POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: Another MOULTON challenger — The story of GALVIN and DiMASI — POLITO outraises BAKER
Another MOULTON challenger — The story of GALVIN and DiMASI — POLITO outraises BAKER
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ANOTHER MOULTON CHALLENGER EMERGES — Rep. Seth Moulton is competing against an ever-growing field of Democrats to be the next president of the United States, and now he's got another primary challenger for the House seat he already holds. Salem City Councilor Lisa Peterson launched her campaign for Moulton's seat this morning.
Peterson will run to Moulton's left on issues like universal health care, according to a release from her campaign. And Peterson knocked Moulton as an absentee congressman who is more focused on his presidential campaign than his constituents at home, according to an interview in today's Boston Globe.
Peterson joins Jamie Zahlaway Belsito as the second candidate officially running for Moulton's seat. But there are plenty of other would-be challengers waiting in the wings, looking to see what Moulton does next. Former Rep. John Tierney, who Moulton unseated in a 2014 primary, has tested the waters and said he's looking at reclaiming his old seat. Former state Sen. Barbara L'Italien, who ran in the 3rd District last year, has said she may run. State Rep. Lori Ehrlich is thinking about it. Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll left the door open on a potential run, and so has gun reform advocate Angus McQuilken.
Moulton has said he plans to run for his House seat if his presidential ambitions don't pan out. But there's a sense among primary challengers and prospects that his time spent on the presidential campaign trail and an attempted coup against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have made him vulnerable in the last 12 months.
Things are in flux right now, but it's likely the field will shape up by the end of the summer. Most candidates for Congress will try to get in the race before the fall to keep their fundraising goals on track — the state's September primary is a little over a year away.
It's also not clear how long Moulton's presidential run will last.Moulton did not make the cut for the first round of presidential debates in June. And unless he gains some momentum, it does not look like he will be on the July debate stage, either.
The 6th District primary could go a few ways in 2020. Everyone considering a run could get in, and the contest would shape up to be a mega-primary like the 3rd District race to replace retiring Rep. Niki Tsongas in 2018. The ballot could be divided three ways between Moulton, Belsito and Peterson, a lineup that could split any anti-Moulton vote and work in the incumbent's favor. Or Moulton could vacate the seat altogether, whether he has a break-out moment in his presidential campaign or emerges as a pick for vice president. In that case, you'd almost certainly have a huge primary.
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TODAY — Gov. Charlie Baker and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh attend the Mayflower Sails 2020 kickoff. Baker and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito attend a leadership meeting with House Speaker Robert DeLeo and Senate President Karen Spilka.
Rep. Joe Kennedy III and Rep. Ayanna Pressley are guests on WGBH's "Greater Boston." The House Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets hears testimony on DeLeo'sGreenWorks bill. Sen. Elizabeth Warren campaigns in New Hampshire. Kennedy speaks at the MassMEDIC gala. Walsh attends a ribbon cutting for Fitness Together in Charlestown. Rep. Jim McGovern and Project Bread take the Summer Food Rocks Tour to Leominster, Northampton and Worcester.
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- "Old friends now in Beacon Hill face-off," by Michael Jonas, CommonWealth Magazine: "A SHOWDOWN BETWEEN Beacon Hill veterans is unfolding as Secretary of State William Galvin seeks to bar former House speaker Sal DiMasi from registering as a State House lobbyist because of his 2011 conviction on federal corruption charges. But DiMasi and Galvin aren't just both longtime fixtures on Beacon Hill; they are old friends. They formed two parts of a tight-knit foursome of Boston state reps in the 1980s, a group that regularly ended the work week by breaking bread and sharing a bottle or two of wine at a North End restaurant while dissecting the maneuverings on Beacon Hill."
- "Hundreds More Driver's Licenses Suspended Amid Mass. RMV Investigation," by Matt Murphy, State House News Service:"Hundreds more drivers have had their Massachusetts licenses suspended as a result of a review of the state's mishandling of out-of-state violation notices as Gov. Charlie Baker and his top transportation adviser announced Friday a "reprioritization" of public safety at the RMV. Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack said that the licenses of 330 more drivers had been suspended since Monday, bringing the total number of drivers flagged to 876 and the total number of missed notices for serious infractions to 1,108."
- "Lt. Gov. Polito Outpacing Gov. Baker In Fundraising Hauls," Associated Press: "Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito is outpacing Gov. Charlie Baker when it comes to raking in campaign cash. Polito pulled in more donations than Baker in five of the first six months of 2019. As of June 30, Polito reported having more than $1 million in cash in her campaign account, compared to $728,000 for Baker. That's according to numbers released by the state Office of Campaign and Political Finance. In June alone, Polito pulled in about $257,000 to Baker's $155,000. The lieutenant governor hasn't publicly addressed any future political plans while Baker is mulling a possible run for a third term."
