It’s going to be hard to beat this race in terms of local entertainment, i.e. Mayor Wu’s proxy fight against state Sen. Nick Collins, who dared to oppose the mayor’s tax-shift proposal on Beacon Hill, as the Globe and Herald report. …A little of New Boston vs Old Boston, City Hall vs Beacon Hill, etc. Not exactly Ali-Frazier. But we’ll take it. So Wu’s right: “This is going to be a fun election cycle.” … Besides Senate president Karen Spilka’s probable behind-the-scenes support of Collins, it’s going to be interesting to see who backs who in this proxy war.
Update – Scott Van Voorhis has his own favorites: “When it comes to district attorney races, it’s hard to beat the Norfolk and Suffolk DA contests for drama” (scroll down to ‘Sleeper Race’).
Update II — From the Globe’s Joan Vennochi: “The limits of Mayor Wu’s hardball politics>”
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[…] Wu’s Trump dominance strategy – Like the big guy in the White House, Mayor Wu wants to use the primaries to establish her dominance, punishing perceived intraparty enemies and serving notice to others to stay in line. So she’s going after two Dem state Senators — Will Brownsberger and Nick Collins – who had the nerve to oppose her property-tax plans on Beacon Hill. … I do get a kick out of Brownsberger’s opponent, Eric ‘Thanks Dad’ Lander, who’s trying to out progressive a progressive while tapping into his dad’s network of capitalist friends for funds, as the Globe reports. … GBH has more on the race. And the Herald has more on the Collins-Latoya Gayle race, which hasn’t been as exciting as I had once hoped and expected. […]
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