Politics & Government

He's Back: Hudak Running Again

Bill Hudak says he will run for Congress again in 2012.

He's back.

Boxford attorney and failed 2010 congressional candidate Bill Hudak has announced that he will resume his congressional campaign for Massachusetts' 6th District seat in 2012.

“After conversations with numerous advisors and campaign volunteers throughout the District, it is clear that my support remains widespread and deep," Hudak wrote in a statement. "In fact, since last November I have received hundreds of e-mails and phone calls from supporters urging me to continue the fight."

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Hudak emphasized that he sees the national debt and government spending as even bigger problems today than he did during the 2010 election and wants to see Massachusetts cast off the Democrats in its delegation.

“Despite the change in national direction brought about by the 2010 Elections, Massachusetts is still represented exclusively in the House of Representatives by tax and spend liberals who continue to vote the Democratic party line and ignore the economic realities facing our nation,” Hudak said.

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Past Aggression

Last year, Hudak ran a lengthy, hostile, and often explosive campaign against Congressman John Tierney. After Tierney's wife Hudak grabbed hold of that scandal and pounced on Tierney at every opportunity.

At the same time, Tierney launched his own attacks against Hudak, pointing out and claims Hudak had reportedly made to a local newspaper that Obama was not born in the United States. He also attacked Hudak regarding a questionnaire in which Hudak is listed as advocating the -- something Hudak later denied.

Hudak was perhaps the most aggressive opponent Tierney had faced in his seven terms in Congress. Hudak even went so far as to have the into Tierney and then over feisty campaign ad attacks. He dropped that lawsuit a couple days later.

In the end, that aggression was not enough to push Hudak into the lead, and It was a decisive victory -- Tierney got 57 percent of the vote, and Hudak got 43 percent.

Another Rally

But Hudak is pushing foward. He just days after the election. And his campaign pointed out that Hudak's 43 percent of the vote was the highest of any Republican challenger since Tierney took office. The campaign also cited 2010 endorsements from Sen. Scott Brown and former Gov. Mitt Romney.

However, those endorsements came after he was the Republican nominee. Hudak must now work toward the GOP nomination again for the 2012 race, something not likely to be easy since he has already lost the race before. For that, he will have to rally 6th District Republicans like he did last year.

“I ran in 2010 because I saw that the country was heading in a direction that would lead to diminished prospects for our children’s generation,” Hudak said in his statement. “This (presidential) Administration has largely wasted the past two years on programs and policies that have proven to be counterproductive to economic prosperity. We have no more time to waste."


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