- "State sees surge in requests to seal records," by Christian M. Wade, "A new law making it easier for people to seal their criminal records has prompted a surge of requests, overwhelming state officials. Last year, Gov. Charlie Baker signed legislation overhauling criminal justice laws that, among other changes, shortened the waiting period for individuals found guilty of misdemeanor offenses to ask that a case be sealed from five years to three, and from 10 years to seven for felony convictions. The new law also allows for the sealing of juvenile criminal records and expanded the list of offenses that qualify for sealing. Those changes have prompted a surge in requests, which Baker administration officials tout as evidence of the law's effectiveness."
- "Ex-MBTA official says he was fired for flagging serious safety issues," by Nicole Dungca and Vernal Coleman, Boston Globe:"The former chief safety officer of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority says the agency fired him in retaliation after he called attention to serious safety hazards and pushed executives to stop suppressing information about dangerous mishaps, according to a federal complaint filed in May and obtained by the Globe. Ron Nickle, the MBTA's top safety official for almost eight years, told the Federal Transit Administration that a top MBTA employee urged the safety department to alter an investigative report related to a 2015 runaway Red Line train, a high-profile incident that embarrassed the agency. In his 97-page federal complaint, Nickle alleged the MBTA also pressured the commuter rail system to put a premium on on-time performance, not safety."
- "Legislation eyes statewide standards for police body cams," Associated Press: "As more communities deploy police body cameras, a bill in Massachusetts looks to set statewide standards and regulations for the devices. The proposal is scheduled for a hearing on Thursday before the Legislature's Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security. It calls for a task force that would develop a "uniform code" for body-worn cameras and procedures for handling the recordings that are made. Under the bill, the task force would consist of 17 members, including legislators, police officials, a judge and a representative of the American Civil Liberties Union."
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- "Boston Housing Authority chief Bill McGonagle, the city's landlord, takes his leave," by Adrian Walker, Boston Globe: "Bill McGonagle had agreed to serve on the front lines of the city's project to integrate public housing in South Boston and Charlestown in the late 1980s, but he didn't know that assignment would hit so close to home. He was executive assistant to Boston Housing Authority administrator Doris Bunte, tasked with helping to manage the desegregation effort, when shots were fired into his clearly marked city car parked outside his house on Dorchester Street in Southie. It was an unmistakable message that his work to settle families of color into white neighborhoods wasn't universally appreciated."
- "'It Is Erasing Our History': New Development Blurs Boundaries," by Miranda Suarez, WBUR: "When Boston City Councilor Kim Janey stands outside the Marriott Residence Inn on Washington Street, she knows exactly where she is. "We are standing here — in the heart of the city, in the heart of Roxbury, in Dudley Square," she says. And she's right. The hotel lists its official address in Roxbury. But Marriott calls this hotel the Residence Inn Boston Downtown/South End. To Janey, who represents both neighborhoods, the name causes more than just confusion in a city where neighborhood boundaries are notoriously fuzzy. She sees it as an attempt to sidestep Roxbury — a primarily black neighborhood — and embrace the whiter, wealthier South End."
- "At new casino, a rare Boston sight: diversity," by Joshua Miller and Diamond Naga Siu, Boston Globe: "After rolling a nine at the craps table on Sunday, a young Chinese man whooped and joyfully grabbed an older Chinese man by the shoulders. Nearby, two middle-aged black men cheered as a crush of other gamblers — black, white, Latino — smiled at their luck. A few nights earlier, eclectic crowds of twentysomethings hoisting Coronas and martinis awaited NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal's stint as a DJ at the casino nightclub, while several older patrons, and many more middle-aged ones, worked whirring, beeping slot machines nearby. A visual survey of 100 slot gamblers found them to be split more or less evenly among blacks, whites, and Asians — half men and half women."
- "Stopping injustice or putting the public at risk? Suffolk DA Rachael Rollins's tactics spur pushback," by Andrea Estes and Shelley Murphy, Boston Globe: "Rachael Rollins came into office promising to shake things up at the Suffolk district attorney's office. Armed with a list of 15 "low-level" nonviolent offenses that her office would no longer prosecute, Rollins said she planned to help stop a "freight train moving toward mass incarceration of poor people and black and brown people." Now, less than six months into her tenure as the first African-American woman to serve as Suffolk County's top prosecutor, Rollins is making good on her promise, but getting strong pushback as her office increasingly dismisses charges at the very beginning of a case, sparing defendants a criminal record."
