ParkwayBoston.com has the scoop: She'll be running for re-election this fall.
So John Tobin might want to start thinking about running for mayor in 2009.
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By adamg - 3/6/08 - 5:24 pm
Takes out nomination papers. Does he know something we don't about incumbent Marian Walsh becoming a judge, or is he running regardless?
By adamg - 2/25/08 - 10:53 am
On myDedham, Brian dishes that consiglieri for Boston city Councilor John Tobin and West Roxbury state Rep. Mike Rush had a little breakfast chat in Dedham Square on Saturday. Purpose: To discuss their guys' possible senate runs should incumbent Marian Walsh get named a judge (the district includes both West Roxbury and Dedham, along with some other neighborhoods and towns). The two have run against each other before - for the city-council seat Tobin now holds. No word if they came to any meeting of the minds or how they took their eggs.
Brian also handicaps other possible candidates for a seat the incumbent herself has yet to actually say she's vacating.
By adamg - 2/21/08 - 12:28 pm
Announces bid on Blue Mass Group. She'll be running, again, against 2nd Suffolk incumbent Dianne Wilkerson, who perhaps will pay a bit more attention to filing deadlines this time around.
By adamg - 9/11/07 - 10:44 pm
The Tab has the results from today's special election for Jarrett Barrios's old senate seat.
By adamg - 5/29/07 - 9:00 am
To replace former Senate President Robert Travaglini. It's state Rep. Anthony Petruccelli of East Boston vs. Revere City Councilor Dan Rizzo. Technically, it's a Democratic primary, but since there aren't any Republicans running ...
By adamg - 4/24/07 - 9:55 pm
Casey Ross lists all the candidates who want to replace Robert Travaglini. Well, both of them.
By adamg - 3/22/07 - 9:38 pm
Sco lists initial contenders for the First Suffolk and Middlesex senate district, which includes East Boston, the North End, Winthrop, most of Revere and parts of Cambridge.
By adamg - 10/18/06 - 8:49 am
Joye feels she has no choice in her state-senate election this year: She has to comply with all the OBEY signs around the Suffolk and Norfolk state-senate district:
... At first glance, I thought maybe it was a speed limit reminder, something akin to those "Slow down Boston!" signs. But upon closer inspection it said in smaller letters "For State Senator."
...
By adamg - 10/10/06 - 12:41 pm
Doug Obey, a Republican running for state senate against incumbent Marian Walsh, will be answering questions collected on mAss Backwards.
By adamg - 9/30/06 - 8:03 am
Sonia Chang-Diaz offers concession after recount in the Democratic 2nd Suffolk state senate primary.
Mass. Marrier cautions:
... Unless an angel of wisdom or self-control visits her, Wilkerson is likely to make supporting her impossible. She barely managed to do that this time.
By adamg - 9/28/06 - 8:50 am
Mass. Marrier continues to come to terms with the expected re-election of progressive yet fatally flawed Dianne Wilkerson in the 2nd Suffolk:
... Wilkerson is not the only egomaniac who expects and often gets voters to overlook her inability to control her appetites and her disregard for the rules the rest of us play by, so long as she can show the a record of good votes. Yet, her prolonged and painful disregard for law, decency and the public should disqualify her from consideration for office. ...
By adamg - 9/26/06 - 9:19 am
The city will recount most of the votes, but not in the two wards where she fell short of the required 50 signatures. Chang-Diaz will sue to get those wards counted.
Given the clearly odd results in that race (remember: city election workers failed to file results in eight precincts) why didn't the secretary of state and the mayor simply declare a full recount?
By adamg - 9/25/06 - 12:55 pm
On Blue Mass. Group, Will discusses why he's working hard to help get the required signatures (by 5 today) to force a complete recount in the Dianne Wilkerson/Sonia Chang-Diaz primary:
By adamg - 9/22/06 - 4:47 pm
Blue Mass. Group has the details on the latest in the ongoing 2nd Suffolk state-Senate fiasco.
Dan Kennedy, meanwhile, uses pesky facts to show that Dianne Wilkerson either lies or just has a bad memory when it comes to her going negative on opponents in the past.
By adamg - 9/21/06 - 7:05 pm
Incumbent felon's lead increases to 702 votes; Challenger Chang-Diaz yet to concede.
By adamg - 9/21/06 - 5:52 pm
Political Intelligence is at City Hall; so far, Wilkerson is gaining even more votes.
By adamg - 9/21/06 - 2:36 pm
While we await the recount of the 2nd Suffolk senate results, let's take a look at Cos's account of working on the Chang-Diaz campaign on election day:
... Signs of trouble started early in the evening: the first time I got a call from a volunteer asking "they're supposed to count the votes, right?" I almost didn't know what to make of it. ...
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