POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook TRAHAN pulls ahead amid MA-03 recount — AFL-CIO’s TOLMAN rips into DeLEO — LANTIGUA 2021?

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TRAHAN pulls ahead amid MA-03 recount — AFL-CIO’s TOLMAN rips into DeLEO — LANTIGUA 2021?


09/10/2018 07:01 AM EDT
By Lauren Dezenski (ldezenski@politico.com; @laurendezenski)

GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS. Welcome to Monday.

MERRIMACK VALLEY RECOUNT WATCH — The recount saga continues in the Democratic primary to replace Rep. Niki Tsongas.
Lori Trahan, now with a slim advantage in the vote count, has since Primary Night claimed victory and says she is gearing up for the general election. On Saturday, the former chief of staff to ex-Rep. Marty Meehan held a "Women for Lori" rally alongside three of her fellow female contenders in the House race where Trahan announced city and town clerks had certified more ballots, allowing her lead over Dan Koh to grow even more.

As of Sunday night, the secretary of state's office completed and certified vote totals showed Trahan finished in first place by 131 votes — more than double her initial margin of 52 votes over Koh, the former chief of staff for Boston Mayor Marty Walsh. Ten communities still have not certified their results.

Still, the Koh campaign is moving full speed ahead with its recount request, which is a completely separate process and may not wrap up until Monday, Sept. 17. "As we have said since Tuesday, Dan is committed to making sure all ballots are counted," Koh's campaign told me Sunday night. "That is why we are moving forward with our petition for a recount. We want the process to progress as swiftly as possible so that the ultimate nominee will have adequate time and resources to win in November." Whoever ultimately wins the primary will face Republican Rick Green on Nov. 6.

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TODAY - Reps. Richard Neal and Jim McGovern unveil the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts' Coalition to End Hunger's new anti-hunger campaign from Holyoke Community College - Sen. Elizabeth Warren appears on WGBH's Boston Public Radio at noon - The MBTA Fiscal Management and Control Board meet at noon.

DATELINE BEACON HILL —
MAJOR TALKER — "'He really laid into him:' Massachusetts labor leader Steve Tolman rips House Speaker Robert DeLeo," by Gintautas Dumcius, Masslive.com: "Steve Tolman, the president of the state's AFL-CIO, spoke at the Labor Day breakfast in Chicopee on Friday and called DeLeo, who has served as House speaker since 2009, 'no friend' of labor, according to one attendee."

- "RMV: License audit used outdated data," by Amaris Castillo, Lowell Sun: "An audit released Thursday by the Office of the State Auditor revealed that the Registry of Motor Vehicles issued 1,905 driver's licenses to individuals after they had died. But the RMV rejected the report with a statement of its own."

ON THE STUMP —
WILLIE'S BACK IN LAWRENCE? - "Lantigua eyes another bid for mayor in 2021," by Keith Eddings, Eagle-Tribune: "Days after voters narrowly rejected his bid to regain his former state House seat - his fifth loss at the polls in five years - William Lantigua said last week he is hearing the voice of the people asking him to run again for mayor in 2021."

- "Baker stops for beer and banter at L Street Tavern in South Boston," by Amelia Nierenberg, Boston Globe: "At the L Street Tavern in South Boston on Sunday afternoon, Governor Charlie Baker leaned across the bar, chin in hand. With shirt sleeves rolled up to his elbows and a Guinness in hand, he looked like a bartender listening to the concerns of patrons who frequent the famed watering hole."

- "Baker backing full GOP slate, but says he's focused on his race," by Katie Lannan, State House News Service: "As he runs at the top of the Republican party ticket in Massachusetts, Gov. Charlie Baker is supporting the rest of the GOP's statewide slate, he said Friday. ... 'I've endorsed the ticket, which I said I was going to do months ago, yeah,' Baker told reporters when asked if he backed the party's Senate nominee, state Rep. Geoff Diehl."

- "Hitting the campaign trail, Geoff Diehl pledges strong tie with Trump," by John Hilliard, Boston Globe: "Republican Geoff Diehl began the first weekend following his Tuesday primary election victory campaigning against US Senator Elizabeth Warren, blasting the Democratic senator for presidential ambitions, while contending he would be an effective partner with President Trump."

- "On the Record: Fresh off primary win, Geoff Diehl discusses Trump and Warren," from WCVB's On The Record: "Geoff Diehl, who won the Republican nomination for senate, comments on the campaign against Elizabeth Warren and his support for Donald Trump."

- "Anti-Citizens United ballot committee has little money to spend on Massachusetts campaign," by Shira Schoenberg, Springfield Republican: "A ballot question that would establish a commission to advocate in favor of overturning the Citizens United court decision has raised $272,000 so far, according to a campaign finance report released Friday."

