Kelly Garrity

writing about politics for @bostonglobe

[Kelly Garrity @kellygarrity3]

great news!!! soon you can fill the Mass. Playbook shaped hole in your inbox.

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[Ted Nesi @TedNesi]

NEW: @JakeAuch campaign not sweating the summer's progressive surge

Memo say his internal polling has him up 47 points over #MA04 primary challenger Poulos, with 71% support in Bristol Co.

Auchincloss has 9th-most cash in the entire US House, topping $7M https://t.co/0tzqC4iRta

[Nicholas Anastácio @NenoNicolosio]

@_alibianco @semafor @lisakashinsky @PunchbowlNews #MASEN: Rep. Seth Moulton (D-06) said he raised nearly $1.4 million in Q2, per @kellygarrity3

Sen. Ed Markey (D) said he raised nearly $1.1 million during the same period

🧵12/♾️

[Chris Van Buskirk @byChrisVan]

MANNING MARTIN: The SJC barred a Republican LG candidate from appearing on the primary ballot, saying he agreed with a ruling that there was “substantial, if not overwhelming, evidence” that her campaign submitted fraudulent voter signatures. #mapoli https://t.co/3YnATWTvjD

[Burgess Everett @burgessev]

Former Platner backers Warren and Sanders on whether they will get involved in the new Maine Senate primary

Warren: “I don’t know yet”
Sanders: “I don’t think so”

[Kelly Garrity @kellygarrity3]

stop the presses

[Samantha J. Gross @samanthajgross]

NEW: Those who vote in the GOP primary this September will see Michael Walsh, the party's endorsed pick for AG, on their ballot despite a lower court saying there was “substantial evidence” his campaign submitted fake signatures to qualify
https://t.co/4DSj5T5TPc #mapoli

[Chris Van Buskirk @byChrisVan]

SJC WALSH DECISION: SJC Justice Frank Gaziano upheld a lower court decision reinstating GOP AG candidate Michael Walsh on the September primary ballot, denying an appeal by a state commission that had removed him from the ballot amid allegations of signature fraud. #mapoli

[Chris Van Buskirk @byChrisVan]

ANNE MANNING MARTIN: In a related ruling, a judge in Lawrence barred GOP lieutenant governor candidate Anne Manning Martin from the ballot, a decision that upheld a prior ruling from a state panel that found voter signatures submitted by Manning Martin were likely fake. #mapoli

[Chris Van Buskirk @byChrisVan]

BACK ON BALLOT: A judge reinstated a Republican candidate knocked off the primary ballot amid fraud allegations, ruling that a technical error outweighs the “substantial evidence” his campaign submitted fake signatures in order to qualify. #mapoli https://t.co/FsAm8HV34Y

[The Boston Globe @BostonGlobe]

For most employees of the city of Boston, sick time, vacation days, and set salary ranges are a given. But for employees who work for city councilors, almost none of those basic employment conditions apply. https://t.co/EbHPCbBtvn

[Sam Brodey @sambrodey]

"I hate what the system did to him"

"I cried when the Politico story came out"

“Like, should I have figured this out much sooner?"

The campaign is moving on, but those who backed Platner (and those who didn't) are struggling to make sense of the moment

https://t.co/KDZdR7j5T3

[Chris Van Buskirk @byChrisVan]

PSYCHEDELICS: Massachusetts legislators are moving to allow for the supervised use of psychedelic substances in some mental health care settings, embracing a proposal that supporters say would offer critical help to veterans suffering from PTSD. #mapoli https://t.co/PfxTsdqBJ2

[Samantha J. Gross @samanthajgross]

Per handout image from guv's office Speaker Mariano was not present for the signing (Senate President Spilka, on the right, was)

[Steven Porter @reporterporter]

This won't be the first time such monitors have observed voting, but the latest effort carries "a different tone" amid broader efforts to pressure state officials: https://t.co/VbWE2SNwam with @kellygarrity3

[Samantha J. Gross @samanthajgross]

NEW: Governor Maura Healey has signed (with no changes or vetoes) a $63 billion state budget plan that does not raise taxes and introduces a slew of new laws.
https://t.co/q3dWo71Kcj #mapoli

[Kelly Garrity @kellygarrity3]

California Rep. Ro Khanna is endorsing in a Mass. state legislative race. #mapoli

[Sam Brodey @sambrodey]

Platner: “We did it the way were told we were supposed to make change...

Now they are not going to let us have it. Not if it’s me. And so we’re suspending campaign operations.”

[Chris Van Buskirk @byChrisVan]

GOP BALLOT: A judge is considering whether to reinstate two GOP candidates to their primary ballot this September on technical grounds, after a state commission ruled that hundreds of voter signatures the pair submitted were likely fraudulent. #mapoli https://t.co/VQWqaelIvD

[Kelly Garrity @kellygarrity3]

important: markey and moulton agreed the jaylen brown trade was bad

[Samantha J. Gross @samanthajgross]

NEW: Ed Markey spent the early part of this year publicly ignoring Seth Moulton.

There’s no question where their targets are now.

A dispatch from the debate stage in Chicopee, w/ @anjalihuynh https://t.co/VcqEVMjwjp #mapoli