Tompkins and his attorneys argued prosecutors had not presented sufficient evidence of a quid pro quo or corrupt intent.
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Markey’s sound win on Tuesday further signals that voters found him to be the unalloyed progressive.
On Beacon Hill, with a reputation for opacity and top-down leadership, swapping sitting senators for first-time progressives may have limited utility when it comes to vote count. But Tuesday sent the signal that local representatives perceived as unfriendly to the city’s goals should expect rockier roads in future primaries.
The well-intended legislation was aimed at addressing persistent racial and socioeconomic achievement gaps, but what Beacon Hill perhaps didn’t foresee was the greater financial pressure it would place on municipal budgets as sluggish state aid growth that has not kept pace with inflation, strict limits on local tax increases, and rising costs continue to trap many local governments between a rock and a hard place.
Minogue will need to overcome heavy odds to unseat Healey, who starts the race widely favored to win reelection.
Koh will face Republican Micah Jones in November. If Koh wins, as he is heavily favored to do, he would be Massachusetts’s first Asian American congressperson.