Briefings: Fourth but Not Least as Ramos Joins Televised Mayoral Fray…
State Representative Orlando Ramos has become the fourth candidate for mayor of Springfield to begin advertising on television. He follows Mayor Domenic Sarno, at-large Councilor Justin Hurst and...
View ArticleThe Springfield Mayoral Campaign Finance Boys of Summer…
The July-August stretch of the Springfield mayoral campaign may become one of the most pivotal from the campaign finance perspective. It was in July that adult care mogul Cesar Ruiz deposited 100 large...
View ArticleSarno Hits Back at WNEU Debate but Fails to School Mayoral Rivals…
SPRINGFIELD—In what could be the full mayoral field’s last outing, the candidates to lead the City of Homes sparred over crime and economic development. Incumbent Domenic Sarno tried to swipe at his...
View ArticleThe Campaign Finance Glimpse before Springfield Votes in Its Mayoral Prelim…
Sitting on a massive pile of campaign cash, Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno entered August with the most money and began this month with the most. Yet, August also saw Sarno dropping at least $130,000...
View ArticleTop Six Takeaways from the Preliminary for the City Founded in 1636…
SPRINGFIELD—Mayor Domenic Sarno and City Councilor Justin Hurst’s advancement to the mayoral preliminary was the result the city’s chattering classes had been expecting for nearly a year. However, a...
View ArticleSuperPAC Boosting Latinos Spent Nearly 100 Grand from West to East in Prelims…
The Hispanic Latino Leaders Now Independent Expenditure PAC (HLLN) upended the electoral mood, if not the results, when it began spending thousands of dollars to boost Latino candidates, including...
View ArticleBriefings: In Week after Mayoral Preliminary, Hurst Racks up Fresh Support…
Springfield City Councilor Justin Hurst has collected several high-profile endorsements since becoming the sole surviving challenger to Mayor Domenic Sarno. After comfortably emerging from last week’s...
View ArticleThe Springfield Mayoral Money Race near the Home Stretch…
As the Springfield mayoral race lumbered into October, the campaign cash dash was barely at a trot. Piles of money and late heat in the campaign propelled at-large Councilor Justin Hurst and Mayor...
View ArticleThe Year in Springfield, 2023…
The election dominated 2023 in Springfield in a way that elections rarely have. Only the rise of ward representation stands as a fair comparison. But while 2009, as an election year, changed...
View ArticleSpringfield Race is Over, but the Campaign Finance Refs Still Reviewing the...
UPDATED 1/11/24 11:41AM for additional information: The mayoral race in Springfield may be long over and the victors have taken the oath. That, however, does not mean the work of campaign finance...
View ArticleDeficits Aside, Annual Report for Latino SuperPAC Show Its Reach Broadened…
Hispanic Latino Leaders Now, the Springfield-based SuperPAC that aimed to elect more Latinos to office in Massachusetts, filed its 2023 annual report last month. The document provides additional...
View ArticleTake My Council, Please: The (Off-)Center of Power Holds on Police Commission…
SPRINGFIELD—Mayor Domenic Sarno and the City Council averted a political crisis Monday by agreeing to sunset what now amounts to suspensions of key parts of the Police Commission ordinance. The change...
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