BOSTON – Haverhill Republican Ann Wofford has pulled nomination papers to challenge incumbent U.S. Rep. Niki Tsongas, a Lowell Democrat, in the third congressional district this fall, according to the secretary of state's office.
The campaign would mark Wofford's second attempt at knocking off Tsongas. The widow of former U.S. Sen. Paul Tsongas, she has held the seat ever since she won a special election in 2007 following then-Rep. Marty Meehan's decision to resign from Congress to become the University of Massachusetts – Lowell's chancellor.
During the week, Sivia Sadofsky rides her bike through the Boston area on her commute to work. Each day brings new challenges, such as open car doors, inattentive pedestrians, and double-parked cars blocking bike lanes that she has to circumnavigate on her journey through busy streets.
"Give me a break. The cars are trying to hit me, you guys are trying to hit me, like what's going on?" said Sadofsky, who works for Redi2 Technologies in Boston.
