslow. And in North Andover, it was the same. Democratic voters in town handily picked Markey for the nomination. Markey garnered more than 58 percent, while Lynch received just less than 42 percent. Markey won every precinct in town. Lynch made his strongest showing in Precinct 1, with about 48 percent of the votes there. Markey's strongest precinct was Precinct 4, in which he received about 64 percent of the votes. For a three-man Republican race, Gomez …
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
It's time to pick the general candidates.
John Kerry has been out of the Senate for several weeks now, and Massachusetts is moving forward to decide his replacement. Today is the Special Senate Election Primary. Where and When: All voting is at North Andover High School. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. If there's a line, you may stay past 8 p.m. and vote if you were in line by 8 p.m. In Massachusetts, if you are a registered Democrat, you much vote on a Democratic primary ballot. If you're a registered Republican, you must vote on a Republican primary ballot. If you are unaffiliated, you may vote on either (but not both). Congressman Steven Lynch represents Massachusetts' 8th congressional district -- which includes parts of Boston and south-of-Boston towns. First elected in …
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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
North Andover voted for Scott Brown and owns more hybrid cars than the state average.
North Andover is green and red. 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 North Andover, 18.5 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 …
Sunday, April 14, 2013
A look back at what happened over the past week in the U.S. Senate race.
There are 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 on a 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 …
Thursday, April 11, 2013
The primary is set for April 30.
State Rep. Jim Lyons, who represents the Essex 18th District including much of North Andover, has endorsed Michael Sullivan in the primary race for U.S. Senate. "I am proud to endorse Mike Sullivan for the U.S. Senate," Lyons said in a statement. "Mike understands the lessons we learned from President Ronald Reagan. Mike recognizes that our citizens are best served by a smaller government, a government that promotes individual responsibility and personal freedoms. Mike Sullivan is a true leader and will be a great United States Senator." Sullivan is running against Republicans Gabriel Gomez and Daniel Winslow for the GOP nomination. The primary winner will face off against the Democrats' pick in the general election in June. "I am pleased…
pja
4:22 pm on Thursday, May 9, 2013
progressive/liberal /socialist are happier with markey ,i think its a fact ,,im have to vote for gomez ,,i would rather do something than nothing ,,im a conservative outside of moving to another state what are the choices ,,,you get lemons you make lemonade !! more ›