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Delahunt will not seek reelection (MA Congressman)
Boston Globe ^ | March 4, 2010 | Jason Tuohey

Posted on 03/04/2010 5:08:19 PM PST by GQuagmire

WASHINGTON -- Representative William Delahunt will not seek re-election to Congress, the seven-term Democrat will announce tomorrow, ending a nearly 40-year career in elected office and giving Republicans hope of capturing the seat, which stretches from Cape Cod to the South Shore.

(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: 111th; 2010midterms; delahunt; ma2010; massachusetts
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1 posted on 03/04/2010 5:08:19 PM PST by GQuagmire
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To: GQuagmire

The Boston Globe admits that the GOP has a chance (again!) to take a seat in MA? I’m impressed. Obviously, the editors think Obama’s leadership is in question, and he isn’t spending enough or pushing hard enough on health care!


2 posted on 03/04/2010 5:10:14 PM PST by Pollster1 (Natural born citizen of the USA, with the birth certificate to prove it)
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To: GQuagmire

3 posted on 03/04/2010 5:10:44 PM PST by TonyInOhio ( Let our hearts be stout)
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To: Pollster1

Yeah, and I’ve got a chance to be the next Powerball winner. Actually, I’ve got a BETTER chance of being the next Powerball winner. Look at the demo on the Cape.


4 posted on 03/04/2010 5:15:27 PM PST by OCCASparky (Obama--Playing a West Wing fantasy in a '24' world.)
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To: GQuagmire
I think I read that Scott Brown carried at least one of our ten Congressional Districts.Due to laziness on my part I've failed to investigate further.However,I've always assumed that the middle third of the state was the most conservative and Delahunt’s district isn't there.Maybe internal polling showed he was gonna lose.The recent Amy Bishop case hasn't helped him one bit,that's for sure.
5 posted on 03/04/2010 5:17:28 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Host The Beer Summit-->Win The Nobel Peace Prize!)
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To: OCCASparky

Did Scott Brown win this district? Brown won Barneys Frank district.


6 posted on 03/04/2010 5:17:41 PM PST by KC_Conspirator
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To: GQuagmire
Bawanny Fwank. your next !!!
7 posted on 03/04/2010 5:17:49 PM PST by taildragger (Palin/Mulally 2012)
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To: OCCASparky

After Scott Brown we just dont know how bad odumbo has made it for the rats


8 posted on 03/04/2010 5:20:04 PM PST by italianquaker (My bartender knew about the attempted Christmas attack before odumbo)
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To: GQuagmire

Wow. The hits just keep on coming.


9 posted on 03/04/2010 5:20:05 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: KC_Conspirator

Scott Brown won Teddy Kennedy’s old Senate seat


10 posted on 03/04/2010 5:20:14 PM PST by LadyBuzz
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To: GQuagmire

Another Dem calls it quits rather than lose.

If the Republicans win any seat in Massachusetts, it will be the 10th. Scott Brown got about 60% of the vote there and there looks like a decent Republican field is taking shape.


11 posted on 03/04/2010 5:20:52 PM PST by BCEagles
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woops - sorry about that - I’m not sure if he won Delahunt’s District....


12 posted on 03/04/2010 5:21:30 PM PST by LadyBuzz
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To: KC_Conspirator
Did Scott Brown win this district? Brown won Barneys Frank district.

As I said in an above post, Brown won the 10th handily (about 60% of the vote last time I checked, might be a little more, might be a little less, but I remember reading 60%).

13 posted on 03/04/2010 5:23:48 PM PST by BCEagles
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Voters in Delahunt's 10th District gave Republican Scott Brown his best margins in the state in the special Jan. 19 election to fill Kennedy's seat.

Handwriting was on the wall.

14 posted on 03/04/2010 5:25:30 PM PST by elli1 (Insane politicos killing American Business one tax at a time)
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To: OCCASparky

I’m VERY familiar with the Cape. I’m also curious what could have motivated the Globe to say the result is in doubt. I doubt that they are hoping to motivate their base (and, yes, they are the propaganda wing of the MA Dem Party), since the question could actually encourage voters who have never thought before to consider what candidates are saying if “everybody else is thinking about it”. I don’t think the Globe would risk such a comment unless they considered it a real possibility.


15 posted on 03/04/2010 5:25:35 PM PST by Pollster1 (Natural born citizen of the USA, with the birth certificate to prove it)
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To: LadyBuzz

I think he means “did Scott Brown win more votes than the democrat in this district”

And the answer is yes, he did.

A republican will win Delahunt’s seat. And if the legislature remains democratic next year, they will redistrict this district out of existence.


16 posted on 03/04/2010 5:25:47 PM PST by cotton1706
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To: BCEagles
I think Brown carried Cape Cod and parts of South Shore before deep blue Boston. Except Vineyard and Nantucket (of course)

Correct me if this is innacurate, but I saw a post election map of MA showing it.

17 posted on 03/04/2010 5:27:58 PM PST by Col Frank Slade
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To: Col Frank Slade

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!


18 posted on 03/04/2010 5:37:31 PM PST by hal ogen
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To: LadyBuzz

I know, but Brown won the district votes in his senate race.


19 posted on 03/04/2010 5:42:14 PM PST by KC_Conspirator
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To: Col Frank Slade

http://www.boston.com/news/special/politics/2010/senate/results.html

That’s the town-by-town map. Virtually all of the 10th is red except for the islands, Provincetown, and its neighboring towns.


20 posted on 03/04/2010 6:01:32 PM PST by BCEagles
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