11/28/2017 07:10 AM EDT
By Lauren Dezenski (ldezenski@politico.com; @LaurenDezenski) with Rebecca Morin (rmorin@politico.com; @RebeccaMorin_)
GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS.
MAPOLI PRIMARY CHALLENGE SIREN - Secretary of State Bill Galvin, one of the state's longest-serving constitutional officers, will face a primary challenge from Boston City Councilor Josh Zakim. This is Galvin's first primary challenge in more than a decade.
Zakim cast his candidacy as an opportunity for the state to get more out of its secretary of state's office in a time of discord in the nation's capital - much like a Maura Healey for the secretariat overseeing elections and public records. "Seeing a lot of the attacks being led out of the White House on voting rights particularly in underrepresented communities, I just don't think that office has been doing all it can and all it should be doing to lower those barriers," Zakim said in an interview.
Zakim tells me he plans to hold his city council seat, which he just won for another term in November, while he campaigns. He did not consult Galvin before announcing his run.
First elected secretary of state in 1994, Galvin has been a Beacon Hill presence for decades, having served in the state House from 1975 to 1988, and one term as state treasurer beginning in 1990. He's
Galvin has faced several primary challenges since winning his current job. In 2006, Galvin garnered headlines after refusing to debate his Democratic opponent, John Bonifaz.
A consummate if sometimes controversial Democrat, Galvin also made news with his 2016 comments calling a vote for third parties 'a waste,' and with his unsuccessful 2010 attempt to delay Senator-elect Scott Brown's swearing in as part of an attempt to delay Brown's 'no' vote on the Affordable Care Act.
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TODAY - Gov. Charlie Baker and LG Karyn Polito visit the iconic Table Talk Pies' processing facility in Worcester. Baker later participates in the Faneuil Hall holiday tree lighting with Mayor Marty Walsh - Hillary Clinton, the first woman to be her party's presidential nominee, speaks at the Boston Opera House in a stop on her "What Happened" book tour - The Horse Race, a podcast about Massachusetts' most interesting campaigns hosted by yours truly and MassINC Polling Group's Steve Koczela, hosts a live event to talk about women in politics with Jenn Nassour of Conservative Women for a Better Future and Puja Mehta , board chair of Emerge Massachusetts at Ned Devine's in Boston at 5:15 p.m. Get your tickets here.
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DATELINE BEACON HILL -
- "Nurses staffing ballot question adds to 2018 health care policy mix," by Michael P. Norton, State House News Service: "The ballot question adds a layer of complexity to ongoing talks among legislators and Gov. Baker about the scope and impact of a major health care bill that is in the works, but may not come to fruition until next spring or summer. The Senate passed a sweeping bill this month aimed at controlling costs, although Baker disputed whether it would achieve that goal. A House bill is being drafted for consideration in 2018."
- "Placard law drives stiff penalties," by Bob McGovern, Boston Herald: "The new law, which won approval in the Legislature last month, imposes big fines for using a handicapped license plate or placard that was issued to a person who has since died. A first-time offender will get hit with a $500 fine and will be penalized $1,000 for each additional offense."
- "MBTA Prepares For Green Line Fixes - And Service Interruptions," by Mike Deehan, WGBH News: "MBTA managers told the agency's board Monday they plan to spend $15 million on work between April 2018 and April 2019 to replace 27 road grade crossings where the Green Line trolleys cross over Huntington Avenue, Beacon Street, Commonwealth Avenue and other busy Boston streets."
TRUMPACHUSETTS -
- "Baker's popularity is sky-high, but could Trump weigh him down?" by Frank Phillips, Boston Globe: "The governor and his advisers are facing the stark reality that nothing is secure in the era of Donald Trump, even for a Republican who has, in the eyes of many Massachusetts voters, distanced himself from the president."
HOT AMONG STATE DEM SOCIAL SHARES - "Lee Harrison: Exposing Charlie Baker's con," by Lee Harrison, Berkshire Eagle: "A lot of people admire our governor, the impeccable Charlie Baker. After all, he has boyish good looks, smiles a lot, and talks softly. As such many regard him as a moderating force, the "grown-up in the room." Of course, that's what they thought of another Bostonian - Trump's chief of staff General John Kelly - until the general opened his mouth and proved he's just another right-wing ideologue like his boss."
- "Curtatone encouraged by judge's ruling on sanctuary cities," by the Boston Herald: "I'm pleased with the decision. We've always argued, and the law clearly states, that neither the federal government nor any president can hold federal monies over your head as a sword of a Damocles in order to bring you to your knees to do something. I mean, it's against the Constitution, that's what the judge said."
