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Polls In The State Of Massachusetts Leading Upto The November 6, 2012 General Election

Massachusetts -  Presidential

Obama      56%
Romney    39%
Boston Globe
October 29, 2012
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Massachusetts - U.S. Senate

Brown [R]       46%
Warren [D]      53%
Suffolk/7 News
October 30, 2012

Brown [R]     47%
Warren [D]    47%
Boston Globe
October 29, 2012

Brown [R]      47%
Warren [D]     52%
Rasmussen Reports
October 26, 2012

Brown [R]       44%
Warren [D]      50%
WBUR/MassINC
October 24, 2012

Brown [R]        47%
Warren [D]       49%
Rasmussen Reports
October 11, 2012

Brown [R]        44%
Warren [D]       50%
PPP (D)
October 11, 2012

Brown [R]         48%
Warren [D]        45%
WBUR/Mass INC.
October 9, 2012

Brown [R]         45%
Warren [D]        50%
Western NE University
October 7, 2012

Brown [R]          45%
Warren [D]         49%
WBUR/MassINC
October 1, 2012

Brown [R]        38%
Warren [D]       43%
Boston Globe
September 30, 2012

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PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS AND STATE POLITICS

State of Massachusetts is considered a safe Democratic state, a Blue State at least as far as Presidential Elections are concerned.

Presidential Election 2012

The Electoral College, consists of 538 members and the State of Massachusetts is allotted 11 electoral votes.
Massachusetts being a winner-takes-all state the winning candidate will receive all 11 electoral votes.

In Presidential Election 2008 Senator Obama won in the state easily. He received 61.80% of the vote to Senator McCain's 35.99%.
[References: U.S. Electoral College, 2012 : Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]

U.S. Senate Election 2012 in Massachusetts

CANDIDATES

Scott Brown [R] Incumbent U.S. senator
Elezabeth Warren [D]

This is an interesting race to follow.

Massachusetts is considered a Blue State and  Democratic Senator Edward M. Kennedy was re-elected in 2006 for the usual six year term. 
Senator Kennedy died in August 2009 and Paul Kirk was appointed to replace him until a special election was held on January 19, 2010.

Republican State Senator Scott Brown won in that special election and was elected to serve till 2012,
Senator Brown will be running for re-election for a first full term. 

Harvard Law School professor Elizabeth Warren is the democratic party nominee. She is known better for her work as the former chairperson of the Congressional Oversight Panel and former special advisor to the United States Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
[Parts of the above information was obtained from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]

U.S. House of Representatives Election 2012 in Massachusetts

Massachusetts has 10 congressional seats in the current 112th congress.
However, based on the 2010 census Massachusetts lost one congressional district and will have only 9 seats in the 113 Congress.
All 10 incumbents are members of the Democratic Party.
The primary elections were  held on September 6, 2012.

CANDIDATES

DISTRICT 1

Richard Neal  [D]  Incumbent from Current District  2
No Republican candidate filed to run

DISTRICT 2

Jim McGovern [D] Incumbent from Current District 3

No Republican candidate filed to run

DISTRICT 3

Niki Tsongas [D] Incumbent
Jon Golnik [R] Small Business owner

DISTRICT 4

Joseph Kennedy [D] Grandson of Robert F. Kennedy
Sean Bielat [R] Management Consultant
David Rosa [I]

DISTRICT 5

Ed Markey [D]  Incumbent from Current District 7
Tom Tierney [R]

DISTRICT 6

John Tierney [D] Incumbent
Richard Tisei [R]  Former State Senator
Daniel Fishman [Libertarian]

DISTRICT 7

Michael Capuano [D] Incumbent from Current District 8]
Karia Romero [I]
No Republican candidate filed to run

DISTRICT 8

Stephen Lynch [D] Incumbent from Current District 9
Joe Selvaggi [R]

DISTRICT 9

William Keating [D] Incumbent from Current District 10
Christopher Sheldon [R]
Daniel Botelho [I]

NEWS IN BRIEF

Warren Takes The Lead. Can She Hold It?

By: presidential-politics.com
September 17, 2012

After being behind for weeks, the Democratic Party candidate Elizabeth Warren has taken a slight lead over the incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Scott Brown. The latest Public Policy Polling  dated September 17, 2012 puts her at 48% to Scott Brown's 46%.

It is a very slight lead of two points well within the margin of error. Nevertheless, with the approval rating of the Democratic Party over the Republican party showing an increase nationwide, Miss Brown could be cautiously optimistic.
[References: Public Policy Polling (D), 09-17-2012)

Elizabeth Warren On Her Native American Heritage.

[June 6, 2012]
In a statement to The Boston Globe on May 30, 2012 , the Democratic Party nominee for the
U. S. Senate seat in Massachusetts, Elizabeth Warren said as follows: "As I have confirmed before, I let people know about my Native American heritage in a national directory of law school personnel. At some point after I was hired by them, I also provided that information to the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard. My Native American heritage is part of who I am. I am proud of it and I have been open about it."

Ms. Warren's campaign against Sen. Brown  has been overshadowed by questions about her heritage for weeks. Presumable, she expects to get beyond this issue with her statement. Mr. Brown, however, continued with his criticism of her, saying  that this episode goes right in to the integrity and and character of Ms. Warren.
[References: Katharine Q. Seelye, The New York Times, 06,01,2012]

Keeping The Third Party Ads Out [05-11-2012]
The effort by Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Scott Brown and presumptive Democratic Party nominee Elizabeth Warren to keep super pack ads out of their battle for the United States Senate in Massachusetts seems to be working.

The two candidates signed a pledge in January 2012 to block third party political advertising. The pledge has teeth in that, there are financial penalties if it is broken. If an outside ad, either supports a candidate or attack the opponent, the candidate who would benefit from that ad has to donate half the cost of the ad to a charity to be chosen by the offended candidate.

Super packs and all third parties should keep out of this race. That would be the honorable thing to do and the largest contribution they could make to democracy.[References: Boston's NPR News, 01-24-2012]