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16 hrs ago | The Hill

Markey, Gomez race turns nasty in Mass.

As outside groups begin to mobilize in the Massachusetts Senate race, the animosity between the Republican Gabriel Gomez and his Democratic opponent, Rep.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Stephen Lynch, Democrat, US Senate, Republican, Senator Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Government

Fri May 24, 2013

Christian Science Monitor

Can Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez help GOP repair its image among Latinos?

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., right, campaigns with Massachusetts Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Gabriel Gomez, center, at the Boston Police VFW Post in Boston, Monday.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, US Senate, John McCain, Republican, Edward Markey, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Senator Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts

Patch.com

Menino: Markey is 'There When We Need Him'

Calling him a friend to his city and state, Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino endorsed Democratic U.S. Senate special election nominee Congressman Edward Markey in Dorchester Friday morning.

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Related Topix: Boston, MA, Edward Markey, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Senate, Republican

WBUR-AM Boston

Markey Woos Lynch Voters, But Many Resist

Like all special elections, the Massachusetts U.S. Senate election next month is expected to have a low turnout.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Stephen Lynch, Democrat, Senator Elizabeth Warren, US Senate, Republican

Thu May 23, 2013

Go Local

Common Wealth: Who's Hot and Who's Not in Mass Politics?

The Lt. Governor scored a $200,000 a year CEO slot as head of the Greater Worcester Chamber of Commerce.

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Related Topix: US News, US Senate, Republican, Beacon Hill, US Politics, Senator Elizabeth Warren, US House of Representatives, Anthony Weiner, Democrat

SouthCoastToday.com

Lakeville teen with diabetes prepares for annual yard sale to benefit Joslin Clinic

Lakeville teen Lily Jeswald is collecting items in preparation for her annual summer yard sale, from which she donates 50 percent of the proceeds to the Joslin Clinic.

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Related Topix: Lakeville, MA, Family, Kids, Life, Holidays, Halloween, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Barney Frank, Democrat, US Senate, Republican

Slate Magazine

We Don't Need Another Hero

The roll-out of Anthony Weiner's midlife crisis-cum-mayoral campaign has gone about as well as the candidate could have hoped.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US Senate, Senator Joe Lieberman, Republican

ABC News

New Bill Would Allow Pets on Amtrak

Staffers escort Sen. Scott Brown's dog Koda, riding the subway from the Capitol in this Dec.

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Related Topix: US News, US Senate, Republican, US Politics, Representative Jeff Denham, US House of Representatives, California, California Government, Travel

Daily Kos

Multiple fact-checks of Gomez agree: He lies.

The Boston Globe , in a news story, has already called out Massachusetts Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez for his dishonest new ad.

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Related Topix: US News, US Senate, Republican, US Politics, John McCain

Columbia Journalism Review

How extreme is that legislator, really?

When Republican Scott Brown faced Democrat Martha Coakley in a January 2010 special election for Ted Kennedy's Senate seat, he was criticized by Coakley and other Democrats as being too conservative.

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Related Topix: US News, US Senate, Republican, Edward Kennedy, Democrat, University of Chicago, Susan Collins, US Politics, Olympia Snowe

Wed May 22, 2013

Charleston City Paper

Mark Sanford rises from the dead

Two weeks before the 1st District special election, it looked like Mark Sanford was a goner.

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Related Topix: Mark Sanford, US Governors, Representative Tim Scott, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate, Lindsey Graham, Senator Rand Paul

Daily Kos

Gabriel Gomez's bad private equity deal

Republican Gabriel Gomez has a good enough gig as a private equity investor to be taking $280,000 tax scam deductibles , but maybe has had less success in making deals at his company, Advent International, than his personal wealth would suggest, according to Fortune's Dan Primack.

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Related Topix: US News, US Senate, Republican, George Bush

Tue May 21, 2013

SouthCoastToday.com

SouthCoast Alliance may be out of luck on debate

The issue of debates in Massachusetts' special Senate election is starting to sort itself out, and the SouthCoast Alliance may find itself out of luck again.

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Related Topix: US News, US Senate, Republican, UMass Dartmouth

Sun May 19, 2013

The Weekly Standard

The Next Scott Brown?

Gabriel Gomez is an ambitious guy. In January, with Massachusetts senator John Kerry all but certain to be confirmed as secretary of state, the 47-year-old Gomez wrote a letter to Governor Deval Patrick.

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Related Topix: US News, US Senate, Republican, US Politics, John Kerry, Democrat, Immigration Reform, Deval Patrick, US Governors

NH Insider

LifeofJohn - Planned Parenthood Approves BC Commencement Speaker

Marty Walz, President and CEO of Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, is calling the Pro-Abortion Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny an "appropriate commencement speaker" at BC Law School had Pro-Abortion Vicki Kennedy as Commencement Speaker in '12. Dean John Garvey had Pro-Abortion Commencement Speakers: Sen.

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Related Topix: US News, US Senate, Republican, Abortion, Boston College, Roman Catholic Church, Religion

American Thinker

VA governor's race a harbinger of 2014

Back in 2009 when Scott Brown won a surprise victory in the Massachusetts senate race, Chris Christie took the New Jersey governor's race, and Bob McDonnell won in a landslide to take the Virginia governor's seat, it was believed at the time that those three races augered well for GOP prospects in the 2010 mid terms.

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Related Topix: US News, US Senate, Republican, Chris Christie, US Governors, Virginia, Bob McDonnell, Virginia Government, 2012 Presidential Election, US Politics

Sat May 18, 2013

US News & World Report

Markey Still Edging Out Gomez in Massachusetts Senate Race

The race to fill Secretary of State John Kerry's former Senate seat has come into focus, with a little more than a month left before the special election.

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Related Topix: US News, US Senate, Republican, US Politics, Senator Elizabeth Warren, US Military, US Navy

Fri May 17, 2013

Patch.com

Melrose Coach England Basketball Hall of Fame

A coaching legend who spent time at Melrose High School will reportedly be inducted next month into the New England Basketball Hall of Fame.

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Related Topix: Wakefield, MA, US News, US Senate, Republican, Stoneham, MA

Wed May 15, 2013

St. Petersburg Times

Rubio's financial disclosure shows $800,000 book advance

Sen. Marco Rubio used part of his $800,000 advance to write An American Son, part biography and part political document, to pay off more than $100,000 in college loan debt.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Senator Marco Rubio, US News, US Senate, Republican, Representative David Rivera, US House of Representatives, Barack Obama, Democrat, Charlie Crist, US Governors

WBUR-AM Boston

Gomez Faces Hard Task of Winning Over Latino Voters

Republican Gabriel Gomez is the first Latino candidate of either party to run for a U.S. Senate seat from Massachusetts.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Senator Elizabeth Warren, US Senate, Republican, Mitt Romney, University of Washington