To Win His Seat, Candidates May Need to Be Like Mike (Knapik)…
BREAKING: State House News has source that puts special senate election Oct 8 (primary) & Nov 5 (general). UPDATED 8/7/13 5:21PM: Maps from previous incarnations of 2nd Hampden & Hampshire...
View ArticleAnalysis: Field to Replace Knapik Presages the Tenor of Campaign…
Day by day the race to replace Michael Knapik in the Agawam-Easthampton-Holyoke-Westfield aligned 2nd Hampden & Hampshire is taking shape. Earlier this week, a few more candidates entered the race...
View ArticlePrimary Looming, Bartley & Tautznik’s Positions/Styles on Display…
EASTHAMPTON—Crossing swords for the second time in the remarkably short primary campaign, Easthampton Mayor Michael Tautznik and Holyoke Ward 3 Councilor David Bartley displayed the choice Democrats...
View ArticleAfter Local & Regional Stints, for Tautznik, State a Logical Step…
UPDATED 10/6/13 11:07AM: With links and for grammar. EASTHAMPTON—After a lengthy tenure as the only mayor the town has had since the office was created in the mid 1990’s, Michael Tautznik had planned...
View ArticleThe Once and Future Candidacy of David Bartley…
What is in a name? In a low turnout, GOTV-driven election like tomorrow’s primary, it could count for a lot. David K. Bartley, the Ward 3 Councilor from Holyoke running in tomorrow Democrat’s...
View ArticleAnalysis: Leg Two of the Special State Senate Sprint…
Marching on to November 5, the election to fill Mike Knapik’s Senate seat will feature Republican Westfield Representative Don Humason and Democrat David Bartley, a Holyoke ward Councilor. Humason...
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