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Tom Joyce is a seasoned journalist and political commentator with a rich background in covering politics, sports, and pop culture. Since 2019, Tom has been a prominent contributor to NewBostonPost.
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If Marty Walsh runs for mayor of Boston again, he'd be the favorite to win the election, according to a new poll. Walsh hasn't said if he plans to run for re-election to a third term in 2021, but an at-large city councilor, Michelle Wu, says
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There won't be a Republican on the ballot in Massachusetts's Seventh or Eighth Congressional District in November, but that doesn't mean U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-Dorchester) or U.S. Representative Stephen Lynch (D-South Boston) will be running unopposed. Both Lynch and Pressley have
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Rayla Campbell didn't make the November ballot, but she will continue her campaign. The Republican from Randolph will run a write-in campaign against incumbent Democratic U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-Dorchester) in Massachusetts's Seventh Congressional District after she was unable to make the ballot while running
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New Hampshire appears as though it will be competitive once again this year, according to a recent poll from The New York Times and Siena College. It shows that President Donald Trump is within the margin of error in New Hampshire. The poll conducted last week had former Vice President
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One type of water and one type of alcohol will no longer be for sale in Falmouth as of next year. At Town Meeting on Monday, September 14, Falmouth voters approved a ban on both single-use plastic water bottles and nips, which are small plastic bottles of liquor. The ban
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Charlie Baker isn't just handing out endorsements this year — even if it's a candidate he endorsed in the past. The Republican governor of Massachusetts would not commit to picking between the two candidates running in a U.S. House race in Massachusetts's Fourth Congressional
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Massachusetts U.S. Senator Ed Markey wants to ban police departments from using certain types of firearms as well as non-lethal crowd control tactics. In response to a tweet from the American Civil Liberties Union stating that the city of Portland, Oregon banned its local police from using tear gas
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Kevin O'Connor hasn't had a debate yet, but he wants six more than he's scheduled to have with his opponent in this election cycle. The Dover attorney and Republican U.S. Senate candidate in Massachusetts has one debate scheduled with Democratic Senator Ed Markey