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Today our campaign knocked lots of doors in Northampton, traveled to Amherst for a community gathering at the home of a wonderful local leader, and we ended the day in South Hadley for a meet and [...]

Our campaign strategy is set. We’re aiming for hundreds of doors and calls a day for the next 87 days. Our literature is ordered. Our first mailing is nearly in production. Our buttons are [...]

Tonight I attended an annual gathering of the Northampton Education Foundation, which is a private foundation dedicated to resourcing Northampton’s public schools— helping to fill the gap [...]

Massachusetts is known for having one of the lowest rates of gun violence in the nation. That’s no surprise, because we also have some of the strongest gun laws. But the laws we have in [...]

My friends, this blog is a two-fer. It’s for days 91 and 90 in our count down. Here are two things to know: In truth, last night I fell asleep while reading to Isaiah (my son) and I missed [...]

I went to the proverbial well today. Three times.   I started off at the Poor People’s Campaign rally in Springfield. Sharing a few pictures with you (above). I didn’t go as a [...]

Day 93 in our countdown to Primary Day, September 4. Morning with Ann, my wife, and our daughter, Chloe. (Isaiah was at a birthday sleepover!) Great breakfast. Chores. A walk with Otis, our dog. [...]

We’re at Day 94 in our countdown to September 4 (Primary Day) and there’s no time like the present to introduce you to my aunt, Joan Shanley. I owe both my name and my commitment to [...]

“Budgets are moral documents.” -We have Representative Barbara Lee to thank for calling this idea forward. Budgets are essentially lawmakers’ values in numbers. That’s why I wanted to take [...]

In our countdown to the September 4 primary, it’s day 96. But I want to focus on another date: Tomorrow, June 1. Tomorrow is “Wear Orange Day.” It’s sponsored by an [...]