Think Big PAC, the Democratic arm of the pro-AI Leading the Future network, waded into the race to replace Rep. Seth Moulton in MA-06 last week. The group dropped ~$600k on mailers, TV and digital ads boosting Dan Koh: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/24/n... #mapoli

There’s not a new sheriff in town - The Boston Globe

As Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins’s federal corruption trial gets underway Monday, there’s a pretty big question hanging over his office: What happens if he’s convicted?

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YELLOWSTONE CLUB: Michael Minogue, a GOP candidate for governor, owns a $31 million home in Montana’s ultra-exclusive Yellowstone Club, a members-only community with 2,900 acres of private ski terrain and a bevy of A-list celebrity members. #mapoli www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/30/m...

Zuckerberg, Brady, and ... Michael Minogue: GOP gubernatorial candidate owns $31m home in ultra-exclusive Montana enclave - The Boston Globe

Michael Minogue, who's running for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, built a home in the Yellowstone Club that, records show, has a market value of $31 million.

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Congrats to @kellygarrity.bsky.social on the launch of The Scrum, her new newsletter about all things Massachusetts politics! First edition here: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/01/n... Sign up here: www.bostonglobe.com/newsletters/...

The quiet parts get loud in Markey-Moulton Senate primary - The Boston Globe

On and off the stage inside Worcester’s DCU Center, Senator Ed Markey and US Representative Seth Moulton hurled their most direct hits at each other.

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Tracking which Presidential hopefuls are helping which NH pols isn’t as meaningful as it once was, but still fun. Here’s Rahm fundraising for Jeanne Shaheen’s daughter in the open congressional primary. (via @kellygarrity.bsky.social )

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s administration told department heads it’s freezing some spending for the rest of the fiscal year amid a city budget crunch. #bospoli www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/20/m...

Wu administration tells department heads its freezing some spending amid budget crunch - The Boston Globe

City of Boston department heads must “limit overtime spending to non-discretionary duties,” and the city is strictly limiting “non-personnel” spending, according to a memo obtained by the Globe.

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Some local media news: @politico.com is ending Mass Playbook as @kellygarrity.bsky.social joins the Globe to write a new politics newsletter

IMMIGRATION: MA U.S. Attorney Leah Foley has overseen a more than six-fold increase in the number of federal criminal immigration cases prosecuted in the state in the year since she was appointed, according to data she provided Thursday morning. #mapoli www.wbur.org/news/2026/02...

Criminal immigration charges in Mass. increased sixfold in last year

U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Leah Foley has overseen a more than six-fold increase in the number of federal immigration cases charged in the state in the year since she was appointed as the state’s...

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HEALEY AIDE: A Venezuelan staffer working for Gov. Maura Healey could lose her job because her H-1B visa is about to expire and the Trump administration has not granted her permanent residency, according to court documents. #mapoli www.wbur.org/news/2026/02...

Venezuelan aide to Gov. Healey sues Trump administration to keep her job

A Venezuelan staffer working for Gov. Maura Healey could lose her job because her H-1B visa is about to expire and the Trump administration has not granted her permanent residency, even though she wor...

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In a letter to Democratic state committee members, Secretary of State Bill Glavin says he will seek a record ninth term. #mapoli

VoteVets and New Politics are endorsing Rep. Seth Moulton for Senate politi.co/46ts9HH #mapoli

Veterans’ PAC backs Moulton for Senate

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Inbox: Mass. budget writers estimate they’ll have $44.9 billion to build their FY27 budget around. #mapoli (includes millionaires tax revenue)

Lots in today’s Mass. Playbook, including a possible Boston-based challenger to state Sen. Will Brownsberger politi.co/3MuGkoT #mapoli

Still in the game

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I missed this earlier this morning -- Sen. Nick Collins, facing the likelihood of a electoral challenge next year, is hitting back at Mayor Wu over her past Prop 2 1/2 comments www.wbur.org/news/2025/12...

Mayor Wu: Boston residents' property taxes to increase 13% in January

Wu urged the state Legislature to approve a measure to shift more of the burden to commercial property owners.

