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Vermont GOP Candidate Drops Out of Five Statewide Races

Matthew McDonald

The Republican nominee for six offices in Vermont has dropped out of five of them.

H. Brooke Paige, who often shows up at events in a top hat, won the Republican primaries for U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, secretary of state, attorney general, state treasurer, and state auditor.

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Conservative State Rep Jim Lyons Fund Raiser Draws Protesters, Scorn

Matthew McDonald

Conservatives are so horrible that the existence of even one of them in the Massachusetts Legislature needs to be protested.

More than 30 protesters, including several Democratic candidates, showed up outside a fund raiser for state Representative Jim Lyons (R-Andover) Monday night to protest Governor Charlie Baker's attendance.

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