Emma Platoff
Politics Reporter at The Boston Globe
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1 week ago |
bostonglobe.com | Emma Platoff |Matt Stout
Massachusetts House Speaker Ronald Mariano intends to seek reelection next fall and another term as the chamber’s leader, an aide to the 78-year-old Democrat said Friday, potentially cementing the House’s hierarchy through 2028. Mariano’s office disclosed his plans in response to a Globe inquiry about potential succession plans in the House.
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2 weeks ago |
bostonglobe.com | Emma Platoff
Outside spending in the Boston mayor’s race is ramping up again this week, as a super PAC aligned with Mayor Michelle Wu launches its first television advertisement of the cycle, touting her leadership and attacking her chief rival, Josh Kraft. The 30-second spot, which will air on broadcast and streaming, highlights Wu’s resistance against the Trump administration and attacks Kraft as trying to spend his way into office.
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3 weeks ago |
bostonglobe.com | Emma Platoff
More than a dozen Boston Democratic activists on Tuesday asked the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance, the state agency that polices campaign finance, to investigate what they described as “troubling evidence of illegal campaign spending and coordination” between Josh Kraft’s campaign for mayor and an outside super PAC, “Your City, Your Future,” that has supported his campaign.
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4 weeks ago |
bostonglobe.com | Emma Platoff |Niki Griswold
But so far, the one that seems to be taking center stage is money — who’s giving it, who’s spending it, whose dad has a lot of it, and how much of it is funding attack ads.
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4 weeks ago |
bostonglobe.com | Emma Platoff |Matt Stout
A super PAC aligned with mayoral candidate Josh Kraft announced Thursday it will spend an additional $1 million on attack ads against Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, bringing its total negative spending to $2.4 million — an eye-popping sum so early in the race that could put the city on track for its most expensive mayoral race yet.
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