State Politics
Warren and Brown to Debate Tonight
Though they have been sparring back and forth for months, U.S. Senator Scott Brown and Harvard Law school professor Elizabeth Warren will debate face to face for the first time Thursday night in prime time.
Putin, Hello Kitty, and 'Boston Cream Thigh'
Only in Taiwan: Jeremy Lin ’10 dressed up as Hello Kitty and exited his hotel undetected.
IOP Hosts Voter ID Debate
The merits and faults of laws which will require voters in several states to present photo IDs at the polls in November were discussed in a lively debate between four experts at the Institute of Politics.
Warren Struggles in Home Stretch
Democratic political consultants and professors said that the Harvard Law School professor still faces the same uphill battle that has beguiled her campaign since its earliest days.
First Thursday Election In 24 Years Draws Small Crowd
Massachusetts primaries, which are generally held on Tuesdays early in September, were disrupted by a rare confluence of events. The first Tuesday this year fell immediately after Labor Day. Had the primary been held on Sept. 4, municipalities would have been forced to pay workers overtime to prepare for the polls, so the date was rejected, according to Brian McNiff, spokesperson for Secretary of the Commonwealth William F. Galvin.
Local Primaries Yield Expected Results
Former Marine and technology executive Sean Bielat and former Middlesex County assistant district attorney Joseph P. Kennedy III will face off for the chance to represent Massachusetts’ Fourth Congressional District and fill the seat held for decades by retiring Congressman Barney Frank ’61-’62.
Middlesex State Representative Primary Held Today
Local pundit Robert Winters went so far as to estimate Cambridge City Councillor Marjorie C. Decker's chance of winning the election at “101 percent.”
Republicans Compete to Challenge Joseph P. Kennedy III
In what has been one of the most competitive Massachusetts primaries of the 2012 election season, Republicans Sean Bielat, Elizabeth Childs, and David L. Steinhof will face off Thursday, Sept. 6 in the GOP primary.
Republicans Vie For Spot in Fifth Congressional District
Three Republican candidates will go head to head Thursday, Sept. 6 for a chance to take on 36-year incumbent Democratic Congressman Edward J. Markey, in the newly-reconfigured Fifth Congressional District this November.
Warren Outraises Brown in Latest Filing Period
Warren's race total is a staggering $27.7 million, a figure larger than that of any other congressional campaign in the country. Brown’s own pace—$20.9 million raised since last autumn—is second only his Democratic opponent nationally.
Brown Says Court Decision Was Meant To Help Warren
Scott Brown charged this week that a lawsuit which prompted Massachusetts to send voter registration forms to thousands of welfare recipients was intended by the group that brought the suit to aid Elizabeth Warren’s Senate campaign.
Students Couldn't Understand This Sentence in 1956. Can You?
Every week, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.
Scott Brown Raises $5 Million in 2nd Quarter
U.S. Senator Scott Brown's campaign for reelection brought in roughly $5 million in political donations during the second quarter of 2012—nearly $1.6 million more than the Republican raised in the first quarter—his campaign announced Wednesday evening.
Long Before EdX, Televised Harvard Classes Were Cutting-Edge
Every week, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.
Warren Campaign Raises $8.67 Million, Sets New Race High
Harvard Law School professor Elizabeth Warren’s Senate campaign raised $8.67 million in the second quarter of 2012, blowing past her first quarter total and setting a new high-water mark for quarterly fundraising in Massachusetts’ race for U.S. Senate, her campaign announced Monday.
