MA-SEN - Things have been pretty poor for the Republicans in Massachusetts for quite some time. Other than the stray rich guy looking for an amusing hobby like being Governor, they've declined to near extinction.
Now they can't even get their premier Senate candidate on their own primary ballot.
BlueMassGroup, citing Boston media reports, has more.
Jim Ogonowski, brother of a martyred 9/11 pilot, who ran a surprisingly strong campaign in a congressional special election recently, failed to even make the GOP primary ballot. He needed 10,000 signatures to qualify for the primary ballot, and was only able to deliver only 9,970.
10,000 signatures isn't much, even for a GOP candidate in Massachusetts.
The Republicans will field a candidate, political unknown Jim Beatty (who managed to collect 17,000. Looks like Kerry, who does face a long-shot challenger in the Democratic Primary, will get a free pass. And this was a seat the GOP thought they could challenge for behind Ogonowski.
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