US Congressman Stephen Lynch defeated Jamaica Plain’s Patrick Roath for the 8th Congressional district. The Associated Press declared that Lynch won around 11:40 pm. With 94% of the vote counted at 2:49 am, Lynch had 55.2% (53,545) and Roath had 44.8% (43,382). Yu won by 546 votes, according to the AP (via Boston Globe). Yu received 15,404 to win the Democratic Party primary for the Norfolk & Suffolk State Senate seat. Rush received 14,858 votes.…
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Longtime Congressman Stephen Lynch and challenger Patrick Roath finally got to sit down and discuss issues facing the country at a candidate forum earlier this month. Lynch, a 13-time Democratic Party incumbent represents the state’s 8th Congressional district, had not appeared at any candidate forum with Roach prior to the League of Women Voters Candidate Forum in Weymouth earlier this month. The forum wasn’t a debate, as the rules were for candidates to only answer…
Congressman Stephen Lynch has not committed to any proposed debates with challenger Patrick Roath. Roath, a Jamaica Plain resident, plans to attend an 8th Congressional District Candidates Night at the West End Neighborhood Center on June 11. Said Roath, “These are exactly the kinds of events our democracy depends on: neighbors coming together to hear directly from the candidates who want to represent them. I’ll be there. The question is whether Congressman Lynch will show…
Rep. Lynch Calls Out Musk’s Conflicts of Interest, Citing Whopping $9.5 Billion in Defense Contracts