THE WARREN REPORT -
- "Trump Just Referred To Elizabeth Warren As 'Pocahontas' While Honoring Native American War Veterans," by Tasneem Nashrulla, BuzzFeed: "President Trump on Monday made a derogatory reference to Sen. Elizabeth Warren, calling her 'Pocahontas' at a White House event honoring the Native American code talkers who fought in World War II. Trump has often referred to Warren as 'Pocahontas,' although he did not name her during his speech on Monday. Trump has appropriated the name as a jab at Warren's self-proclaimed Native American heritage that she has struggled to provide evidence of."
- "Trump wants to destroy Elizabeth Warren's brainchild. In a new interview, Warren hits back," by Greg Sargent, Washington Post: "In her first interview on this standoff since it erupted, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) - the agency's creator - predicted that if Trump installs his own director, its mission could be hollowed out, emboldening further financial elite defrauding of consumers. Warren suggested that this is part of a pattern in which Trump has embraced conventional GOP plutocracy in betrayal of his campaign posture as a kind of working-class avenger delivering tough justice to predatory financial elites."
THE TSONGAS ARENA -
- HIRE THEY ARE - Third District candidate Rufus Gifford announced his campaign team, including alums from the Barack Obama and Deval Patrick operations in Massachusetts: Campaign Manager Ben Martello, Field First's Carl Nilsson, Chelsie Ouellette, and Madeline McGill, Archipelago Strategies Group for multicultural media and community engagement: Josiane Martinez, Alec Loftus, and Gaby Quintero, 270 Strategies for digital outreach, and Maggie Rothschild for fundraising.
- HIRE SHE IS - Dan Koh has named Rachael Goldenberg his campaign manager. She's an alum from Rep. Joe Kennedy III's campaign and D.C. office, and was Hillary Clinton's director of scheduling for the New Hampshire primary in 2016.
INBOX - "Juana Matias today lauded the endorsement of the national progressive Hispanic organization, BOLD PAC. Chaired by Congressman Tony Cardenas (CA-29), BOLD PAC 'champions progressive Democrats fighting for change.' BOLD PAC's endorsement of Matias is the first endorsement by a national organization in the race for Congress in Massachusetts' 3rd District."
- "Bank VP, former refugee Malone joins race for Tsongas seat," by Chris Lisinski, Lowell Sun: "The field of Democrats vying to succeed U.S. Rep. Niki Tsongas has hit an even dozen. Bopha Malone, a Vice President at Enterprise Bank in Lowell who came to the United States as a Cambodian refugee when she was 9, told The Sun she is running for Tsongas' seat in Congress, becoming the 12th Democrat in the race."
WOOD WAR - Herald: "PAR FOR THE COARSE," "MAKING MARRY." - Globe: "One bureau, two bosses, lots of chaos," "100,000 ORDERED TO FLEE," "Emerson College transforms repairs into art project," "Some fear T pay plan hurts those with cash," "Baker braces for anti-Trump gale," "PIECE BY 40,320, WIZARD SOLVES PUZZLE."
THE LOCAL ANGLE -
- "Boston City Council set to vote on plastic bag ban," by Milton J. Valencia, Boston Globe: "After more than a year of debate, the Boston City Council is poised to vote on banning single-use plastic shopping bags at checkout lines across the city, an effort to reduce litter and encourage environmentally friendly alternatives."
- "Steamship Authority nets $1.5M from extra federal funds," by Sean F. Driscoll, Cape Cod Times: "Two transit agencies will split $3.1 million in additional federal funding made possible by the addition of ferry passengers to the Cape's annual tally of its modes of transportation. The Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority and the Cape Cod Regional Transportation Authority will each receive about $1.5 million from the arrangement, in which the ferry line was added to the regional calculations for urban areas transportation funding from the Federal Transit Administration."
- "Chang withheld IRS audit of student accounts," by James Vaznis, Boston Globe: "For at least five months, Boston Superintendent Tommy Chang has been keeping critical findings of an IRS audit from the public and did not divulge any details to the School Committee until a reporter began asking questions last week. Now, a School Committee member wants answers."
- "Deval Patrick had hand in Bain-backed firm acquired by Unilever," by Greg Ryan, Boston Business Journal: "Former Gov. Deval Patrick got his first taste of private equity dealmaking at Bain Capital when the firm took a minority stake in Sundial Brands in 2015. It was the first deal involving Patrick since he had joined Bain earlier that year. Now that company is leaving Bain's stable via an acquisition by the consumer products giant Unilever (NYSE: UN)."
HAPPY BIRTHDAY - to Stoughton Rep. Louis Kafka, Northwind Strategies founding partner Doug Rubin, Boston Globe scribe Nicole Dungca, MassGOP spokesman Terry MacCormack, Sen. Marc Pacheco's communications director Sarina Tracy, city of Boston criminalist Erin Forry, and former State Dept. globetrotter and Globe and AP alum Glen Johnson.
DID THE HOME TEAMS WIN? No! - The Celtics fell to the Pistons 118-108.
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