Massachusetts: Jamie Eldridge

Every four years the state Democratic Party revises its platform, and this is a revision year.  And, as AmberPaw has already noted, I've been asked to serve as one of the co-chairs of the state party's Platform Committee.  It's our job to revise the current platform, after getting as much input from folks around the state as we can.

This year, the process for taking suggestions on how to improve the platform will be more open than ever before.  First, and maybe most important, this year any registered Democrat may hold a platform hearing.  Basically, all you have to do is let the party know that you're doing it.

Republican Kurt Hayes, who is projected to lose the race for Middlesex's 37th House District to Lunenburg Democrat Jen Benson, said Tuesday night he was proud of his campaign but it was hard for any Republican to win this year.

Hayes, of Boxborough, was seeking to fill the seat vacated by state Rep. Jamie Eldridge, who ran for the state Senate this year.

MARLBOROUGH - State Senate candidate Steven Levy said Tuesday that he is looking forward to seeing if his campaign reached enough voters to win the election.

"It always comes down to the final vote," Levy told PolitickerMA.com as he was waiting to cast his vote here Tuesday morning.

Levy, a Republican, is running against Acton Democratic state Rep. Jamie Eldridge in the Middlesex-Worcester state Senate District.

Here is a breakdown of how much money candidates in the more high profile State House races this cycle have in their bank accounts going into Election Day, according to their reports with the Office of Campaign and Political Finance.

These figures show much large the candidates' campaign coffers are through Oct. 17.

Suffolk-2 Senate
State Sen. Dianne Wilkerson (D-Boston): -$1,936.91
Sonia Chang-Diaz (D-Jamaica Plain): $24,544.88