Warren Gives Awkward Press Conference

Elizabeth Warren / AP

Massachusetts Senator-elect Elizabeth Warren clumsily dodged questions and exchanged one-sentence responses to reporters at her first press conference with Gov. Deval Patrick since the election, the Boston Herald reports.

Professor Warren’s Mystery Contract

Massachusetts Democratic Senate Candidate Warren Received No-Bid Contract from Clinton DOJ
Elizabeth Warren / AP

Massachusetts Democratic senate candidate Elizabeth Warren garnered a lucrative no-bid contract with the Clinton administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) one year after advising then-First Lady Hillary Clinton.

Golnik’s Gambit

Small businessman tries to unseat Niki Tsongas—again
Jon Golnik / jongolnik.com

Massachusetts small business owner and Republican congressional candidate Jon Golnik is catching up to his Democratic opponent with an energetic campaign and position in the vanguard of the resurgent Massachusetts Republican Party.

The Northern Strategy

Mass. Republican congressional candidate Richard Tisei practices new winning GOP formula in the Northeast
Tisei / WC

Republican Massachusetts Sixth District congressional candidate Richard Tisei, an openly gay, fiscally conservative, and socially moderate former state Senate minority leader, is running against entrenched Democratic Rep. John Tierney with a new, exciting brand of Republicanism—and he thinks his style might just be the future of the northeastern GOP.

Bipartisan Brown

Dems donate to Scott Brown, take credit for his ideas
Sen. Scott Brown / AP

Republican Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown is burnishing his bipartisan credentials by receiving increased financial support from top Democratic donors, while the 2012 Democratic National Platform is taking credit for his signature piece of legislation.

Scott Brown to the Rescue

Massachusetts Senator to Selectmen: Don’t revoke license of taxi driver who went after GOP tracker
Sen. Scott Brown / AP

Republican U.S. Senator Scott Brown wrote a letter to the Board of Selectmen of Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts, Thursday urging them not to revoke the taxi license of Morgan Reitzas, the Martha’s Vineyard cabbie who was involved in an altercation with a Republican campaign tracker last weekend.

Captain Morgan Unleashed

Taxi driver and bandleader IDed as assailant of GOP operative
Bruce Mann, Morgan Reitzas, Elizabeth Warren / Facebook

An eyewitness to the confrontation between Elizabeth Warren’s violent taxi driver and a Republican cameraman this weekend on Martha’s Vineyard has confirmed the identity of the assailant.

‘Keep Congress Kennedy-Free’

For Sean Bielat, congressional race a battle against old money, old media
Sean Bielat / AP

A Republican underdog looking to pull off an upset in a Massachusetts House race is hoping that a guerilla social media campaign can trump massive out-of-state donations, mainstream media bias, and dynastic power.

Sen. Scott Brown endorsed by Dem

Republican Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown received the endorsement Thursday of former Democratic state Rep. Paul Casey, who cited Brown’s bipartisan credentials and willingness to work across party lines as the reason for his endorsement.