Thursday, May 17, 2012
Melrose's state legislators, Sen. Katherine Clark and Rep. Paul Brodeur, don't have any challengers in their 2012 re-election campaigns.
Editor's note: This article was corrected at 11:35 a.m. on Thursday by adding the Winchester Wards now included in the 5th Middlesex Senate district. While the presidential campaign between incumbent Democrat Barack Obama and presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney will heat up this year, the 2012 election will be a little sleepier on the Melrose front. Neither Sen. Katherine Clark, D-Melrose, nor Rep. Paul Brodeur, D-Melrose, the city's representatives in the state Senate and House respectively, will face a challenger in this fall's election on Nov. 6, 2012. Would-be candidates for district and county offices, which includes the state Legislature, had until the end of the day on May 1 to submit nomination papers to local election …
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Saturday, May 12, 2012
Indian claim stirs outrage among some Patch readers against US Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren.
The controversy over US Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren's claim to be part Native American is not going over well with Patch readers in the Greater Boston area, according to an unscientific Patch poll. As of Thursday morning 52 percent of the 304 Patch readers who took our unscientific poll said they believe US Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren is more of a hypocrite than incumbent Republican US Senator Scott Brown. Meanwhile some 19 percent who took the poll said they believe Brown is more of a hypocrite for voting against President Barack Obama's health care law while taking advantage of a key provision in it: the provision that allows him to keep his elder daughter on his congressional health insurance plan. 30 Comments Left on May 3 …
Thursday, May 3, 2012
It’s been an interesting week in the U.S. Senate Race between Democrat Elizabeth Warren and incumbent Republican Scott Brown.
First it was revealed that Harvard University once touted Warren’s marginal Native American heritage as proof of their faculty’s diversity. That story was followed up with another revealing one that Warren had listed herself as a minority professor between 1986 and 1995 in the Association of American Law Schools desk book, a major reference for legal professors. On Tuesday it was revealed that Brown, who ran for office vowing to kill President Obama’s health care law (and who has since voted three times to repeal it) took advantage of a key provision in it: the provision that allows him to keep his elder daughter on his congressional health insurance plan. Meanwhile, both candidates downplayed their wealth this week as they revealed their …
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
The former governor handily won the Super Tuesday primary in Melrose and statewide.
Mitt Romney matched his decisive primary victory in Massachusetts here in Melrose, where he coasted to a commanding win in the Super Tuesday primary. Romney won 76.3 percent of the votes in Melrose, with Rick Santorum winning 10.2 percent, Ron Paul 7.9 percent and Newt Gingrich 3.6 percent. Statewide, the former Massachusetts governor won 72 percent of the vote according to the Boston Globe. None of his Republican rivals met the 15 percent minimum threshold to win at least some of the state's delegates to the Republican National Convention, meaning Romney gets a clean sweep of the Bay State's delegates. Each candidate is battling to amass the 1,144 delegates needed to secure the party's nomination and Super Tuesday had 419 delegates up for…
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Unofficial results of the 2012 presidential primary in Melrose, along with results of the state and city ward committee races.
Here are the unofficial Melrose results, provided by Melrose Election Administrator Linda-Lee Angiolillo, of the Super Tuesday presidential primary and corresponding State Committee and Ward Committee elections. While these are unofficial results, a total of 2,921 ballots were cast in the presidential primary. Based on the 18,720 registered voters in the city, that would put turnout at around 15.6 percent—slightly better than how the city was trending earlier in the day, although still a low turnout. For precinct-by-precinct results, including votes in the city ward committee races, click on the attached PDF article to the right. Check back later for a full wrap-up. Incumbents are marked with an *asterisk.
The city is trending to an 8-10 percent turnout of registered voters for today's presidential primary, even lower than expected.
Find your polling place. See a list of candidates on citywide ballots. Melrose is continuing a recent trend of low voter turnout, if poll numbers so far on Super Tuesday are any indication. Linda-Lee Angiolillo, Melrose election administrator, said this afternoon that the city is trending towards an 8-10 percent turnout. "There's nobody—I cannot believe how slow it is right now," Angiolillo said in her office at City Hall. The Boston Election Department reported on Twitter low turnout in Boston, too, as of noon—2.63 percent. Melrose Patch asked on Twitter about the absence of volunteer signholders, who usually crowd the corners at Main and Upham Streets across from City Hall. DJ replied on Twitter, "We're reaching out to voters on the …
It's Super Tuesday in Massachusetts and nine other states. Melrosians: Who did you vote for today?
Melrose voters head to the polls today to cast their ballot in the Super Tuesday primary. The headlining race is between Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich for the Republican presidential nomination. Each candidate is battling to amass the 1,144 delegates needed to secure the party's nomination, and Super Tuesday has 419 delegates up for grabs—including 38 from Massachusetts. President Barack Obama has no Democratic challengers, and three candidates are vying for the Green-Rainbow Party's presidential nomination: Kent Mesplay, Jill Stein and Harley Mikkelson. Tell us who voted for today in our quick click poll.
Monday, March 5, 2012
Al Turco is running for re-election to the Massachusetts Republican State Committee.
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Open Letter to Republicans and Independents Who Decide to Vote in Tomorrow's Republican Presidential Primary: As many of you know, the Republican Presidential Primary is tomorrow. My name is on that ballot as a candidate for re-election as Republican State Committeeman in our senate district. The Republican City and Town Committees in Melrose, Malden, Reading, Stoneham and Wakefield endorsed my candidacy as have Charlie Baker, Richard Tisei, Brad Jones, Donald Wong and many other active and activist Republicans. I believe it's important that each of us do our best to restore two-party accountability in Massachusetts. I believe in smaller government, less regulation and low taxes, and I'm convinced that, in order for us to be successful, …
Massachusetts voters will head to the polls tomorrow to vote in the presidential primary.
Tomorrow Massachusetts voters will head to the polls for the Super Tuesday primary in the 2012 presidential race, although Melrose Election Administrator Linda-Lee Angiolillo isn't expecting a big turnout. Angiolillo told Melrose Patch that based on the number of requested absentee ballots for the primary, turnout could be light, although given that it's a presidential primary, she has "no idea" on how many voters will actually cast ballots tomorrow. The last presidential primary in 2008 had a relatively good turnout of 55 percent, Angiolillo said, but that race featured two hotly contested races for the Republican and Democratic presidential nominations. Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney both won Melrose in that primary, as they had won …
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Here's a list of the candidates on the ballot today. Check the attached PDFs to see sample ballots.
Here is a list of the citywide candidates on the Melrose ballot for the Super Tuesday primary on Tuesday, March 6. Candidates are listed in the order that they will appear in the ballot. Note that each individual ward will have its own slate of candidates for ward committee. Sample ballots can be seen in the PDFs attached to this article (to the right). Find your polling place here. Presidential Preference State Committee Man State Committee Woman Presidential Preference State Committee Man State Committee Woman Presidential Preference
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AvB RW I think you're wrong about Richie, he's not 'either' a troll or a victim; he's a troll & a victim. When policy and voting record clearly show Brown is a politician who's goal is to work for Wall Streets's agenda at the expense of the middle class - he and his shills follow the Rove game plan and smear his opponent. more ›