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Coakley leads, but electorate unsettled

Attorney General Martha Coakley has a solid lead in the four-way Democratic race for the open US Senate seat, but with just 16 days until the primary election, nearly three-quarters of likely voters have yet to decide who they will support, according ...

From FRANK PHILLIPS AND MATT VISER, Boston Globe,  21 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Martha Coakley,  U.S. Senate,  Michael Capuano,  Boston Celtics,  Edward M. Kennedy

Diane Patrick to endorse Capuano for Senate seat

Governor Deval Patrick is remaining neutral in his party’s ongoing four-way primary for US Senate, but neutrality only goes so far in the Patrick home: the governor’s wife, Diane, plans today to endorse US Representative Michael E. Capuano for the ...

From MATT VISER, Boston Globe,  20 Nov 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  Deval Patrick,  Michael E Capuano,  Martha Coakley,  Martin Meehan

Pagliuca takes on foes on health care

The placid campaign for US Senate was jolted yesterday by an unusually heated exchange, as Boston Celtics co-owner Stephen G. Pagliuca criticized two of his rivals over health care and both of them immediately fired back, with one directly attacking ...

From MATT VISER, Boston Globe,  19 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Boston Celtics,  Edward M. Kennedy,  U.S. Senate,  Michael E Capuano,  Martha Coakley

Going negative has risky allure for Coakley rivals

The airwaves are filled with feel-good ads about the candidates’ backgrounds and beliefs. The debates and forums are marked more by comity than contention. But behind the scenes in the special election to fill the open US Senate seat, the three male ...

From MATT VISER AND FRANK PHILLIPS, Boston Globe,  18 Nov 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Senate,  Martha Coakley,  Boston Celtics

Lawmakers leave Patrick, bills waiting

Sweeping changes to the state’s education and criminal justice systems stalled in the waning hours of the legislative session yesterday, as House leaders traded barbs with Governor Deval Patrick and refused to give him power to make emergency budget ...

From MATT VISER AND ERIC MOSKOWITZ, Boston Globe,  18 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Deval Patrick,  Robert A DeLeo,  Barack Obama,  Charles Murphy

Candidates spar at BU forum over green credentials

Seeking to woo environmentalists, the four Democrats running for US Senate held a virtual green-off yesterday, touting the gas-friendly vehicles they drive, the clean energy policies they support, and their own minor contributions to saving the planet. ...

From MATT VISER, Boston Globe,  18 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Boston Celtics,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Sierra Club,  U.S. Senate,  Martha Coakley

Khazei takes gamble, calls for Obama to bring home troops

CAMBRIDGE - US Senate candidate Alan Khazei called on the president yesterday to set a definitive timetable for troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, saying the United States should hunt terrorists in other regions. “We have lost our way in Afghanistan.’’ ...

From MATT VISER, Boston Globe,  17 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Senate,  Harvard University,  Michael E Capuano,  Martha Coakley

Coakley issues a challenge to Capuano

After appearing to waver on her controversial health care position, Attorney General Martha Coakley went on the offensive yesterday and indirectly challenged US Representative Michael E. Capuano over his vote last week to advance a bill with a ...

From MATT VISER, Boston Globe,  14 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Martha Coakley,  U.S. Senate,  Michael E Capuano,  Nancy Pelosi,  Edward M. Kennedy

Senate hopefuls turn up volume

In their feistiest face-off of the race, the four Democrats vying for the US Senate clashed in a radio debate yesterday over health care, congressional earmarks, charter schools, and free speech, repeatedly shouting over one another as they aired ...

From MATT VISER, Boston Globe,  12 Nov 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Boston Celtics,  Martha Coakley,  Michael Bloomberg

Senate candidates disclose assets

Businessman Stephen Pagliuca, who made a fortune in private equity, has assets worth between $259 million and $765 million, according to a review of his financial disclosure due this week as part of his US Senate campaign. But while Pagliuca’s ...

From MATT VISER, Boston Globe,  11 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Boston Celtics,  U.S. Senate,  Martha Coakley,  Bain Capital,  Gartner, Inc.

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