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RandySF

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Sun Jul 5, 2020, 02:34 PM Jul 2020

MA-01: High on the left's wish list: Knocking out another House chairman

BOSTON — Rep. Richard Neal hasn’t had a tough primary challenge in 30 years.

But Massachusetts’ Sept. 1 contest represents the last, best chance for the left to take down a Democratic incumbent this year, so the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee isn’t taking any chances against a progressive challenger.

He’s used his powerful committee perch to raise $3 million through March — the latest fundraising figures available — leaving him with $4.5 million cash on hand. He flexed his muscles when the federal government tried to seize a shipment of personal protective equipment that was on its way to a local hospital in April. Months before voters go to the polls, Neal has already aired three ads.

After watching a seemingly safe longtime Massachusetts Democratic incumbent, Michael Capuano, get taken down in the 2018 primary — and the likely defeat of at least one Democratic House incumbent in New York’s June 23 primary — the 71-year-old Neal is shoring up his defenses against Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse, a challenger who is half his age.

"I know the spotlight's now shining on anybody who is young and quote-unquote progressive," said Candy Glazer, a former chair of the Longmeadow Democratic Town Committee who supports Neal. "I know it's popular now, progressive, somebody with gray hair's gotta go, but he's got the record. He's actually delivered."



https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/05/progressives-richard-neal-massachusetts-primary-348660

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MA-01: High on the left's wish list: Knocking out another House chairman (Original Post) RandySF Jul 2020 OP
MA-01: High on the left's wish list: candidates that support their issues. Voltaire2 Jul 2020 #1
... lapucelle Jul 2020 #2
There is still room to the left there bottomofthehill Jul 2020 #3

Voltaire2

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1. MA-01: High on the left's wish list: candidates that support their issues.
Sun Jul 5, 2020, 02:58 PM
Jul 2020

It is almost like a democracy where people get to vote for the people they would like to see represent them.

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