- "E-cigarette users find themselves seeking help to quit," by Ysabelle Kempe, Boston Globe: "Connor hated feeling like a slave to the slender metal device in his pocket. That's why the rising junior at Boston College recently wrote his first-ever Reddit post on the page "QuittingJUUL," a virtual space populated by more than 800 others who are also battling e-cigarette addiction. Connor's post begins with an introduction: He is 20 years old, has been vaping for almost two years, and has tried "like hell" to quit before addiction becomes a part of his personality."
- MEANWHILE IN ASPEN: "Boston Celtics Owner Asking $37.5 Million for Aspen Penthouse," by Katherine Clarke, Wall Street Journal: "An owner of the Boston Celtics is selling a penthouse in Aspen, Colo., for $37.5 million. Known as the "Mother Lode," the six-bedroom property spans the top two floors of a building in the middle of downtown Aspen, near the Aspen Art Museum and Wagner Park. Its most recent resident, a renter, was using the property as a single-family spread, but the property could be subdivided into two separate three-bedroom suites, according to the listing agent."
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- "Trump challenger Bill Weld raised just under $700K in long-shot primary bid," by Will Steakin, ABC News: "President Donald Trump's sole Republican primary challenger, former Gov. Bill Weld, said Wednesday that his campaign raised $688,000 from donations during the second quarter of 2019. The Weld campaign told ABC News that since jumping into the race in mid-April, they've raised short of $700,000 from 7,000 total donors. And on top of supporter contributions, the former Massachusetts governor also poured $181,000 of his own money into the campaign, bringing the second quarter total to $869,000. The average donation for the quarter was $98, according to the campaign."
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- "Officers Sue Boston Police Over Post-Leave Psychological Evaluations," by Ally Jarmanning, WBUR: "Two Boston police officers and three police unions are suing Boston police over the department's policy of forcing officers returning to duty to complete a psychological evaluation. According to the lawsuit, any officer on leave from work for six months or more is required to have a mental health evaluation with the department psychiatrist — regardless of why the officer was off the job. They are also required to receive a physical examination for any leaves longer than three months."
- "Spacey accusers due to appear in court Monday in battle over cell phone," by Sean Philip Cotter, Boston Herald: "The family accusing actor Kevin Spacey of groping their son is due in court Monday at a high-stakes hearing in the criminal case against the now-disgraced Oscar winner. Media will again descend on Nantucket for the 10 a.m. hearing over the accuser's apparently missing cell phone, which has emerged as a hotly contested topic at the center of the high-profile case against Spacey."
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- "Warren and Harris Rise in Democratic Primary, Challenging Male Front-Runners," by Alexander Burns and Jonathan Martin, The New York Times: "When Beth Krerowicz began reviewing the platoon of Democratic presidential candidates, her first instinct was to back Joseph R. Biden Jr., whom she saw as the strongest opponent to President Trump. But recently, Ms. Krerowicz, 58, began to have second thoughts. So this week she trekked to a community center not far from the Las Vegas Strip to watch Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts detail her plans for reshaping the economy. Ms. Krerowicz, an executive assistant who is between jobs, said that she was now leaning heavily toward Ms. Warren, and that Senator Kamala Harris of California was her second choice."
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- "Seth Moulton says Dems can't keep 'rehashing votes from 40 years ago,'" by Quint Forgey, POLITICO: "Rep. Seth Moulton offered an indirect defense of Joe Biden as the Democratic presidential front-runner endures continued criticism from primary rivals for his decades-old policy positions and cautioned that President Donald Trump's reelection bid will be more difficult to quash than some in his party predict. "I do think that Trump is going to be harder to beat than many Democrats like to believe," Moulton, who is also competing for the 2020 Democratic nomination, told ABC's "This Week" in an interview that aired Sunday."
- "Lisa Peterson, Salem councilor, to challenge Representative Seth Moulton," by Liz Goodwin, Boston Globe: "As Representative Seth Moulton spent the Fourth of July shaking hands in Nevada in an attempt to drum up support for his presidential campaign, a city councilor in his Massachusetts congressional district put the finishing touches on her announcement to take him on in the Democratic primary next September. Lisa Peterson, a financial planner who was first elected to the Salem City Council in 2017, will announce Monday in a video that she intends to battle Moulton for the nomination in the district, which includes the North Shore and parts of Essex and Middlesex counties. Moulton's presidential ambitions are front and center in Peterson's case for why she would be a better representative for the Sixth District."
- "What the 2020 Candidates, James Comey and Other Politicos Are Reading This Summer," POLITICO Magazine: "Seth Moulton, congressman from Massachusetts and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate: I'm looking forward to reading Leadership in Turbulent Times, by my friend Doris Kearns Goodwin. I gave signed copies to my staff for the holiday but haven't had a chance to read it yet myself."
