This has to be some kind of first: campaigning during the holidays. Two months from another Democratic primary for mayor adds new issue machinations such
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Category: City Politics
City Council Candidate Calls On Gomes To Condemn Pereira’s Misdeeds Against Seniors
News release from Kevin Monks: Kevin Monks, 138th City Council candidate, is calling on mayoral candidate John Gomes to condemn the actions of his campaign’s biggest
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Recalling Wild Election Year 1983, No Democrat Endorsed For Mayor
It’s the summer of 1983, the scene Registrar of Voters Office in McLevy Hall on State Street. A half dozen Democratic mayoral candidates and several
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Awaiting Winner Of Mayoral Election, Ganim Will Not Receive The Oath Of Office December 1
City Charter language: “All elected and appointed officers of the town and city shall hold their respective offices during the terms for which they shall
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Legal Problems Pile Up For Pereira – State Investigating Absentee Ballot Fraud – ‘Maria Pereira Picked Them Up’
Caught on video searching for an absentee ballot in an elderly woman’s vacant home, banned from public housing units after 20 complaints from seniors alleging
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Dems Dig For Dollars In Advance Of New Primary
Another Democratic primary for mayor will take place, be it December or January. Superior Court Judge William Clark likely will be the one to set
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Awaiting Decision On New Democratic Primary Date For Mayor – December Or January?
Late Monday afternoon negotiations continued between the lawyered-up campaign camps of Mayor Joe Ganim and opponent John Gomes to set a date for a court-ordered
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Recalling The 1981 Mayoral Election: Mob Hits, Firebombings, Voter Backlash
You think this mayoral election cycle is kooky? Try 1981. Mob hits, car firebombings, the mayor wearing a bulletproof vest, a botched FBI sting attempt
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