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With no Republican candidate to oppose her in January's general, Democrat Lydia Edwards will likely become the only Black member of the Massachusetts Senate.
While the race for governor is sure to dominate headlines in 2022, Boston will also have an open state Senate seat. That’s due to state Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz, a Jamaica Plain Democrat, opting to run for the governor’s office instead of reelection to the district she has represented since 2009. The race for the Senate seat known as the Second Suffolk is already drawing
District 1 City Councilor Lydia Edwards came out on top Tuesday night and made history once again as the first female woman of color to be nominated to the First Suffolk & Middlesex Senate seat. If there is no Republican…Read more →