Three Progressive Democrats to Join MA House of Representatives
The three special elections for vacant seats in the Massachusetts House are over — and the results are in. There were no surprises, because the Democratic primary last month really determined the outcome in these overwhelmingly Democratic districts. Still, there is something satisfying about final results.
According to unofficial tallies reported by the Associated Press:
In the 3rd Berkshire District in Pittsfield Democrat Christopher N. Speranzo 3,507; Republican Terry M. Kinnas, 1,434.
In the 12th Suffolk District, comprising Mattapan and Milton, Linda Dorcena Forry was unchallenged in the general election. The daughter of Haitian immigrants, she replaces former House Speaker Tom Finneran.
In the 18th Suffolk District which comprises Allston, Brighton and one precinct in Brookline, Democrat Michael J. Moran won with 1,862 votes to unenrolled candidate, Thomas O’Brien’s 764 votes. Green-Rainbow candidate Daniel Kontoff, 42 votes. Moran, with the strong backing of activists from the Brookline chapter of Progressive Democrats of Massachusetts (PDM), (who had supported one of Moran’s primary opponents) won the Brookline precinct 220-63.
Speranzo, Forry and Moran’s predecessors were far more conservative on many matters, from marriage equality to health care. Forry and Moran also decisively defeated strong conservative candidates in their primaries. Following the victories last Fall of PDM member Peter Vickery as Governor’s Councilor from the western district, and Rep. Carl Sciortino (D-Somerville) over Finneran loyalist Vincent Ciampa, the arrival of these new state representatives further signals a distinctly progressive era in Massachusetts politics.
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Flipping through your archives.
How nice of you to refrain from bashing solidly progressive liberal Moran in this post.
For the record Schofield came out in support of Moran and acknowledged that their positions on every progressive issue were identical.
If only the liberal blogging community has exercised such ethical behavior when covering this race. It isn’t liberal or progressive to smear someone or accuse them of being further to the right than they actually are just because they are a straight, white, Catholic male.
MMG
30 Mar 07 at 4:01 pm