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 claimed victory last Tuesday in his bid to become mayor of Weymouth, O'Connor confirmed his plans to run for the Plymouth and Norfolk District seat in the Massachusetts Senate.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson said Sunday that he's facing an unprecedented level of scrutiny about the veracity of his life story and questioned whether the issues dogging him over his autobiography are important to the nation's search for the next president.
"Every single day, every other day or every week, you know, they're going to come out with, 'Well, you said this when you were 13,'" the retired neurosurgeon said on CBS' "Face the Nation."
