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Republican wins sole contested legislative election

BOSTON – A Republican won the only competitive special legislative election held in Massachusetts Tuesday as Weymouth's Patrick O'Connor defeated Hull's Joan Mechino for an open Senate seat. But the pair are likely to face off again in November, when the Plymouth and Norfolk district

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Brown to appear at O’Connor fundraiser in Senate bid

BOSTON – Former Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown, in the news lately for backing Donald Trump's bid for the Republican presidential nomination in New Hampshire, will lend his support Tuesday to Weymouth's Patrick O'Connor in his campaign for the state Senate. O'Connor, a town

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FBI investigating bomb threats at several Mass. schools

The Massachusetts State Police announced Tuesday that police agencies at the local, state, and federal levels, including the FBI, were investigating a series of bomb threats made at schools throughout the state. According to a press release, communities with confirmed bomb threats Tuesday were: Groton, Weymouth, Taunton, Arlington, Plymouth, Waltham,

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Hedlund wields gavel in his final Senate session

In the final session of his two-decade career in the Senate, Assistant Minority Leader Robert Hedlund assumed a post rarely held by Republicans in Massachusetts: on the rostrum and wielding the gavel. Hedlund, who plans to resign his Senate seat on Jan. 4 to become the next mayor of Weymouth,

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Hedlund resigns Senate seat ahead of Weymouth mayoral inauguration

BOSTON — Set to become the next mayor of Weymouth in a little more than a week, state Sen. Robert Hedlund on Thursday formally filed his intent to resign his seat on Jan. 4, a step required before the Senate could consider scheduling special election next year. Hedlund, a Republican who

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Weymouth’s O’Connor stakes out positions ahead of Senate bid

WEYMOUTH – Patrick O'Connor, a longtime town councilor and aide to Republican state Sen. Robert Hedlund (R-Weymouth), spoke candidly Monday regarding various hot-button policy topics as he gears up a campaign for his boss's seat, an effort that would keep it in GOP hands. Moments after Hedlund

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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

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Special elections may be held to fill new House, Senate vacancies

BOSTON – Election Day settled contests in 53 communities around the state and may prompt several special elections, as the House and Senate seek to fill vacancies left by members who are moving on after victories on Tuesday. State Rep. Michael Brady (D-Brockton) bested his Republican opponent to capture a seat