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The Results
Apr. 30th, 2013 11:04 pmEd Markey won the Democratic nomination. Good.
The Republican nominee is Gabriel Gomez, a former Navy Seal who has no political experience. As much as I respect him and appreciate his military service, I can't vote for him. His feelings toward gay marriage and women's reproductive rights boil down to, "Let the states decide for themselves." Of course, letting the states decide for themselves really means not letting individuals and couples decide for themselves and I have a real problem with people making decisions for other people on matters that don't affect them. And we have way too many Republicans in the Senate anyway.
I should have realized, from the signs on the lawns all over the place, that we also had a town election today, on a separate ballot. I've lived here a long time, and there were only two names on the whole town ballot that I was familiar with. I voted for everyone who wasn't an incumbent.
The general election for the Senate seat is June 25th.
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The Republican nominee is Gabriel Gomez, a former Navy Seal who has no political experience. As much as I respect him and appreciate his military service, I can't vote for him. His feelings toward gay marriage and women's reproductive rights boil down to, "Let the states decide for themselves." Of course, letting the states decide for themselves really means not letting individuals and couples decide for themselves and I have a real problem with people making decisions for other people on matters that don't affect them. And we have way too many Republicans in the Senate anyway.
I should have realized, from the signs on the lawns all over the place, that we also had a town election today, on a separate ballot. I've lived here a long time, and there were only two names on the whole town ballot that I was familiar with. I voted for everyone who wasn't an incumbent.
The general election for the Senate seat is June 25th.
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