politics, local

Three candidates in race to run registry of deeds

Ben Storrow — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0500

NORTHAMPTON - Three candidates are now in the race to become Hampshire County's next register of deeds. The contest will mark the first open race in more than two decades for the $90,000-a-year job of overseeing the county's land transactions.

On area stop, Nuciforo talks change in DC

Rebecca Everett — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0500

EASTHAMPTON - Andrea Nuciforo Jr. told city residents Wednesday that he will work to reverse the direction of an economy that is "rigged against ordinary people" if he is elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.

Congressional hopeful visits Easthampton, Holyoke today

Ben Storrow — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0500

EASTHAMPTON - Andrea Nuciforo Jr. will officially launch his campaign for Congress today with a bus tour to five cities across the newly created 1st Congressional District.

Democrats to hold caucuses in February

Daily Hampshire Gazette — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:00:00 -0500

Democrats will hold caucuses in their communities during February to elect delegates and alternates to the Massachusetts Democratic Convention at the MassMutual Center in Springfield on June 2, where a candidate for U.S. Senate is expected to be endorsed.

Amherst native Daniel Winslow now one of state's rare Republican legislators

Ben Storrow — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:00:00 -0500

BOSTON - Daniel Winslow is something of an anomaly among Republican legislators. He supports gay marriage. He's pro-choice. Perhaps oddest of all: He was born and raised in Amherst. Winslow, who won a seat representing the 9th Norfolk District in the state House of Representatives in 2010, also has an unusually high profile for a freshman legislator. A former district court judge, he also served as chief legal counsel to former Gov. Mitt Romney for two years. Winslow is a favorite of the Boston media, who quote him frequently, and he boasts one of the largest Twitter and Facebook followings in the Legislature. And then there are the rumblings that he may be interested in running for higher office.

Valley residents split on Mitt Romney’s candidacy as NH primary draws near

Daily Hampshire Gazette — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 05:00:00 -0500

NORTHAMPTON - Mitt Romney, former governor and now presidential candidate, gets some love from Valley residents - in a kind of muted way. In an unscientific sampling of voter sentiment last week, a Gazette photographer-writer team asked people in Northampton, Easthampton and Hadley what they think of Romney's bid to capture the GOP presidential nomination and challenge President Barack Obama in November. Romney is the front-runner in New Hampshire's much-anticipated, first-in-the-nation primary on Tuesday. The Massachusetts primary is March 6. A few of those interviewed said they intend to vote for Romney, who was Massachusetts governor from 2003 to 2007, for president.

• Related story: NH voters take time deciding

One political consultant's view of GOP presidential race

Daily Hampshire Gazette — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 05:00:00 -0500

Ben Clarke of Greenfield is a past chief political speech writer for former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., and communications consultant for former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani's 2008 presidential campaign. He is now senior vice president of the Luntz Global public relations firm based in Alexandria, Va.