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Four candidates jostling for the recently redrawn Second Suffolk state senate seat participated in a largely congenial forum this week that drew out only slight differences between them on policy and left the distinctions largely to their backgrounds. Roxbury pastor and lawyer Rev. Miniard Culpepper, state representatives Nika Elugardo and Liz Miranda, and former state senator

A busy campaign season crossed a preliminary threshold last week as potential candidates submitted their signatures to local clerks for certification.  State Sen. Sonia Chang-Díaz’s gubernatorial candidacy kicked off a domino effect down ballot. She is leaving her Second Suffolk district seat to run for governor and will likely face off with Attorney General Maura Healey in

Miniard Culpepper, the pastor of Roxbury’s Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church and a former official with the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), on Tuesday tossed his hat into the ring for the Second Suffolk Senate seat. The seat will open this year as Sonia Chang-Diaz, a Jamaica Plain Democrat, seeks to run for governor. The Second Suffolk already

In December, the Boston Herald cited unnamed sources to report that OConnell was "seriously considering" a run for governor.

While the race for governor is sure to dominate headlines in 2022, Boston will also have an open state Senate seat. That’s due to state Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz, a Jamaica Plain Democrat, opting to run for the governor’s office instead of reelection to the district she has represented since 2009. The race for the Senate seat known as the Second Suffolk is already drawing

Promising Bold, Transformative Change, State Sen. Chang-Diaz Launches Bid For Governor Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz of Boston, pictured speaking at a criminal justice reform event in 2018, has served 12 years in the Senate and is now considering a run for governor. File / State House News Service State Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz (D-Boston) became the third candidate to officially enter the 2022 Massachusetts governor’s race Wednesday, casting herself as a candidate with a proven track record of pushing t...

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Mass. Sen. William N. Brownsberger ’78 — a key player in the passage of the state’s recent police reform bill — spoke virtually to the Harvard Kennedy School as part of its Reimagining Community Safety Speaker Series on Wednesday. Brownsberger is the State Senator for the Second Suffolk and Middlesex District, representing Belmont, Watertown, and parts of Allston, Brighton, Back Bay, and Fenway. His work focuses on criminal justice issues, and he previously held positions in...

Reply (Shutterstock) Middlesex Sheriff Peter J. Koutoujian officially completed his tenure as President of the Massachusetts Sheriffs Association after leading the organization for the past three years. Elected in October 2017, President Koutoujians tenure was originally slated to conclude at the end of 2019. MSA Presidents traditionally do not serve longer than a single two-year term, but Sheriff Koutoujian was asked to serve an additional year by his colleagues in order to synchronize the MS...