Willie Mae Allen

Dorchester state rep to step down this fall

By adamg - 2/9/10 - 4:48 pm

The Dorchester Reporter breaks the news that state Rep. Willie Mae Allen of Dorchester won't seek re-election this fall.

Dianne Wilkerson on the way to the private sector

By adamg - 9/16/08 - 9:03 pm

Unless she wages a write-in campaign in November against Sonia Chang-Diaz - who unofficial results show is the winner in their rematch for the 2nd Suffolk state senate seat.

Click on the link for other Boston results in today's Democratic primaries, including: In the 5th Suffolk (Dorchester and Roxbury) state rep's race, Marie St. Fleur easily beat back longtime politico Roy Owens, while in the 6th Suffolk (Roxbury, JP and Roslindale), incumbent Willie Mae Allen showed Faustina Gabriel what's what. Over in the 10th Suffolk (West Roxbury and South Brookline), it was incumbent Mike Rush in a cakewalk over Pamela Julian.