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- PELOSI HITS PRESSLEY: "It's Nancy Pelosi's Parade," by Maureen Dowd, The New York Times: "I asked Pelosi whether, after being the subject of so many you-go-girl memes for literally clapping back at Trump, it was jarring to get a bad headline like the one in HuffPost that day — "What The Hell Is Nancy Pelosi Doing?" The article described the outrage of the Squad, as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts are known. Pelosi feels that the four made themselves irrelevant to the process by voting against "our bill," as she put it, which she felt was the strongest one she could get. 'All these people have their public whatever and their Twitter world," she said. 'But they didn't have any following. They're four people and that's how many votes they got.'"
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- "Red Line ridership off 10% after derailment," by Bruce Mohl, CommonWealth Magazine: "RED LINE RIDERSHIP dropped roughly 10 percent the week a train derailed at the JFK/UMass Station and it only partially recovered the following week, according to the latest figures available. The number of so-called tap-ins on the Red Line - people using Charlie Cards or tickets to pass through the fare gates - typically hovers either slightly below or slightly above 200,000 a day during the week. Mondays and Fridays are typically just below 200,000, while tap-ins regularly exceed 200,000 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays."
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- "State wildlife officials reviewing coyote killing contests," by Jacquelyn Voghel, Daily Hampshire Gazette: "Following increased attention on coyote killing contests — such as the one held annually in Granby — the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife is assessing its stance on the competitions and taking comments from the public. Hunters say such contests are a way to control the coyote population and to prevent coyote attacks on other animals and people. Opponents of the contests say they are cruel and ineffective in limiting the coyote population."
- "Longmeadow declares state of emergency following microburst: Cleanup plan developed," by Jeanette DeForge, Springfield Republican: "Although a tree limb came crashing down on the home of Al and Betsy McKee during Saturday's storm, it may have been a lucky strike. "We were in luck in the sense that it didn't seem to pierce the house," Al McKee said as family and friends helped clean up multiple large tree limbs that fell in his yard following Saturday's microburst, which blew through an about 1 square mile section of the town near the Town Hall and historic district."
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- "Amanda Dabrowski killing: Former Worcester Mayor Tim Murray helped restrain attacker," by Dan Glaun, MassLive.com:"Shortly before 8 p.m. on July 3, former Worcester mayor and Lt. Gov. Tim Murray was having dinner at O'Connor's Restaurant & Bar when hell broke loose. Carlos Asencio, 28, had just fatally stabbed his ex-girlfriend Amanda Dabrowski in the middle of the Worcester restaurant, according to police. "I was at the restaurant with my wife having dinner and obviously heard some horrible screaming and ran to the area that it was coming from," Murray said in an interview."
- "Boston Suburb Reflects Broad Changes In U.S. Immigration," by Philip Marcello, Associated Press: "Guatemalan bakeries, Honduran restaurants and Salvadoran markets are joining an already ethnically diverse mix of businesses in downtown Chelsea, the tiny industrial city across the Mystic River from Boston. Among them is Catracho's, a modest Honduran eatery recently purchased by Johanna Mateo, who was born in New York and raised in Honduras until she was 12, when she joined her older sister in Chelsea."
- "'You push until you can't push anymore' Women in Fitchburg State Police Academy rise to challenges," by Nicole DeFeudis, The Lowell Sun: "Picture this: A bartender asks a rowdy, intoxicated man to leave. While not causing any major trouble, the man does not leave. Thanks to training, Fitchburg State Police Academy recruits know what to do. It's Friday, and in the academy, that means defense tactics training. Nine recruits graduated with bachelors' degrees from Fitchburg State University in May, and by the end of the summer academy, will be certified police officers."
SPOTTED: Pete Buttigieg posing with a portrait of himself in Provincetown during a fundraising trip on Cape Cod. Tweet.
OMG: This lightning strike at the Columbia Yacht Club. Tweet.
REMEMBERING JIM TARICANI ... from the New York Times: " Jim Taricani had been a Rhode Island television reporter so formidable that Providence Journal reporters like me would dread six o'clock each night, for fear of another Taricani scoop about the scandal du jour in Pawtucket, Woonsocket or the State House. He was 69 when he died late last month." Link.
TRANSITIONS - Ryan Woods was appointed commissioner of Boston Parks and Recreation.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY - to Amy Sennett, Samuel Weinstock and Andy Flick.
HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY - to Ryan Williams , EVP at Targeted Victory and former Romney spokesman, who celebrated Thursday;Tyler Pager, national political reporter at Bloomberg News and a Boston Globe alum, Thomas Mucha and Cloe Axelson, who celebrated Saturday; and Debbie Morris and Roselle Chartock, who celebrated Sunday.
DID THE HOME TEAM WIN? Yes! The Red Sox beat the Tigers 6-3.
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