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It can be hard for us plebes – we, the mediocre unwashed, the plebes, the groundlings – to grasp the fantastic mental perambulations and intellectual high-wire acts executed by the likes of those who attended that ivy-wreathed citadel of higher learning... Read more
The following is where the Democratic candidates running in the Ninth Congressional District will be on Sept. 14, Primary Night. CONGRESSMAN STEPHEN LYNCH: Lynch will be at the McKeon Post, 4 Hill Top St., in Dorchester. DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGER MAC D'... Read more
Mayor Thomas Menino has recorded a robo-call for Kelly Timilty, who is running for another term on a judicial vetting panel. In the call, Menino says her Democratic primary opponent has spent "$200,000 of his own money on a very negative campaign." Menino... Read more
Sheriff Andrea Cabral is supporting Carlos Henriquez in the Fifth Suffolk race, Henriquez told the Lit Drop Friday. The endorsement comes as the candidates head into the final stretch of campaigning. The other candidates include high school teacher and... Read more
U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch and his Democratic challenger square off in another "mini-debate" lasting 15 minutes. Milton Democrat Mac D'Alessandro and Lynch will be on WGBH's "Greater Boston" show tonight. The show airs at 7 p.m. D'Alessandro's campaign says... Read more
A clarification has been attached to this article. In the four-way Democratic race to replace former state Rep. Marie St. Fleur, Fifth Suffolk District candidate Carlos Henriquez has poured over $5,700 of his own money into his campaign this year, state... Read more
Mac D’Alessandro on the stump in Franklin ParkStanding the doorway of her Romsey St. home, Mariama White-Hammond concedes she’s had some “ups and downs” with her U.S. Congressman, Stephen Lynch. He voted against the original health care reform bill... Read more
Sample Ballot- Sept. 14, 2010 electionVoters in Dorchester and Mattapan will go the polls on Tuesday to decide Democratic and Republican nominees for a variety of seats, from Congress to their local state representative. A small wave of retirements and... Read more
In a substantive and at times raucous debate, Gov. Deval Patrick's opponents sought to chip away at his administration's accomplishments Tuesday, shrugging off efforts aimed at consolidating state agencies, overhauling state ethics and pension laws, and... Read more
Eight neighborhood associations from Dorchester and South Boston are teaming up to sponsor another Fourth Suffolk forum this week. Former Senate President William Bulger will introduce the candidates. The candidates running to replace retiring Rep. Brian... Read more

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