Word: electioneering
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Residents of Cambridge and several surrounding towns will vote in a special primary election on Tuesday to select their new State Senator, replacing currently imprisoned ex-Senator Anthony D. Galluccio.
Six Democratic candidates—half hailing from Cambridge—will vie for the seat in Tuesday’s primary. There are no Republican candidates, but one Independent, John Cesan of Agawam, plans to run in the May 11 general election.
“I’m uniquely qualified in this election because I’m not a member of the political establishment,” Hill said. “I think that distinguishes me from the other candidates in that I can make decisions with objectivity and...
One day while they were visiting a school, they got a call from the school system's headquarters, which had originally approved their project. "They said, 'You gotta leave now,' " Samms remembers. " 'You gotta leave the schools.' " Fryer protested, but he lost. "It was just too political," he says. "It...
In January 2007, after the mayoral election had come and gone, Fryer returned to New York - this time with a more audacious plan. He wanted to create a treatment group and a control group, just like a real scientist. And he had a $2 million grant from the Broad Foundation...