Thursday, May 9, 2013
Congressman leads Gabriel Gomez by 17 points.
A new Suffolk University/7NEWS (WHDH) poll shows a strong lead for Democratic U.S. Congressman Edward Markey over Republican businessman and former U.S. Navy SEAL Gabriel Gomez in the race for the U.S. Senate special election. The poll of 500 likely voters has Markey at 52 percent and Gomez at 35 percent. Eleven percent of voters in the poll were undecided. A third-party candidate, Richard Heos of the Twelve Visions Party, got 1 percent and another 1 percent refused to respond. David Paleologos, director of the Suffolk University Political Research Center in Boston, said along with the announcement of the poll that Markey has "a large lead over his Republican opponent who voters are unsure about." Indeed, 32 percent of those polled said …
Saturday, May 4, 2013
The two will face off on June 25 in the U.S. Senate special election.
After months of campaigning we now know who is going head to head in the June 25 special U.S. Senate election. Democratic Congressman Edward Markey (D-Malden) took the Democratic vote in the Tuesday election over fellow Congressman Stephen Lynch (D-South Boston). Political newcomer and former U.S. Navy SEAL Gabriel Gomez of Cohasset came out on top of a field of Republican candidates - including more seasoned opponents former U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan and State Rep. Dan Winslow of Norfolk. With a month and a half of campaigning still to come we wanted to stop and ask you this question. If the Special Election were today - who would you vote for right now? Markey or Gomez? Tell us in our comments section below.
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Ed Markey wins big, Gabriel Gomez by a much smaller amount over Michael Sullivan in Medford voting.
Unofficial results from the voting in Medford for the 2013 U.S. Senate special primary election indicates the city's choices reflecting those made by the state overall Tuesday. U.S. Congressman Edward Markey of neighboring Malden handily won the most votes in the Democratic primary in Medford, beating fellow Congressman Stephen Lynch of South Boston by a nearly two-to-one margin. Cohasset businessman and former U.S. Navy SEAL Gabriel Gomez took the most Republican ballots but by just a 47-41 margin over former U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan of Abington. State Rep. Dan Winslow of Norfolk got just shy of 10 percent of the GOP vote. Of the over 35,000 registered voters in Medford, a total of 8,413 cast ballots on Tuesday, representing a 23.53…
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The former Navy SEAL and the longtime Congressman will face off June 25 to fill John Kerry's former U.S. Senate seat.
A political newcomer will face a long-time Massachusetts politician in the race to be the Bay State's next U.S. senator. The Associated Press has declared Republican businessman and former U.S. Navy SEAL Gabriel Gomez of Cohasset and Democratic U.S. Congressman Edward Markey of Malden the winners of their U.S. Senate special primary elections, according to tweets from Fox 25. The call for Gomez came approximately one hour after the polls closed in the statewide primary while a call for Markey came moments later. Gomez defeats his more seasoned opponents, former U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan of Abington and state Rep. Dan Winslow of Norfolk. Markey beat fellow U.S. Congressman Stephen Lynch of South Boston. Brett Rhyne of Needham ran an …
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
City clerk estimate some locations have seen "mid-teens" turnout so far.
Voting in today's U.S. Senate special primary election has been expectedly slow in Medford as of early afternoon, according to City Clerk Ed Finn. Finn said he was unsure of things would pick up after 4 p.m., once people are able to get out of work and possibly head to one of Medford's 16 polling locations. According to Finn, voting was going smoothly with no problems with ballots or machines as of about 2 p.m. Finn couldn't predict a possible final turnout number for Medford but said some locations in Medford were in the "mid-teens" as of about 2 p.m. As far as he knew, the only campaign observing the polls in Medford Tuesday was for U.S. Congressman Edward Markey of Malden. Polls in Medford will be open until 8 p.m. Tuesday. Here are the…
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We gathered questions from editors across Patch’s coverage area in Massachusetts.
U.S. Senate special election polls will be open in the city from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
The special primary election for the vacant U.S. Senate seat will be held throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts today. The Democratic primary will has U.S. Congressman Edward Markey of Malden and U.S. Congressman Stephen Lynch on the ballot, with Brett Rhyne of Needham as a write-in candidate. Republican combatants will be former U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan of Abington, U.S. Navy SEAL veteran Gabriel Gomez of Cohasset and State Rep. Dan Winslow of Norfolk. The seat was vacated by John Kerry when he was confirmed as U.S. Secretary of State. The seat is currently held on an interim basis by Democrat William "Mo" Cowan. The winners of the two primaries will face off in a June 25 general election. The polls in Medford will be open …
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Thursday, April 25, 2013
We gathered questions from editors across Patch’s coverage area in Massachusetts.
Patch editors interviewed each of the candidates running for U.S. Senate in the April 30 special election. We gathered questions from editors across Patch’s coverage area in Massachusetts. The editors asked both broad questions about policy, as well as opinions on more local, regional issues. Click on the links below to read the questions and answers with each candidate… Stephen Lynch Edward Markey Brett Rhyne (write-in candidate) Gabriel Gomez Michael Sullivan Daniel Winslow
Monday, April 15, 2013
Medford voted for Elizabeth Warren and owns fewer hybrid cars than the state average.
Medford is brown and blue: That’s what we found when we compared data from the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles to the vote in the 2012 U.S. Senate race. You can see the results in the map above: Large circles suggest towns with more hybrid ownership per capita, and the red/blue color suggests which way those towns voted last year. In Medford, 15.7 of every 1,000 vehicles is a hybrid, compared to the state average of 18. Patch’s research suggests the state has a good number of what might be called “green Republican” communities. More than 40 percent of the communities where Republican Scott Brown carried the vote have an above average numbers of hybrids. The data is a nice rebuttal to the national trends of hybrid/GOP separation: …
Sunday, April 14, 2013
A look back at what happened over the past week in the U.S. Senate race.
Just a little more than two weeks until the primary election to see which Democrat and Republican will go head to head to fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by John Kerry’s appointment to Secretary of State. Monday night, U.S. Congressmen Stephen Lynch (D-South Boston) and Edward Markey (D-Malden) met in their second debate which contained few fireworks. The debate, held at the University of Massachusetts Lowell and sponsored by the college and the Boston Herald, lasted about 45 minutes and touched a wide variety of issues on which the two Democrats mostly agreed. On Wednesday night, it was the Republicans’ turn as they went face to face in the WBZ-TV studios moderated by the station’s Jon Keller. Former U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan…
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