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HOLYOKE — Endorsements, last-minute campaign pitches and cash are flying around in Holyoke, where two candidates are campaigning to become the city’s first new mayor in nearly a decade.At stake in the contest is who will lead Holyoke for the next four...

Sullivan’s fundraising ahead of mayoral field in Holyoke "> Published: 7/13/2021 7:18:49 PM HOLYOKE — Campaign cash is pouring into Holyoke, where eight candidates are jockeying to become the city’s next mayor in a wide-open election. In total, Holyoke mayoral candidates have raked in $152,311 since the start of the year, according to figures from the state’s Office of Campaign and Political Finance. Most of that money comes from political donations during that time period, though some candidates have transferred sums of money from their previous campaigns. At the top of that list is ...

Holyoke candidates decry racist messages on campaign signs "> Published: 7/7/2021 8:50:45 PM HOLYOKE — Two Latino candidates for elected office are speaking out after racist messages were found written on the back of their campaign signs at a busy city intersection. Israel Rivera, who is running for an at-large City Council seat, and Joshua Garcia, a mayoral candidate, came forward earlier this week to decry the vandalized signs, which were discovered a week before. In interviews, both candidates said they debated whether to draw attention to the incident. Ultimately, they said they decided...

Former councilor, Diosdado Lopez, joins Holyoke mayoral race DIOSDADO LOPEZ HOLYOKE — Longtime former city councilor Diosdado Lopez has announced that he is running for mayor. Lopez, 56, is the eighth candidate who has pulled papers to run for mayor in Holyoke. He served for 20 years as the Ward 2 councilor and was the first Latino elected to the City Council in 1991. After stepping down from the council in 2011, he was appointed in 2016 to serve as an at-large city councilor until 2017 to complete the term of Jennifer Chateauneuf, who had resigned. “I saw so many folks and I said, ‘We...