Markey & Lynch Both Want 6 Debates For Senate Primary
Congressman Edward Markey is proposing a debate schedule for the Democratic U.S. Senate primary which he said would include two general debates and four issue-specific debates.
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Congressman Edward Markey is proposing a debate schedule for the Democratic U.S. Senate primary which he said would include two general debates and four issue-specific debates.
The state picked up the entire tab during the last special election in 2010, but this year Bill Galvin wants local communities to share the expense.
Sean Bielat is the latest candidate to enter the special Senate election in Massachusetts while former U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan is expected to announce soon whether he's also in the running on the GOP side.
The deal is based on a pledge signed by Republican Scott Brown and Democratic Elizabeth Warren during last year's Senate race.
Fox News Channel is hiring former Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown as a contributor, and the Republican is making his debut in prime time on Wednesday.
Two months after a judge declared a mistrial in a corruption case against former Massachusetts Treasurer Tim Cahill, prosecutors and Cahill's lawyers have not reached an agreement on resolving the case short of another trial.
Secretary of State William Galvin's office confirmed Monday that a representative for Cohasset businessman Gabriel Gomez requested nomination papers.
The proposed Massachusetts budget was one of the topics WBZ-TV political analyst Jon Keller covered Sunday on "Keller @ Large" as he sat down with Massachusetts Speaker Of The House Rep. Robert DeLeo.
Massachusetts Rep. Daniel Winslow said Thursday he would run in the upcoming special election for the U.S. Senate.
William "Mo" Cowan of Massachusetts is the Senate's newest member.
Former U.S. Sen. Scott Brown is in talks with Fox News about a possible job as a contributor. He has also joined the board of directors of Kadant Inc., a Westford-based paper company.
If there's been dramatic progress made in spreading the opportunity around, it's not showing up in a new survey.
An attorney for former Massachusetts House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi has asked a federal appeals court to overturn DiMasi's corruption conviction.
Republican state Rep. Daniel Winslow says he is forming an exploratory committee to determine whether he'll run for the U.S. Senate.
Political people float these names to the media, and the media then floats them by you, but none of that means any of them were ever seriously considering a run
