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Massachusetts: John Tobin

March 26, 2009 - 09:32 am
NEWS FEED: Boston Phoenix

Tobin Stays Put, and Other Notes

By David S. Bernstein

--John Tobin tells me that he will not run for the state senate seat being vacated by Marian Walsh. He also ruled out a stab at an at-large seat. "I am running for re-election in my district," he says emphatically. So far, it looks like rep. Michael Rush has the way cleared to graduate to the upper chamber, but there are still potential candidates in the suburban parts of the district making up their minds. An intriguing rumor making the rounds is that former Allston-Brighton district councilorJerry McDermot, who now lives in Westwood, might be giving it a look.

--Interesting gender gap in that Suffolk U/Ch.

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March 12, 2009 - 12:26 pm
NEWS FEED: Boston Phoenix

Marian Walsh Finds A Job

By David S. Bernstein

State senator Marian Walsh of West Roxbury, long rumored to be up for one or another job in state government, has landed one: assistant executive director of the Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority (HEFA). OK, it's technically outside the government, but close enough. State House News Service was (I believe) the first to report it.

As I write, the HEFA board is meeting; in that meeting they are expected to approve the appointment

Last year, the Globe reported that the Patrick administration was plotting to get Walsh into HEFA as executive director, a job held by Benson T. Caswell. That was the story that embarassed political consultant Michael Goldman, whose email correspondence with Doug Rubin somehow ended up in reporter Frank Phillips's hands.

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February 11, 2009 - 09:29 am
NEWS FEED: Boston Phoenix

A Guide To The Talking Politics Blog's Inside References

By David S. Bernstein

This blog has been picking up some new readers, perhaps because the city election year is starting, perhaps in part as a result of my efforts to build up my Facebook network.  (If you're not my FB friend yet, please friend me, and encourage anyone else interested in politics to do so as well!)

As is true for many blogs, this one has a tendency to repeat certain assumptions or references without explanation. For example, for a month now this blog has been goading John Kerry aide Ayanna Pressley to run for Boston City Council. You might suspect that I have some motive for this -- that I think she'd be a terrific councilor, or that she's a friend of mine, or that I have some personal stake in her candidacy.

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Tue, 12/02/2008 - 11:40

Mid-Morning Read: Redefining black politics, term limits, Cape Wind

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

Leaders in Boston's black community are thinking of ways to redefine black politics in light of the arrests of state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson and Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner.

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Tue, 10/14/2008 - 17:07

Ross to stay out of Wilkerson/Chang-Diaz race

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

Boston City Councilor Michael Ross said Tuesday that he will not endorse state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson or Sonia Chang-Diaz in their general election match up.

Ross backed Wilkerson in her primary this year against Chang-Diaz.

"I'm just going to stay out of it out of respect for my relationship with Sen. Wilkerson," Ross told PolitickerMA.com. "I look forward to working with whoever the winner is in November."

Ross, a Mission Hill Democrat, said he couldn't work against his party's nominee.

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Tue, 10/07/2008 - 10:07

Several Mass. Dems gather in support of Chang-Diaz

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

BOSTON - Gov. Deval Patrick, House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi and several other Bay State Democrats gathered in Boston's South End Tuesday to show their support of Sonia Chang-Diaz as she heads towards another show down with state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson.

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Thu, 10/02/2008 - 07:22

Tobin, uncommitted in primary, backs Chang-Diaz in general

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

Boston City Councilor John Tobin has endorsed Sonia Chang-Diaz in her general election race against state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson.

[img_assist|nid=1389|title=Boston City Councilor John Tobin|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=118|height=122]Tobin represents Jamaica Plain, Chang-Diaz's home and part of Suffolk County's 2nd Senate District.

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