Thursday, June 6, 2013
Gun control, health care, economy, foreign policy among major topics in first meeting of candidates.
Gabriel Gomez and Edward Markey engaged Wednesday in their first debate before the U.S. Senate special election this month, and the tone was markedly similar to the tone of the overall campaign thus far. Gomez, the Republican Cohasset businessman and former U.S. Navy SEAL, and Markey, the Democratic Malden congressman since his election in 1976, jabbed at each other during the hour-long debate at WBZ-TV's studios and sponsored by the news station and the Boston Globe. Topics for the evening included gun control, health care, the economy, foreign policy, recent national political scandals, immigration and abortion. Time and again, Gomez pounded Markey for his years in Washington, painting the congressman as out of touch with Bay State …
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Candidates for U.S. Senate Democratic nomination squared off in Lowell Monday.
U.S. Congressmen Stephen Lynch and Edward Markey met in their second debate Monday ahead of the Democratic U.S. Senate special primary in a contest that contained few fireworks outside of an exchange on health care. The debate, held at the University of Massachusetts Lowell and sponsored by the college and the Boston Herald, lasted about 45 minutes and touched a wide variety of issues on which the two Democrats mostly agreed. An early question was asked about the candidates' positions on the Affordable Care Act. Markey (D-Malden) voted in favor of the bill that passed in 2010 while Lynch (D-South Boston) was one of few Democrats who opposed it. Markey said voting for the bill was the "proudest vote of my Congressional career." He said …
Monday, April 8, 2013
The Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate meet in their second debate.
The combatants for the Democratic nomination in the U.S. Senate special election will square off Monday night in Lowell for their second debate leading up to the April 30 primary. Congressmen Edward Markey (D-Malden) and Stephen Lynch (D-South Boston) will participate in the debate being held at 7:30 p.m. at Durgin Hall on the campus of the University of Massachusetts Lowell. The debate is being sponsored by UMass Lowell’s Center for Public Opinion and the Boston Herald. Questions for the debate will be posed by UMass Lowell students while the moderator will be reporter Jaclyn Cashman, according to the university. Markey and Lynch previously met for their first debate March 27 at the Channel 5 studios in Needham. The two candidates agreed…
Thursday, March 28, 2013
GOP and Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate debated Wednesday night at the Channel 5 studios in Needham.
In the days leading up to the first Democratic U.S. Senate debate, U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-South Boston) has been called upon frequently to explain the vote he took against the health care reform bill in 2010. Wednesday night, Lynch and U.S. Rep. Ed Markey (D-Malden) went several rounds on the topic. They faced-off for 30 minutes at the Channel 5 studios in Needham following a contest among the three declared Republican candidates. For Markey, President Obama's initiative, aimed at universal health care coverage, was "the proudest vote of my career." "Steve, when that vote came up you were wrong," Markey said. For Lynch, taxes and a lopsided deal for insurance companies were among the problems that outweighted benefits such as the …
GOP and Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate debated Wednesday night at the Channel 5 studios in Needham.
The Republican candidates for U.S. Senate leaned on their diverse backgrounds to explain positions on issues ranging from the economy and debt reduction to gay marriage Wednesday night. Gabriel Gomez, a former Navy SEAL and businessman from Cohasset, said that hearing from a variety of perspectives served him well in the military and that he would bring those lessons to bear working with fellow Republicans and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. State Rep. Dan Winslow (R-Norfolk), saying "Obamacare is bad for Massachusetts" and simply layers federal bureacracy on top of the state's system, highlighted an upcoming legislative proposal on Beacon Hill to reduce health care costs. Former U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan talked about making …
Who did you think shined the most in Wednesday night's debate between the candidates for State Representative in the 12th Essex District?
[Editor's Note: The article has been updated to reflect a correction on one of the panelists' names.] The three candidates for State Representative in Peabody traded a few jabs Wednesday night in a debate at City Hall sponsored by the Salem News and the Peabody Area Chamber of Commerce. In particular, the debate became more heated when the subject of campaign finances came up. Republican Leah Cole turned her answer to a question into another question to Dave Gravel, who is unenrolled, asking how he could say he's reticent to raise taxes when he's politically supported by the Mass. Teachers Association, a big proponent of the governor's spending plan. Gravel retorted that he's the first non-Democrat to be endorsed by the union and that the …
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Tune in to the debate at City Hall tonight between the three candidates for State Representative for the 12th Essex District.
The three candidates for State Representative debate tonight at Peabody City Hall in a forum sponsored by the Salem News and the Peabody Area Chamber of Commerce. The debate gets underway at 7 p.m.
Cole, Dunne and Gravel will debate March 27 (7 p.m.) at Peabody City Hall. Watch it live here and engage with other readers via a live chat.
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Cole, Dunne and Gravel will debate March 27 (7 p.m.) at Peabody City Hall. Watch it live here and engage with other readers via a live chat.
Leah Cole, Beverley Griffin Dunne and Dave Gravel, who are vying to become Peabody's next state representative, will lock horns in debate at City Hall March 27 (7 p.m.) and you can watch it live here on Peabody Patch if you can't make it downtown or don't have cable. We'll also be running a live chat at the same time so readers can share their thoughts on the debate and the election in general. Just check back to our homepage Wednesday evening to find the live feed and chat. The debate is sponsored by the Salem News and the Peabody Area Chamber of Commerce and will be moderated by Salem News Editor David Olson. Peabody Access Telecommunications will be streaming Wednesday's debate online and we are able to embed the live feed right here as…
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Republicans state Rep. Daniel Winslow, former U.S. attorney Michael J. Sullivan and former Navy SEAL Gabriel E. Gomez discussed a wide-range of issues in the hour-long debate.
The quest to become the "Washington outsider" representing the Republican Party in this year's Massachusetts special U.S. Senate election was underway at Stonehill College Tuesday night when GOP candidates met in their first primary debate. "Electing either of the Democratic nominees would be a sign of 'surrender' that we have given up," state Rep. Daniel Winslow (R-Norfolk) said in his closing statement, referring U.S. Congressmen Ed Markey (D-Malden) and Stephen Lynch (D-South Boston). Winslow, former U.S. attorney Michael Sullivan and former Navy SEAL Gabriel Gomez discussed a wide range of issues in the hour-long debate, including Roe vs. Wade, gun control, immigration, Social Security and the economy. The debate was sponsored by …
Steve
8:11 pm on Thursday, June 6, 2013
Markey is such a dick. Who in their right mind could think this man has two cells to rub together in that smarmy head of his? more ›