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• Obama's Aunt Back in Boston

  By Maria Sacchetti Globe staff President Barack Obama's aunt, a Kenyan immigrant who ignited controversy last year for living in the United States illegally, has returned to her quiet apartment in a Boston public housing project to prepare for an... [...]
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  Posted: March 23, 2009, 8:02pm EDT
  

• NH revelers welcome "special guest"

  A goodly number of New Hampshire's business and (mostly Democratic) political elite gathered this afternoon for a cocktail party sponsored by the Concord law firm Rath, Young and Pignatelli (usually hosted by Tom Rath, who sent his regrets because... [...]
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  Posted: January 19, 2009, 7:51pm EST
  

• Tsongas suspends campaign activities after sister's death

  Early this morning Niki Tsongas learned that her sister Suzanne Sauvage passed away unexpectedly in her sleep at her home in New York. Tsongas will be suspending her personal campaign activities until further notice. "All of us are very saddened... [...]
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  Posted: September 21, 2007, 2:40pm EDT
  

• Ogonowski: focus on the seniors

  Matt Margolis at Hub Politics has picked up an internal strategy memo from the campaign of Republican Jim Ogonowski. The memo crunches the numbers from a recent WBZ-TV poll that showed Ogonowski 10 points behind Democrat Niki Tsongas. No earth-shattering... [...]
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  Posted: September 19, 2007, 8:42pm EDT
  

• If only press releases could vote...

  He does not have a federal campaign account, he has never held elected office, and not one person has joined his "YouTube video campaign" channel. But in the Fifth Congressional District, you have to give Independent candidate Kurt Hayes credit... [...]
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  Posted: September 19, 2007, 7:55pm EDT
  

• Bill Clinton to campaign for Tsongas

  In a major coup, former President Bill Clinton will be coming to Lowell later this month to campaign with Niki Tsongas, the Democratic nominee in the Fifth Congressional District. "We're very exited," said Katie Elbert, spokeswoman for Tsongas. "The stakes... [...]
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  Posted: September 18, 2007, 11:28pm EDT
  

• Ogonowski criticizes GOP leader

  Republican congressional candidate Jim Ogonowski today unleashed rare criticism on fellow Republican John Boehner, saying the House minority leader should apologize for a comment he made recently in a CNN interview. When asked by Wolf Blitzer how much money should... [...]
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  Posted: September 18, 2007, 6:45pm EDT
  

• 5th race gets national analysis

  Largely because of last week's poll indicated a closer-than-expected race in the making, the Fifth Congressional District race has started to gain some out-of-state chatter. Here's the round-up: W. James Antle III in conservative magazine The American Spectator: "While Republicans... [...]
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  Posted: September 18, 2007, 6:25pm EDT
  

• Candidates agree to 3 debates

  Democrat Niki Tsongas and Republican Jim Ogonowski announced today that have agreed to participate in three debates prior to the Oct. 16 general election in the Fifth Congressional District. The other three candidates -- independents Patrick Murphy and Kurt Hayes,... [...]
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  Posted: September 15, 2007, 5:42pm EDT
  

• War of words over war in Iraq

  Like bickering siblings who know just how to push each other's buttons, Republican Jim Ogonowski and Democrat Niki Tsongas have been squabbling all afternoon over positions on the war in Iraq. It started around noon, when Ogonowski sent out a... [...]
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  Posted: September 13, 2007, 8:30pm EDT
  

• Tsongas discusses health care, tries to bloody Ogonowski

  As Democrat Niki Tsongas made campaign stops today in Lawrence and Lowell, she sought to distinguish her positions on health care and branded chief rival Republican Jim Ogonowski as being "in lockstep with the Bush Administration." Tsongas supports expanding the... [...]
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  Posted: September 13, 2007, 4:48pm EDT
  

• Ogonowski hammers away at Iraq, President Bush

  Republican Jim Ogonowski today released a harshly-worded statement on the war in Iraq, saying "the president has completely mishandled the situation." Ogonowski then called on President Bush to put more demands on the Iraqi government; develop a broader regional coalition... [...]
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  Posted: September 13, 2007, 4:30pm EDT
  

• Poll: close race in 5th

  A poll just released by WBZ-TV shows that the race in the Fifth Congressional District is surprisingly close, with Democrat Niki Tsongas up only 10 percent over Republican Jim Ogonowski. Republicans have been trumpeting the Oct. 16 election as their... [...]
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  Posted: September 11, 2007, 7:59pm EDT
  

• A preview of Tsongas, Ogonowski debate?

  Following General David Petraeus' testimony before Congress today, Fifth Congressional District candidates issued competing statements and engaged in a little tit-for-tat disagreement over the war in Iraq. The candidates have not yet had their first debate, but below, using material... [...]
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  Posted: September 10, 2007, 9:00pm EDT
  

• City Council race updates

  Preparations for the Boston City Council's primaries on Sept. 25 have been less than enthralling. There's a fundraiser here, some sign holding there, but so far there has been little excitement. And because the city council voted not to have... [...]
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  Posted: September 10, 2007, 7:59pm EDT
  

• Tsongas: Let Ogonowski speak

  Illustrating a sticky political situation over a sensitive day, Democrat Niki Tsongas today weighed in for the first time on the simmering controversy over whether her chief opponent in the Fifth Congressional District race, Republican Jim Ogonowski, should speak at... [...]
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  Posted: September 09, 2007, 3:54pm EDT
  

• Ogonowski launches first TV ad

  Republican Jim Ogonowski today released the first television ad of the general election in the Fifth Congressional District. The spot, called "Broken Congress," continues his rhetoric of attacking Washington as being "too controlled by special interests and partisan politicians." The... [...]
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  Posted: September 06, 2007, 9:19pm EDT