Monday, March 12, 2007

State Senators = Wimps?

Steven Baddour of Methuen announced today that he won't run for the congressional seat, if Marty Meehan leaves for the UMass-Lowell job. That appears to make it official that we won't have a single state senator in the race.

Susan Tucker of Andover has already decided she won't run. So have Steve Panagiotakos of Lowell and Pam Resor of Acton, if I'm not mistaken. And, if I'm not mistaken, those are the only four state senators who live in the 5th district; Antonioni, Chandler, Fargo, and Havern also represent portions of the 5th but don't live there, and as far as I know, none are considering a run.

The last time a congressional seat opened up like this, five state senators went for it: Democrats Stephen Lynch, Brian Joyce, Cheryl Jacques, and Marc Pacheco, and Republican JoAnn Sprague.

3/12/2007 4:58:48 PM by David S. Bernstein | Comments [2] |
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Monday, March 12, 2007 7:14:14 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)

So, let me get this straight...Steve Baddour is a wimp because he's putting his family ahead of his own political ambitions? That's nice.

Aaron

Monday, March 12, 2007 7:31:20 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)

This is supposed to be a bad thing? Baddour isn't exactly someone I want to elevate. Panagiotakos is someone that needs to be replaced within his district ASAP. I don't know about the others, but I don't have high confidence in any of their progressiveness. Maybe I'd be wrong. Either way, doesn't matter.. I can't vote for them anyway.

Ryan

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