Guy W. Glodis loses to Suzanne M. Bump, Michael Lake, and "Blank."

[Ian David]

Yes, more people left their ballot blank than voted for Glodis!

Bump defeats Glodis, Lake
Contested Dem, GOP primaries for state auditor

By John J. Monahan TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF
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WORCESTER — Republican Mary Z. Connaughton, the politically feisty accountant and former Turnpike director, will face former state Labor Secretary Suzanne M. Bump for state auditor in November as both turned out victories in their respective party primaries yesterday.

Ms. Bump triumphed in a three-way Democratic battle in which she overcame a far-better financed bid by Worcester County Sheriff Guy W. Glodis and a first-time run by Northeastern University program director Michael Lake.

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Mr. Glodis fired back at both candidates, accusing them of being “welfare politicians” for accepting public campaign funds, and highlighted Ms. Bump's violation of ethics rules by accepting dinner and tickets for a show from a lobbyist. Ms. Bump, however, had already disclosed the error early in her campaign and said she had paid her fine after making a mistake.

Mr. Glodis was forced to grapple with new disclosures that he accepted a $20,000 no-interest personal loan from a Shrewsbury hedge-fund operator who was convicted of bilking investors out of $12 million and is now serving a lengthy federal prison sentence. During the campaign, it was disclosed Mr. Glodis failed to report the source of that loan on state financial disclosure forms.

More:
http://www.telegram.com/article/20100915/NEWS/9150405/0/NEWS03

See also:

Bump for state auditor. Or else? The Boston Globe on what her anti-gay opponent is all about. http://tumblr.com/xgoig7bhz

HRC endorses Suzanne Bump for Mass. State Auditor. http://tumblr.com/xgoig6tdk


In auditor’s race, Glodis shows just what kind of a guy he is

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Vive la différence. Bump and Glodis are quite different on issues. Glodis lost the Democratic convention nomination in May when he was shown to be on the wrong side of nearly every liberal issue — gay rights, the death penalty, gun control, taxes, and diversity.

Bump, in the Legislature and as labor secretary, was a reformer and won praise for modernizing and streamlining a state agency that is many times larger than the auditor’s office.

The shady loan. Ethics is the distinction between them. Glodis has had to defend himself against stories in the Globe that showed that he had illegally taken and hid the source of a $22,000 personal loan originally made by a friend, a hedge fund manager who has since gone to jail for bilking millions from his clients. Just days after getting that loan, Glodis made a $20,000 personal loan to his campaign. He says the two are unrelated. Yeah, sure.

Sheriff as outlaw. Glodis has a close relationship with the Office of Campaign and Political Finance, which polices how candidates handle political money. In 2009, the agency ordered Glodis to pay $9,970 in fines for unlawfully depositing 34 money orders worth $5,770 into his campaign account, and for illegally accepting 12 corporate contributions totaling $2,600.

More:
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2010/09/10/in_auditors_race_glodis_shows_just_what_kind_of_a_guy_he_is/

[Mass]

1. This is the result that pleased me the most in the primary yesterday.

I probably would not have followed the primary if he had not run, given that in my district, the only other primary was for Treasurer, and it seemed a shoe-in for Grossman (and was), but Glodis is so unpalatable that I had to.

So, great news.

[Kat45]

2. I didn't know that "blank" even beat him.

Cool!