The progressive wing of the delegation is in panic mode, the Herald is advised, now that Salem Rep. Seth Moulton has entered the U.S. Senate race in opposition to incumbent Sen. Ed Markey.
Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, a Squad member, must make her transfer or danger shedding the liberal excessive floor. That’s the burning query the Boston rep is now going through, most likely every day.
Is that this her time? Can she betray Markey whereas difficult Moulton? We requested her group for a remark, however to date crickets.
Markey shouldn’t be underestimated. We’ve seen him in motion, and he’s a younger 79 years previous. However Moulton, who is 46, goes to make use of age as a wedge challenge.
Pressley, 51, gained’t have that baggage if she runs for Senate, however time isn’t on her aspect.
On the Republican aspect, Nathan Bech, 51, a former city councilor from West Springfield, gained’t be a spoiler. John Deaton, nonetheless, might probably give the Democrats a run.
Extra to return however Pressley must get out of her consolation zone if she needs to climb the political ladder.
Biden is coming to city
Former President Joe Biden is the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the USA Senate, so says the invitation to the Oct. 26 event here in the city.
Former Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, the Secretary of Labor underneath Biden, can also be on the ticket for “impressed management.” Retired Navy Adm. Lisa Franchetti can also be up for a similar award. Franchetti was fired final winter by Secretary of Struggle Pete Hegseth.
Biden is preventing an “aggressive form” of prostate cancer and is present process therapy. He’s additionally been a punching bag for former Vice President Kamala Harris, who’s making the rounds selling her new book.
Sorry to say, tickets to the occasion are already bought out.
In reminiscence of Jack Connors
The Irish Cultural Heart of Higher Boston gained’t quickly neglect Jack Connors. (We gained’t both.)
Connors was awarded the third annual Brian J. Donnelly Award posthumously for his “unrelenting generosity” to the children of Boston.
Connors helped nearly everybody who wanted it, his good friend PR boss George Regan mentioned on the awards ceremony.
Connors was a person everybody on the town appeared to know. He was a grasp businessman, co-founding the promoting agency Hill, Holliday, Connors, Cosmopulos, however the true Jack Connors was greater than that — he was distinctive, the Herald wrote when he died in July of 2024.
Jack Connors was the guardian angel of Camp Harbor View after the late Mayor Tom Menino turned to him for assist. Interior-city children grew to become seaside campers on Lengthy Island with the assistance of selfless Bostonians like Jack Connors. That was a continuing chorus within the lifetime of this gracious philanthropist from Roslindale.
Walsh’s ex-aide launches marketing campaign
He’s working, once more.
Dan Koh, who was Marty Walsh’s chief of workers in Boston after which joined the Biden administration, has launched one other congressional marketing campaign.
Koh again in 2018 got here up brief in opposition to Lori Trahan in a razor-thin main for the third Congressional District.
Now, the Andover resident is throwing his hat into the ring for the sixth Congressional District — which is opening up as a result of U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton is running against U.S. Sen. Ed Markey.
“My identify is Dan Koh and I’m working for Congress in MA-6 to finish Donald Trump’s assault on our democracy and make life extra reasonably priced for everybody,” Koh posted on social media.
“I don’t again down from a combat,” Koh added. “I’ll use my expertise in any respect ranges of presidency to ship on Day 1.”
One other candidate saying a run for the sixth Congressional District this week was former State Rep. Jamie Belsito.
“I’m working for Congress as a result of we want Democrats who gained’t apologize,” she posted. “Be part of me and combat for human rights, common healthcare, a good economic system, and the sixth District!”
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