Jehlen Wins!

[woosh]

Not sure the numbers, but just got back from the post-election party and she beat out Mackey, Callahan and Casey for the Democratic nomination for the State Senate seat vacated by Charlie Shannon's passing.

Now on to the election againsts the Republican candidate Bill WHite.

[woosh]

1. Link

http://www.thesomervillenews.com/



Jehlen wins special election primary

By George P. Hassett

The State Representative from West Somerville has won the democratic primary for the 2nd Middlesex state Senate seat.

Patricia D. Jehlen, D-Somerville, defeated Joseph K. Mackey, Michael J. Callahan and Paul C. Casey in the race to replace Charles E. Shannon.

Mackey, who finished second, gave his concession speech at Orleans restaraunt at 9:00 p.m.


Mackey was even classy enough to come to Jehlen's victory speach and congratulate her.

[paineinthearse]

2. Woohoo

Congrats Pat! I received this from the state party today, let's see if they give their support to a progressive!

Dear MDP Volunteer:

**ACTION ALERT**

We need your help. You may already know that today is the primary for the State Senate race in the Second Middlesex district. Whoever wins today will face William White, a selectman from Somerville —the largest city in the district. He is unopposed in the primary and for months has been running a campaign well financed by Massachusetts conservatives. Second Middlesex is a “swing” district that has elected both Republicans and Democrats in the past.

With many important votes scheduled this fall in the Legislature, we need to keep this seat Democratic.

Many of you have been phone banking for months, talking with unenrolled voters in the district about the issues that concern them most. Now we need help in the Mass Democratic Party headquarters to enter all of the information we obtained into the computer, and with more phone banking to finish up the list. We've put in too much hard work to stop now.

Please commit to volunteering at our Boston office for at least 2 hours during one of these time slots:

Tuesday (Today): 3pm-8:30pm

Wednesday (Tomorrow): 9:30am-8:30pm

Thursday: 9:30am-6pm

To sign up, or for more information, please call Brent at [phone] or e-mail him at [e-mail]

Thanks for all you have done and continue to do.

[paineinthearse]

3. unofficial results

http://www.thesomervillenews.com/

The following are unofficial totals now being displayed on Somerville City Cable channel 16:

District-wide:

Jehlen - 7117
Mackey - 4984
Callahan - 4122
Casey - 2457

Somerville only:

Jehlen - 4190
Mackey - 3109
Callahan - 570
Casey - 278

[TaleWgnDg]

4. Oh, wow! Great! Good for Jehlen and for all her workers too!

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Yes, my deepest congratulations to Patricia Jehlen and all her hard-working workers/volunteers! Indeed. Hoorah! Now for the upcoming special general election too!

You go, Jehlen, you go!

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[TaleWgnDg]

5. Jehlen gets 38% of vote, closest competitor Mackey gets 27 %

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Jehlen Tops Democratic State Senate Primary;
Somerville Liberal to Face GOP's White for 2d Middlesex (Senate) Seat

by Emma Stickgold, (Bos) Globe Correspondent | August 31, 2005

State Representative Patricia D. Jehlen of Somerville, who touted endorsements from leading unions and other advocacy groups as evidence of her liberal bona fides, cruised to victory last night in the Democratic primary to replace deceased state Senator Charles E. Shannon, Jr.

Jehlen, who has served in the House for 14 years, captured 38 percent of the vote, according to unofficial results last night. She easily outpaced her closest competitor, Somerville lawyer Joseph K. Mackey, who received 27 percent in his bid for a political comeback after 15 years out of office.

Michael Callahan of Medford, a member of the Governor's Council, got 22 percent, and state Representative Paul C. Casey of Winchester received 13 percent.

Jehlen will be favored to defeat William A. White Jr., a Somerville alderman and a Republican, in the Sept. 27 general election. The Second Middlesex district is heavily Democratic, but Shannon, running as a Republican in 1989, defeated a Democratic incumbent before switching parties seven years later.

. . . more at . . . http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/08/31/jehlen_tops_democratic_state_senate_primary?mode=PF

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[jbnr51]

6. I've been out of the loop for a while now

But wait a minute...Charlie Shannon died?

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7. Welcome to DU, jbnr51 . . .

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Welcome to DU, jbnr51 :hi: . . . and, yes, state Senator Charles E. Shannon, Jr. passed away some time last April. This was a Massachusetts special election to fill his vacant Massachusetts senate seat in the Middlesex Second Senate District. Patricia Jehlen (Democrat, Somerville) is a state representative who ran in that special election and won against several other Democrats.
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