The Democratic primary for Senate came back to Western Massachusetts last Wednesday with the campaign’s first debate. Incumbent Senator Ed Markey jousted with his challenger, North Shore Congressman Seth Moulton, in a roughly hour-long debate that touched on effectiveness, healthcare and pushing back on Donald Trump.
The debate also provided a backdrop for Moulton to announce a slate of endorsements from the 413.
LONGMEADOW—Only standing astride the Commonwealth can one hope to win it.
That calculus has guided many statewide candidates and Seth Moulton, the congressman challenging Senator Ed Markey for the Democratic primary, has taken this to heart, too. He boasts of dozens of stops across the Commonwealth, including many in the 413.
For the second time in as many reelections, Senator Ed Markey faces a rival from Massachusetts’s House delegation. Salem Congressman Seth Moulton announced Wednesday morning he is challenging Markey for their party’s nomination. Famous names—and, hopefully, global health crises—aside, the race has echoes of the
Senator Ed Markey has already received support for his reelection from the commonwealth’s east and west. That support is now meeting in its (geographic) center. In a video, Worcester Congressman James McGovern, who also represents much of Franklin and Hampshire counties, announced his support for Markey adding “there is no better fighter in the Senate.”
Columbia University protester Mahmoud Khalil came to Capitol Hill to lobby on behalf of Palestinians. Of course, the context of Khalil’s visit was not just the war in Gaza he had opposed as a student. Donald Trump and cronies had imprisoned Khalil, a lawful permanent resident with US citizen family, for his activism at Columbia after the war broke out. Among those Khalil met were members of the 413’s delegation including Senator Ed Markey and 2nd Massachusetts District Rep James McGovern.
Senator Elizabeth Warren kicked it off. In a video, she announced her support for the reelection of her Senate colleague, Ed Markey. Since then, a bevy of pols in Southeastern and Western Mass have come out for the incumbent. Such an early show of force—and
United States Senator Elizabeth Warren achieved what may be the most on-brand milestone of her career in Congress. On Wednesday, Warren formally ascended to her party’s top spot on the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee. Still, the plum post is bittersweet as it
Democrats in the United States Senate, including Massachusetts’s own Elizabeth Warren, are raising the alarm about potential cuts a federal matching program for state rail corridors. Among the routes this could impact are the “Inland Corridor.” This is actually part of the route for East-West rail service between Boston and Springfield.
Days after Jesse Lederman, a three-term at-large city councilor in Springfield, left municipal service, he is back in government. The feds, that is. The former Council President has joined the staff of US Senator Ed Markey as regional director for Western and Central Massachusetts.
Burying rumors she would ride off in the sunset, Elizabeth Warren formally announced Monday she is running for a third term in the US Senate. The one-time Harvard law professor-turned-senator had long said she planned another go. Many