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An army of 16-year-olds takes on the Democrats in Massachusetts Young progressive activists are an ardent, organized and unpredictable new factor in Massachusetts elections.
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BOSTON Dana Depelteau, a hotel manager, had just gone public with a long-shot candidacy for mayor in Boston when he noticed that someone in city politics was going after him online.
The effect of this attack, he said, was lightning-fast and pervasive. The morning after he announced his candidacy on Twitter, he showed up at his local barbershop and, while staring at himself in the mirror, overheard a customer describing his views as white supre
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Jeffrey Turco Wins Democratic Primary To Succeed DeLeo In Special Election Primary
Jeffrey Turco will move forward to the general election for state representative of the 19th Suffolk District to succeed former House Speaker Robert Deleo, after pulling in 36.2% of the vote in Tuesdayâs special primary election.
âIâm thrilled with the level of support I received across the district, the people that came out and held signs and really went door to door and made thousands of phone calls,â Turco said in an interview with Revere TV
Tuesday night. âIâm looking forward to getting through to March 30th and convincing the voters that I should win the election.â
Jeffrey Rosario Turco of Winthrop won the Democratic State Representative Primary in the Nineteenth Suffolk District Tuesday, besting three other candidates for the nomination.
In the unofficial vote, Turco received 1,706 votes to defeat second-place finisher Juan Pablo Jaramillo of Revere, who received 1,413 votes. Alicia DelVento of Winthrop finished third with 1,224 votes while Valentino Capobianco of Winthrop was fourth with 361 votes.
Turco racked up an impressive total of 1,331 votes in his hometown of Winthrop to pull away from Jaramillo, who carried Revere handily with 917 votes. Turco was second in Revere with 375 votes. DelVento also received solid hometown support with 1,104 votes to finish second in Winthrop.