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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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Rayla Campbell has a chance to do something virtually unprecedented in Massachusetts politics. She will likely find out if she was successful on either Thursday or Friday this week.
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A seat in the Massachusetts House of Representatives flipped red yesterday — and not in the Republican sense of the word. Democratic socialist Erika Uyterhoeven of Somerville, founder of Act On Mass, in the 27th Middlesex District (which consists of parts of Somerville) won her primary battle against Somerville resident Catia
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Some are under the impression that the votes are not done being counted in the Democratic primary for a U.S. House seat in Massachusetts's Fourth Congressional District, but it appears as though some already know who won. Many observers believe that Newton city councilor Jake Auchincloss won
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Jordan Meehan ran a competitive race, but it wasn't enough to take down an incumbent. The self-identified democratic socialist and the current policy coordinator of the Massachusetts Commission on LGBTQ Youth (a state agency) unsuccessfully squared off against incumbent state Representative Kevin Honan (D-Brighton) in the 17th Suffolk
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It won't be clear whether Rayla Campbell got enough write-in votes in the primary to make the Massachusetts Seventh Congressional District general election ballot in November until later this week. The Republican from Randolph ran a write-in/sticker campaign in hopes of earning the party's nomination
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A red Ford F-350 turns right into the Saint Bernadette Catholic Church Hall parking lot in Randolph. A middle-aged man with a German shepherd slows down and comes to a stop.
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[Editor's Note: Because of an editing error, the original version of this story incorrectly stated the former position of Steven Xiarhos. He retired as deputy police chief in Yarmouth.] Republican voters in the Barnstable Fifth District have a question to answer this Tuesday: who should succeed state Representative
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The Massachusetts Police Association wants to see Rayla Campbell on the ballot this November. The Executive Board of the association endorsed Campbell this past Friday — even though she isn't appearing on the primary ballot Tuesday, September 1.