Election 2006

Gubernatorial Candidates


Kerry Healey (R)- http://www.healeycommittee.com/


Christy Mihos (independent)- http://www.christy2006.com/


Deval Patrick (D)- http://www.devalpatrick.com/


Grace Ross (Green-Rainbow Party)- http://www.graceandwendy.org/

The photos are from the candidates' campaign sites.

8/22/06

Welcome to the Étudiant's collection of Election 2006 news. This page will be updated up until the election, so stay tuned.

8/23/06

I posted this story. Source: Boston Herald

Polls show Dem rivals lead Reilly: Gabrieli, Patrick top AG

Chris Gabrieli’s pricey TV ads are apparently paying off as the millionaire philanthropist moves up in the gubernatorial polls while Attorney General Tom Reilly continues to lag in the tightening Democratic primary race.

Gabrieli is in command of the race in a new Suffolk University/WHDH-TV (Ch. 7) poll, topping the field with 32 percent support. Former U.S. attorney Deval Patrick was second with 24 percent, followed by Reilly with 20 percent. Some 24 percent of the 600 registered voters polled were undecided.

I also put together this poll.
http://snappoll.com/poll/125135.php

8/30

I added pictures of the candidates.

9/15

Some campaign news from the Boston Globe:

Healey ad opens new front in primary

The battle for governor erupted across party lines yesterday, as Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey labeled Democrat Christopher Gabrieli a tycoon in a television ad that says he would enrich himself through his proposal to provide $1 billion in public funds for stem cell and other life science research.

Without waiting for the outcome of Tuesday's Democratic primary, Healey, the GOP's choice for governor, singled out Gabrieli, delighting Gabrieli's aides who saw her strategy as evidence that he is the strongest Democrat in the race. Healey's aides insisted that the ad was a response to television attack ads aimed at her this week by a Democrat-connected union group.
The GOP foray into the Democratic primary battle came out of the blue and triggered a new round of television ads in the closing days before Tuesday's primary. Gabrieli launched a response ad that described the claims as petty politics.

9/16

Some interesting info from the Boston Herald.

‘I take out the trash’... but not the Thursday before the primary

A testy Chris Gabrieli, who touts himself in a campaign TV ad as a regular Joe taking out the trash, now says he’s too busy stumping for office to do the chore in real life.

“Look, I take out the trash sometimes. I don’t take out the trash on the Thursday before the primary,” the millionaire Democrat insisted yesterday.

A Herald photographer snapped a picture Thursday of a young woman in an apron carrying a bin of recyclables from Gabrieli’s $2 million Beacon Hill brownstone - an apparent contradiction of his homebody campaign spot.

Gabrieli noted, for the record, that the aide shown in a Herald photo was carrying recyclables, not trash, to the curb. She placed the bin next to trash bags.

“But more to the point,” he said. “Yes, I take it out a lot of times. I don’t think it’s any surprise I’m not home at trash time these days.”

9/19

Three of Boston's local news channels have special sections for the election.

Channel 4: http://cbs4boston.com/politics
Channel 5: http://www.thebostonchannel.com/politics/index.html
Channel 7: http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/special_edition/MI2501/

Later tonight, we'll find out which Democrats will continue running for governor and lt. governor. Deval Patrick is favored by the polls...

9/19, 9:55 PM

According to the AP, Deval Patrick has won the Democrats' nomination.

9/19, 10:05 PM

Early voter turnout is fairly strong

Poll workers around Wakefield were happy about the healthy amount of voters who turned out for today’s primary election so far this morning.

At 9:15 a.m., 109 votes were cast in Precinct 5 and 121 were cast in Precinct 6. Voters from both precincts voted at the West Side Social Club on Harrington Court.

Meanwhile, at the Masonic Temple on Salem Street, 143 votes were cast from Precinct 7 at 9:45 a.m., while 132 were cast from Precinct 1 at the same time.

A complete count of town votes will appear in tomorrow’s Item.

Among the voters at the West Side Social Club was School Committee member Anthony Guardia, who stressed the importance of voting while he was there. Guardia has been an open supporter of Sean Grant, a Saugus Democrat who is running for State Representative in the Ninth Essex District, which includes Precincts 1, 2 and 7 in Wakefield.

At the Masonic Temple, Vin Falzone, the father of Mark Falzone, the current State Representative of the Ninth Essex District, was on hand to support his son. Vin Falzone says he holds signs for his favorite candidates at the Masonic Temple during every election.

“I guess it’s tradition,” Falzone said.

Source: Wakefield Daily Item

9/19, 10:15 PM

Developing story:

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Christopher Gabrieli is giving a concession speech in which he said that he told Deval Patrick he will work diligently on his behalf in the general election. But he scolded GOP nominee Kerry Healey for running negative ads against him in the waning days of the campaign that criticized his support of stem cell research. "Tonight, this campaign ends, but its spirit lives on," he said. Attorney General Thomas Reilly, a candidate in the same race, conceded earlier. Timothy P. Murray, 38, the three-term mayor of Worcester, has been nominated as the Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor.

Source: Boston Globe

10/4

Big Dig firms put money into Healey’s ads

While Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey has talked tough on the Big Dig, a new political ad supporting her bid for governor was bankrolled by a Republican special interest group funded by major contractors on the scandal-plagued project.

The Republican Governors Association, which is chaired by Gov. Mitt Romney, raked in $25,000 from Big Dig contractor Bechtel since 2005 and another $10,000 this year from Dig firm Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade and Douglas.

The nonprofit RGA has so far kicked in $890,000 for a new TV ad trumpeting Healey’s accomplishments on Beacon Hill as part of a nationwide campaign to support GOP candidates for governor.

Source: Boston Herald

10/19

Want some coverage of today's debate? You got it.

10/20

Glen Maganzini criticizes the candidates and defines the true conservative in this editorial.