Primary Night 2018 was a big night for Progressive Massachusetts and our endorsed candidates.
Boston City Councilor Ayanna Pressley defeated incumbent Congressman Mike Capuano by 17%, becoming the first woman of color to represent Massachusetts in Washington.
Rachael Rollins won by 16% and will become the first woman of color to be the District Attorney of Suffolk County. She ran on a strong progressive platform of implementing the recently passed criminal justice reform bill and taking bold ... (Read More...)
Support Progressive Candidates on the State and Local Level
Finally getting Massachusetts back on track as the progressive leader we once were is a project with many fronts—grassroots organizing, legislative pressure, and electoral change … We need to build a better, more progressive Beacon Hill. Not just in name, but in actual policy-making and priority-setting.
To win on our issues: we need more legislators willing to stand up to the forces in the system that have pulled our policy too far ... (Read More...)
From our friends in the Progressive Needham chapter, a useful graphic on caucuses--and, below, some suggestions about how one might organize/engage to affect the electoral landscape
From February 3 to March 4, local Democratic town and ward committees across the state will be holding caucuses to elect delegates to the 6/2 Mass Dems Convention.
Find your caucus location here: massdems.org/convention/2018-caucus-dates
Caucuses are one of the opportunities activists, organizers, and regular o... (Read More...)
