Markey Leads Gomez in New Suffolk/WHDH Poll

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 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% of those polled said they'd heard …

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Markey or Gomez: Who Would You Vote for Today?

There is a lot of campaigning to do before the Democrat and Republican 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: if the special election was held today - who would you vote for right now? Markey or Gomez? Tell us in our comments section below.

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pja

4:22 pm on Thursday, May 9, 2013

progressive/liberal /socialist are happier with markey ,i think its a fact ,,im have to vote for gomez ,,i would rather do something than nothing ,,im a conservative outside of moving to another state what are the choices ,,,you get lemons you make lemonade !!   more ›

Evan Kenney, 19, Wins Wakefield School Committee Seat

Town voters chose between six selectmen candidates and four school committee candidates Monday night, as well as the Democratic and Republican primary candidates.

Evan Kenney, who graduated from Wakefield High School only a year ago, was elected to the Wakefield School Committee Tuesday night. Kenney is currently a freshman at Fitchburg State University who has lived in Wakefield his entire life. A total of four candidates were vying for three school committee seats. Chairman Tom Markham narrowly led the field with 2,808 votes, followed by Kenney with 2,796 and Greg Liakos at 2,780. Lisa Butler, an incumbent, was fourth with 2,244 votes. "I was just excited because I had so many people come out for me, " Kenney told Wakefield Patch after his election. "Win or lose, it would have been a blast...I'm just so grateful." Now that he's elected, Kenney said that his top priorities include helping the …

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Selectmen, School Committee Seats at Stake Tuesday

Separate ballots and check-in/out tables for town election and Senate primaries. Voters can participate in either or both.

Wakefield voters will choose candidates for town offices and for the U.S. Senate race in two separate elections Tuesday. Town Clerk Mary Galvin explained in an announcement last week that residents can vote in either or both elections on Tuesday – and that polling places will have two check-in and check-out voting lists, separate tables, and separate ballots.  PDF copies of the town ballot and the Senate Republican and Democratic primary ballots can be viewed at this link. For this year’s contested races, six candidates are running for three selectmen’s seats, and four candidates are running for three school committee seats. The Senate primaries have Democratic Congressmen Ed Markey and Stephen Lynch running against each other, while the …

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U.S. Senate Candidates Guide

Still undecided? The election is Tuesday. Here are interviews we did with all the candidates.

Patch Interviews U.S. Senate Candidates

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

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Larry

6:47 pm on Wednesday, May 1, 2013

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Hybrids and Voters in Wakefield

Republican-leaning town has just above the state average for hybrid vehicles.

Wakefield voters split between supporting President Obama and Republican candidates for House and Senate during the 2012 election – although both GOP candidates, Richard Tisei and Scott Brown, had strong connections to the town. With that local data in mind, the chart above offers a look at hybrid ownership rates in Massachusetts compared to a town's political leanings. In Wakefield, 16.1 of every 1,000 vehicles is a hybrid, compared to the state average of 18. 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.  Patch’s research suggests the state has a good number of what might be called “green Republican” …

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A Week of Key Debates, Endorsements

A look back at what happened over the past week in the U.S. Senate race.

There are 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 on a 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 …

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Lynch, Markey Debate Health Care, Outside Funding

Candidates for U.S. Senate Democratic nomination squared off in Lowell Monday.

Congressmen Stephen Lynch and Edward Markey met in their second debate Monday ahead of the Democratic U.S. Senate special primary in a contest that contained few fireworks outside of an exchange on health care. 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. An early question was asked about the candidates' positions on the Affordable Care Act. Markey (D-Malden) voted in favor of the bill that passed in 2010 while Lynch (D-South Boston) was one of few Democrats who opposed it. Markey said voting for the bill was the "proudest vote of my Congressional career." He said there …

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