The Massachusetts Republican Party is not happy with the way vote counting has gone in a couple of elections in the state, arguing that it may cost a couple of GOP candidates from making the ballot this November.
As of the end of the business day Tuesday, September 8, one week after the September 1 statewide primary election, there was still no word from the state on whether or not Randolph Republican Rayla Campbell received the 2,000 write-in votes she needed to earn the party's nomination in Massachusetts's Seventh Congressional District; if successful, she would run against U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-Dorchester), a member of The Squad.
Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse didn't win this time, but there could be a next time.
Morse unsuccessfully primaried U.S. Representative Richard Neal (D-Springfield) in Massachusetts's First Congressional District this year. He received 41.2 percent of the vote to Neal's 58.8 percent in the Tuesday, September 1 primary..
