GOP Sen. Hedlund elected Weymouth mayor, aide to run for vacated seat

WEYMOUTH — With Republican state Sen. Robert L. Hedlund's mayoral victory in the books, aide Patrick O'Connor confirmed he will run for his boss's Plymouth and Norfolk District seat. "I am running," O'Connor said by phone, moments after the Massachusetts Republican Party announced via the organization's Twitter account that Hedlund had won.

WEYMOUTH — With Republican state Sen. Robert L. Hedlund's mayoral victory in the books, aide Patrick O'Connor confirmed he will run for his boss's Plymouth and Norfolk District seat. "I am running," O'Connor said by phone, moments after the Massachusetts Republican Party announced via the organization's Twitter account that Hedlund had won.…