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Worcester County Sheriff Lew Evangelidis is mulling a U.S. Senate bid — something that could throw a wrench in GOP’s plan to vote to endorse John Deaton later this week. politi.co/3XzUdUY via @politico.com #mapoli

The GOP Senate primary is (maybe) back on

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Rep. Ayanna Pressley on whether Sen. Chuck Schumer should step aside as minority leader:

pair of Fall River election stories this morning: Catching up with Mayor Coogan after the election, he says this will be his last term in office, saying declining voter support shows there's a "time limit" on the job for voters www.heraldnews.com/story/news/p...

news - Rep. Ayanna Pressley is seriously considering jumping into the race for the Massachusetts Senate seat currently held by fellow Democrat Ed Markey and has been checking in with allies about a possible run, per four ppl familiar w/ @kellygarrity.bsky.social www.politico.com/live-updates...

Ayanna Presley is considering a Senate run in Massachusetts

The progressive Boston Democrat is quietly consulting with allies on whether to run for the seat held by Sen. Ed Markey.

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Just received a Markey, Pressley, Moulton #MASen poll.

www.politico.com/newsletters/... The Working Families Party (ri wfp, to be precise) arrived here with a bang when it unseated RI House Majority Leader John DeSimone in '16. @kellygarrity.bsky.social reports on how WFP is setting up shop in MA

The Working Families Party arrives

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A Maine oyster farmer running for Senate is winning praise from some Democrats. But he could end up facing a primary against a candidate that party leaders are actively recruiting to run: Gov. Janet Mills.

Graham Platner has a growing Senate fan club

The Maine oyster farmer is winning praise from some Democrats as he prepares to face Chuck Schumer’s dream recruit.

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Rep. Katherine Clark talked to reporters about at potential Moulton/Markey Senate matchup at an event in Boston today:

Gov. Maura Healey is headlining a lunchtime fundraiser for the Women Governors Fund in Boston Monday alongside other Dem women govs (plus Gov. Andy Beshear & former Gov. Gina Raimondo). Tickets range from $500 to $25,000. Governors will be in town for a DGA meeting. #mapoli

From @politico.com @kellygarrity.bsky.social

Hundreds of supporters and several state and local electeds are at Boston City Hall for Mayor Michelle Wu’s press conference on the letter from AG Pam Bondi. There’s a band kicking things off. #bospoli

Inbox: Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is holding a press conference tomorrow morning on the city’s response to the letter from Attorney General Pam Bondi asking for details on how Boston plans to “eliminate laws… that impede federal immigration enforcement.” #bospoli

SCOOP: Sen. @edmarkey.bsky.social will announce support from @repmcgovern.bsky.social , whose district includes part of Western Mass, as soon as tomorrow. In a video, McGovern emphasizes Markey's work on food security, housing, health care and battling inequity. #mapoli wmasspi.com/2025/07/brie...

Briefings: Markey's East & West Support United with Backing from McGovern… — Western Mass Politics & Insight

Worcester Rep James McGovern, who also represents much of Franklin and Hampshire counties, announced his support for Senator Ed Markey.

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In politics, sometimes name recognition isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Just ask Geoffrey Epstein, who’s running for mayor in Framingham. politi.co/3UBFoje via @politico.com #mapoli

Not THAT Geoffrey Epstein

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At the New Hampshire Institute of Politics it’s 2028 already. #nhpolitics

A new Globe/Suffolk poll of the Boston mayoral race has Mayor Michelle Wu leading Josh Kraft 60 / 30. #bospoli www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/21/m...

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu holds commanding 30-point lead over Josh Kraft, Suffolk University/Boston Globe poll shows - The Boston Globe

The poll of 500 Boston voters likely to participate in the Sept. 9 preliminary election showed a wide gulf between Wu and Kraft, who drew 30 percent support to her 60 percent.

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More than two dozen state & local officials endorsed Sen. Ed Markey for reelection today. The cities & towns they represent span the congressional district that one of Markey's potential primary challengers, Rep. Jake Auchincloss, represents. politi.co/3TjDWle #mapoli

Markey marks his territory

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