I was an impartial elections clerk this week in one of 16 voting precincts in my purple city outside Boston. We had a 33% turnout overall after being flooded with campaign literature. More people voted than last time, but the percentage was lower because we had a big increase in registered voters in 2020, as well as our city becoming more popular (and expensive!) over time.
The allegedly more-liberal candidate ran an aggressive negative campaign, and the incumbent was endorsed by Senator Ed Markey. (She won. The challenger is well-known and a lot of people were shocked by his negativity.)
One right-wing incumbent City Councilor was defeated in the preliminary and was ultimately replaced by an Our Revolution candidate, one of two POC running, both challengers. Otherwise, the incumbents won, including Our Revolution candidates.
One popular School Committee member retired and was replaced by an Our Revolution candidate. Otherwise it was all incumbents including Our Revolution candidates.
I'm working up the courage to ask our City Clerk if joining a SURJ Base Group will disqualify me for next year.
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Date: 2021-11-07 12:02 pm (UTC)The allegedly more-liberal candidate ran an aggressive negative campaign, and the incumbent was endorsed by Senator Ed Markey. (She won. The challenger is well-known and a lot of people were shocked by his negativity.)
One right-wing incumbent City Councilor was defeated in the preliminary and was ultimately replaced by an Our Revolution candidate, one of two POC running, both challengers. Otherwise, the incumbents won, including Our Revolution candidates.
One popular School Committee member retired and was replaced by an Our Revolution candidate. Otherwise it was all incumbents including Our Revolution candidates.
I'm working up the courage to ask our City Clerk if joining a SURJ Base Group will disqualify me for next year.