I'll Vote for the Local Candidate -- And That's the Gay Candidate, Too!
Filed by: Dustin Kight
September 15, 2008 1:00 PM
http://www.bilerico.com/2008/09/ill_vote_for_the_local_candidate_--_and.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2008/09/ill_vote_for_the_local_candidate_--_and.php)
Tuesday, September 16 is primary day here in Massachusetts -- for state offices, at least. In a heavily Democratic state like MA, primary day is basically election day. The same was true when I lived in Washington, DC. Once Fenty secured the Democratic nomination for mayor, he more or less sailed into office.
This is the first election cycle I'll vote in up here with any real knowledge of the community and the political cast of characters at hand. Last year I voted in MA as a very, very new resident. This time around I feel much savvier as a Somerville voter, and there's one race in particular I've been following closely -- that of Carl Sciortino versus Bob Trane for my state rep.