FORMER REPUBLICAN state senator Dean Tran of Fitchburg is running for Congress against incumbent Democratic Rep. Lori Trahan. Tran, whose ethical issues marred his tenure in the Senate before he lost a bid for reelection in 2020, sent an email to supporters Thursday announcing that he will launch his congressional campaign with a kick-off event […]
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Trahan changes tune on campaign cash
CONGRESSWOMAN LORI TRAHAN wouldn’t look as bad right now if she had accurately explained the source of a last minute campaign-cash infusion soon after she was first asked about it. From the time the Boston Globe’s Andrea Estes first started poking around about it earlier this year, there was strong suggestion that her husband, businessman David […]
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Trahan changes tune on campaign cash
Congresswoman Lori Trahan wouldn’t look as bad right now if she had accurately explained the source of a last minute campaign-cash infusion soon after she was first asked about it. From the time the Boston Globe’s Andrea Estes first started poking around about it earlier this year, there was strong suggestion that her husband, businessman David […]
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For Koh, second time wouldn’t be a charm
IF DAN KOH runs for Congress in 2020, as there is talk of, it will be the latest proof of that old Boston chestnut, “You can always tell a Harvard man. But you can’t tell him much.” Nothing has happened since his narrow loss in 2018 to make Koh a stronger candidate. Instead, his weaknesses […]
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Are you tired of electoral spoilers?
ADAM FRIEDMAN CALLS it being Nadered. In the 2012 congressional race in the 6th District, Democrat John Tierney won with 48 percent of the vote. Republican Richard Tisei came in second with 47 percent of the vote. Libertarian Dan Fishman was way out of the running, but he may have been the deciding factor in […]