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Massachusetts: Jeanne Shaheen

Thu, 10/30/2008 - 15:16

Kerry to campaign in N.H. this weekend

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

U.S. Sen. John Kerry is scheduled to attend a series of rallies in New Hampshire on Saturday for Barack Obama's volunteers in the run up to the election, according to the Obama campaign.

The Democratic senator, who was an early endorser of Obama, will start the day in Exeter at a 12:45 p.m. canvassing kick off for Obama volunteers. Kerry will then head to a veterans phone bank in Dover at 2 p.m. and a campus rally at the University of New Hampshire - Durham at 3:30 p.m.

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Tue, 10/21/2008 - 11:34

Massachusetts prepares for another all Democratic year

By Politicker Staff

[img_assist|nid=645|title=|desc=|link=none|align=none|width=420|height=90]Massachusetts will again be one of four states with an entirely Democratic delegation as part of a national trend that will net them at least seven U.S. Senate seats and 16 House seats nationwide, according to James Pindell, the editor of Politicker.com's Pindell Report, which provides independent analysis of federal and state races.

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Sat, 10/18/2008 - 15:43

Kerry calls on Sununu to denounce McCain robocalls, blasts McCain for negative campaigning

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

[img_assist|nid=1562|title=U.S. Sen. John Kerry (D-Boston) in Nashua, N.H., Saturday|desc=Politicker Photo|link=none|align=left|width=410|height=307]NASHUA, N.H. - John Kerry called on fellow U.S. Sen. John Sununu on Saturday to denounce robocalls run in New Hampshire by Republican John McCain's presidential campaign that link Barack Obama to the 1960s radical Bill Ayers.

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Sat, 10/18/2008 - 09:49

Boston plumbers head to NH to canvass and discredit ‘Joe the Plumber’ for Obama

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

About 100 members of a Boston plumbers union are heading to New Hampshire Saturday to canvass union members for Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, the Boston Globe reports.

And Kevin Cotter, the business manager of the Local 12 Plumbers and Gasfitters union, told the Globe that the now famous "Joe the Plumber" will undoubtedly be featured in their conversations.

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Mon, 10/13/2008 - 14:54

Bay State pols to attend Shaheen fundraiser Monday

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

Several Bay State pols are slated to attend a fundraiser for New Hampshire Senate candidate Jeanne Shaheen (D) Monday night in Brookline.

[img_assist|nid=672|title=Former N.H. Gov. Jeanne Shaheen (D)|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=118|height=180]An invitation for the event, obtained by PolitickerMA.com on Monday, shows that seven current Massachusetts elected officials and four former officials will be at the event. The fundraiser will be headlined by Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.).

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Fri, 10/10/2008 - 07:16

Tsongas urges supporters to canvass in N.H. for Obama

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

Congresswoman Niki Tsongas isn't facing a challenger in this year's election but that isn't preventing her from keeping busy through Election Day.

[img_assist|nid=430|title=U.S. Rep. Niki Tsongas (D-Lowell)|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=119|height=180]Tsongas, a Lowell Democrat, told PolitickerMA.com that she is focused on two tasks in these last 25 days before Nov. 4: Spending time in her district and helping Barack Obama win the presidential election.

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Wed, 09/03/2008 - 08:11

Romney to hold Boston fundraiser for Sununu

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

[img_assist|nid=1016|title=Former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-Belmont)|desc=Getty Image|link=none|align=left|width=400|height=215]ST. PAUL, Minn. - Former Gov. Mitt Romney is scheduled to hold a fundraiser for U.S. Sen. John Sununu at the end of September, PolitickerMA.com has learned.

The fundraiser will be held in Boston on Sept. 22, according to Romney spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom.

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Wed, 08/13/2008 - 12:55

Mass. volunteers canvass for Shaheen in N.H.

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

Several volunteers from the Bay State made their way north to canvass on behalf of Democratic Senate candidate [img_assist|nid=672|title=Jeanne Shaheen (D)|desc=|link=none|align=right|width=118|height=180]Jeanne Shaheen in New Hampshire last Saturday, according to Shaheen's campaign.

Shaheen, a former governor of the Granite State, is currently locked in a tight race against incumbent Republican Sen. John Sununu. The Pindell Report ranks the race as the most competitive in the country.

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Mon, 07/21/2008 - 17:11

Tsongas sends volunteers to canvass for Obama in N.H.

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

U.S. Rep. Niki Tsongas (D-Lowell) mobilized two handfuls of her supporters over the weekend to head up to New Hampshire and canvass on behalf of U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's (D-Ill.) presidential campaign.[img_assist|nid=430|title=U.S. Rep. Niki Tsongas (D-Lowell)|desc=|link=none|align=right|width=119|height=180]

In an e-mail that went out last Wednesday, Tsongas called on volunteers to head north to help Obama, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jeanne Shaheen, and U.S. Reps. Carol Shea-Porter (D) and Paul Hodes (D) campaign.

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Tue, 07/15/2008 - 18:35

McGovern reports $303K cash on hand and large donations to other Dems

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

In spite of giving large sums of money to other campaigns U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Worcester) reported $303,872.98 cash on hand for the second quarter, according to the Federal Election Commission.[img_assist|nid=21|title=Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Worcester)|desc=|link=none|align=right|width=180|height=144]

McGovern, who represents the Bay State's 3rd Congressional District, raked in $139,203.28 in total contributions for the quarter and has collected $863,391.82 in total contributions for this election cycle.

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