2010 elections
MassBeacon.com reports everybody's favorite perennial candidate has decided to run for something this year, after all: Attorney general.
Red Mass. Group reports a couple of sources say the former lieutenant governor is getting ready to announce a run against Democrat John Tierney in the Sixth District. Karen Anderson at WBZ, however, tweets an aide to Healey says she's not running this year.
Nick Collins, more recently a business marketing consultant, announced today he is running for the 4th Suffolk seat being vacated by Brian Wallace.
I look forward to a spirited conversation regarding the challenges facing our community and how we intend to address them. My hope is to be the leader who will bridge what is great about our past to the promise of our future.
Other Democrats considering the seat include Michael McGee, Jeffrey Poreda, Jake Bombard and Mark McGonagle. Patrick Brennan is running as a Republican in the district, which also includes a small part of Dorchester.
Red Mass. Group reports Joe Manzoli has left the Mihos campaign for "personal reasons."
The Jamaica Plain Gazette reports that Phil Dunkelbarger of Westwood, who ran as an anti-war candidate against Stephen Lynch in the 2006 Democratic primary, is running against Lynch again this year.
Keith Lepor of Roslindale and Vernon Harrison of Braintree are running on the Republican side.
OK, so it was kind of interesting this morning that some people had set up a Facebook page to try to convince MSNBC talent and Northhampton resident Rachel Maddow to run against Scott Brown in 2012 (they're now 5.2% of the way toward their goal of getting 10,000 people to sign up). It got even funner this afternoon when John Walsh, chairman of the Democratic State Committee, got wind of the boomlet and posted what sure seemed like it was meant to be a private message on the Tweety:
Some are talking about you running vs Scott Brown in '12. I'm Chair of MA Dem Party. My email is johnewalsh@Comcast.net cell-617-650-9311
Apparently I'm not the only one disappointed to learn that politicians don't have instant access to everybody's phone numbers (you know how losing candidates always call the winning candidate on election night - where do they get their phone numbers from?) - there's now a Twitter discussion on #walshgate. And please, for goodness sake, don't go calling Walsh and asking if his refrigerator is running.
Amy Derjue, who has some familiarity with Twitter issues, provides this thought:
#walshgate is like clicking "reply to all" in Outlook. But to the whole internet. Cue overwhelming paranoia whenever DMing from now on.
Red Mass. Group reports on the McCain staffers now working for Treasurer Tim.
Blue Mass. Group reports on how Baker campaign manager Lenny Alcivar finds the time to send snarky Twitter messages to Treasurer Tim's daughters.
The Globe reports Bill Delahunt won't be running for re-election in the Tenth District.
Proposes two casinos and slots at racetracks; unclear if he wants to put a casino AND slots at Suffolk Downs, which would thrill Tom Menino to pieces.
David Guarino, who knows something about legislative battles over gambling (as former PR guy for former Speaker DiMasi), considers what DeLeo will have to do to flip those reps who voted against casinos last time around.
Word comes from Patrick aide-de-camp Doug Rubin that Gov. Patrick has told the RMV to rescind that $5 fee for talking to a live person, and find other ways to get people to interact with the registry online rather than in person.
The Dorchester Reporter's Lit Drop is reporting sources say Brian Wallace will not be running for re-election in the 4th Suffolk district (South Boston and a bit of Dorchester).
Michael McGee of South Boston had already announced a run for Wallace's seat. MassBeacon.com reports Jeffrey Poreda, Jake Bombard and Mark McGonagle are also running on the Democratic side, while Patrick Brennan is running in Scott Brown's favorite part of Boston as a Republican.
Wayne Wilson announces campaign on Blue Mass. Group. For gay marriage, against death penalty, wants to peg minimum wage to inflation and would reform CORI.
Ed Coppinger, co-publisher of ParkwayBoston.com, will run for the state representative's seat being vacated by Mike Rush, who is running for Marian Walsh's state senate seat.
Campaign Web site.
Marie St. Fleur told the Ward 15 caucus this morning that she won't run for re-election this fall, the Dorchester Reporter reports.
Carlos Henriquez, who has made two unsuccessful runs against Chuck Turner, could run, Gintautus Dumcius tweets.
St. Fleur represents the 5th Suffolk district in Dorchester and Roxbury. Willie Mae Allen, who represents the neighboring 6th Suffolk, also recently announced she will retire from the House this year.
Christy Mihos bounced a $20,000 campaign check, the Globe reports.
The Herald reports; doesn't say what happened to the kid who wrote Patrick after the governor left the unidentified school.
Both Red Mass. Group and the Outraged Liberal agree: Tim Cahill lacks any substance in a Globe survey piece on dealing with the state's fiscal crisis.
Marjorie Arons-Barron expects better of Charlie Baker than the cliche-ridden, substance-free fundraising letter she recently got.
Richard Howe reports on yesterday's Lowell Democratic caucus, which included a visit from Attorney General Martha Coakley, who addressed the blue throng.
We already know about Bob Hedlund, Jeff Perry and Joe Malone on the Republican side. MassBeacon.com runs down the Democratic possibilities, from Therese Murray to Norfolk County Sheriff Michael Bellotti.
A group of Democrats say long-time Governor's Councilor Kelly Timilty forfeited the right to represent her district when she circulated a bogus, forged endorsement from Deval Patrick two years ago.
Mary-Ann Greanier said she decided to organize a letter and e-mail campaign to urge Timility to step aside after fellow Democrats expressed concern and outrage that Timilty might run again this fall. Greanier is chairwoman of the Democratic Town Committee, although she says her campaign to get Timilty to step down is not a town-committee effort. Read more
Paul Levy, CEO at Beth Israel Deaconess (and, yes, a Charlie Baker backer), explains why Deval Patrick's attempt to regulate health-insurance premiums will fail because it ignores the monopolistic overhead charged by archrival Partners HealthCare - a factor Coakley noted in a report released just two weeks ago.
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