- "Boiling resistance to Trump produces Democrats' herbal tea party," by Paul Kane, Washington Post: "Some call it the resistance; others label it the herbal tea party. ... Whatever the name, liberal insurgents demanding a more confrontational approach to President Trump and his Republican allies upended the Democratic establishment last week. From Boston's Charles River to the Senate committee rooms at the Capitol, from Chicago's City Hall to Delaware's beaches, veteran Democrats found themselves under fire from political newcomers or upstaged by junior colleagues."

CONTEXT - "Jim Hand: Television advertising fading as a force in politics," by Jim Hand, Sun Chronicle: "In 1996, the congressional campaign of Jim McGovern was frantically trying to raise and save $400,000 so it could advertise on Boston and Providence television. ... It was so important to the campaign that staffers had to go without pay so the financial goal could be reached."

THE WARREN REPORT —
- "'Listen up, Mr. President: Tick, tock,' Warren tells Trump," by John Hilliard, Boston Globe: "With fewer than 60 days to the November elections, US Senator Elizabeth Warren rallied hundreds of supporters Sunday afternoon by excoriating President Trump and Republican lawmakers, warning him that GOP influence in Washington is coming to an end."

- "Can Elizabeth Warren save America from corruption?" in a conversation with Brian Beutler, Crooked Media: "On Crooked Conversations, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Crooked Media's Editor in Chief Brian Beutler discuss two important new bills she has just introduced: One to save American politics from corruption, and on to save American capitalism from itself."

FRONT PAGE PLAY — Herald: "FLYING HIGH!" "A RACQUET OVER SERENA" — Globe: "MBTA facilities inventory finds transit system in poor repair," "A WELL-RECEIVED WIN," "Fighting to disarm a thief of sight," "Pence denies any role in op-ed or bid to remove Trump," "LOVE QUEST, 2018: TWO (TINDER) DATES A DAY," "Serving up bias at the U.S. Open."

THE LOCAL ANGLE —
- "Crumbling concrete, leaking roofs, and busted elevators: the state of the T," by Adam Vaccaro, Boston Globe: "While not on the scale of the falling concrete that forced the closure of the Alewife parking garage in August, hundreds of MBTA properties — stations, garages, and parking lots — are in disrepair, from equipment that seems permanently broken to shabby surroundings that make the daily commute that much more unpleasant."

- "Report finds domestic violence murders on the rise," by Christian M. Wade, Eagle-Tribune: "Her murder was one of 19 domestic violence-related homicides in Massachusetts last year, according to a new report, which noted a slight uptick from the previous year. In 2016, there were 14 cases, according to the state's Domestic Violence Fatality Review Team."

- "Before Arroyo, A #Metoo Moment Tested Walsh, Koh At Boston City Hall," by David S. Bernstein, WGBH: "Marty Walsh's administration, including his former Chief of Staff Dan Koh, dealt with a sexual harassment claim from Hilani Morales three years before she sparked a political firestorm with allegations against Felix G. Arroyo, WGBH News has learned."

- "Draft lease sheds light on Kraft soccer plans," by Colman M. Herman, CommonWealth Magazine: "Bob Kraft didn't ask for any government subsidies when he sought to build a soccer stadium on the former site of the Bayside Exposition Center in Dorchester's Columbia Point neighborhood in 2017. ... Now, after a year-and-a-half public records fight, the University of Massachusetts Building Authority, which owns the land, has turned over a series of draft lease agreements negotiated by the authority and Kraft."

HAPPY BIRTHDAY — to The Boston Globe's Martin Finucane.

DID THE HOME TEAMS WIN? — Yes! The Patriots beat the Texans 27-20. And the Red Sox beat the Houston Astros 6-5.

IN CASE YOU MISSED LAST WEEK'S HORSE RACE LIVE EVENT, WE'VE 
GOT ALL THE AUDIO - The Horse Race goes LIVE in this special post-primary "winner's circle." President of the MassInc Polling Group, Steve Koczela and POLITICO Massachusetts' Lauren Dezenski break down all things Massachusetts primaries. ... On this extended episode, we welcomed Meghna Chakrabarti Host of NPR's "On Point" to discuss MA elections up and down the ticket. We then welcomed Gus Bickford Chair of Mass Dems to talk strategy as we move from primary, to general, and national elections. And finally we have Alex Goldstein, an advisor to Ayanna Pressley campaign tell us all about what it was like to be in the Pressley campaign room on election night. And finally, we closed out the evening with questions from you, our listeners. ... Subscribe and listen on iTunes and Sound Cloud

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