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Five candidates seek to replace Allen in Sixth Suffolk

By Gintautas Dumcius for Dorchester Reporter

The candidates are crisscrossing the district. They’re opening campaign headquarters on Blue Hill Avenue and Washington Street and announcing a steady stream of endorsements.

But the race to replace retiring state Rep. Willie Mae Allen and to become the next state representative from the Sixth Suffolk District, an area that includes parts of Dorchester, Mattapan, Hyde Park and slivers of Roslindale and Jamaica Plain, has largely been a quiet affair. The first full-blown forum of the campaign, planned by the civic nonprofit MassVOTE, is scheduled for Aug. 26.

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Aug 11, 2010

MassEquality offers second round of endorsements

By Hannah Clay Wareham for Bay Windows

The MassEquality Political Action Committee (PAC) formally announced its second round of endorsements for the 2010 Massachusetts legislative elections on Aug. 10. (Click here to view the first round of endorsements.)

"We have a real opportunity to elect pro-equality legislators to seats now held by anti-equality lawmakers," said Dee Dee Edmondson, chair of the MassEquality PAC. "Nearly half of the seats in the Massachusetts state legislature are in play and it is critical that we elect pro-equality lawmakers to maintain our 151 super-majority in the legislature."

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Aug 10, 2010

MassEquality PAC Announces Second Round of Endorsements in the 2010 Elections

 

BOSTON, August 10, 2010 —The MassEquality Political Action Committee today announced its second round of endorsements for the 2010 Massachusetts legislative elections.

“We have a real opportunity to elect pro-equality legislators to seats now held by anti-equality lawmakers,” said Dee Dee Edmondson, chair of the MassEquality PAC. “Nearly half of the seats in the Massachusetts state legislature are in play and it is critical that we elect pro-equality lawmakers to maintain our 151 super-majority in the state legislature.”

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Aug 10, 2010

MassEquality endorses DiDomenico

By David Harris for Cantabrigia

The MassEquality Political Action Committee today announced its second round of endorsements for the 2010 Massachusetts legislative elections.

Endorsements were made on the basis of several criteria, including the candidate’s support for the Transgender Civil Rights Bill, which will extend employment, housing, education, credit, and hate crimes protections to transgender residents of Massachusetts, as well as the candidate’s support for an Equality Agenda that includes the preservation of marriage equality in Massachusetts and robust public funding for LGBT programs and services.

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Aug 10, 2010