Republican Tisei Earns Boston Globe Endorsement

Will the Boston Globe's endorsement of Republican Congressional candidate Richard Tisei have impact on the race?

Republican congressional candidate Richard Tisei has picked up the endorsement of the state's largest newspaper, The Boston Globe on Tuesday. The Globe cited Congressman John Tierney's family legal issues combined with Tisei's politically moderate nature: "Tierney’s family scandal — and his evasive handling of it — gives voters a reason to look elsewhere. Meanwhile, he has an appealing Republican challenger, a moderate who served with distinction as minority leader in the state Senate. This year, Sixth District voters should elect that challenger, Richard Tisei." The Sixth Congressional District includes Hamilton and Wenham. The editorial says that while Tisei is further to the right than the majority of voters on some issues -- citing his…

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Jim Smith

1:49 pm on Friday, October 26, 2012

First: Hold the President accountable along with Joe Biden and Panetta for our Sovereign soil, attacked in Libya. We let our own die in vain over there, where is the American Conscience and Outrage ? Forget the Politics, our administration committed crimes by not reacting. Where was Hillary Clinton ? In Kosovo we attacked remote areas, in Afghanistan we attacked remote areas. In the situation …   more ›

Opinion: It’s Over and Tierney Knows It

Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School student Chase Schaub write with an analysis of the Sixth Congressional District race and support for Richard Tisei.

In what is being called one of the most important Congressional races in the country, the battle between Republican challenger Richard Tisei and Democratic U.S. Rep. John Tierney has sure been one of the dirtiest. From the start of the race, both campaigns came out swinging, but now it looks increasingly like Tisei’s campaign is coming out on top. As we near closer to the election there have been numerous signs that one cannot ignore about the inevitable fate of this election. Tisei seems like he will be the victor and apparently Tierney’s campaign and the Democrats seem to agree.  In a shocking admission of defeat, the Democratic Congressional Committee, a PAC run by Nancy Pelosi, recently pulled approximately $630,000 worth of …

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Tierney Goes for Jugular on NECN

The congressman called his opponent "shameless" and "irrelevant."

Democratic Congressman John Tierney brought sharpened teeth to debate with Republican opponent Richard Tisei on NECN Thursday, and he wasted no time digging in. Just one day after the 6th District congressional candidates gathered in North Andover for a debate, the two appeared on "The Broadside" with Jim Braude and left most of the pleasantries at the door. Tierney faces an intense battle for reelection, with many polls showing Tisei either ahead of him or surging upward, and the eight-term congressman worked to aggressively take his opponent down a few notches Thursday -- attacking his decades-long state legislator record and calling him "shameless." Video of the entire debate can be watched on NECN's Web site. Early on, the focus was …

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Patch Facts

Five Things: Insects and Dinosaurs

An essential get-me-going daily morning column from Hamilton-Wenham Patch.

Today is Thursday, Oct. 18. Here are five things you need to know in Hamilton and Wenham: 1. Science: Thursday is the final day to sign up for the Community House’s upcoming program “Fun Science for Preschoolers.” The program is for 3-5 year olds and runs for six weeks at 10 a.m. on Saturdays - stating this weekend - with topics such as Insects and Dinosaurs. The cost is $75 and you must sign up for all six weeks. 2. Unemployment: We’ll hear the statewide unemployment numbers on Thursday. The Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development will make an announcement about the September unemployment rate at some point during the day. In August, the rate was 6.3 percent, an increase of 0.2 of a percentage point over the July and down 1.1 …

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George Costanza Enters 6th District Race

Seinfeld character George Costanza is being used in a new Richad Tisei TV ad.

Just when you thought the heated Sixth District Congressional race couldn't get weirder, in walks George Costanza. A new video ad by Republican Richard Tisei's campaign features a scene from the popular 1990s TV show "Seinfeld," in which George Costanza tells Jerry Seinfeld, "It's not a lie if you believe it." The ad then shows Congressman John Tierney telling a reporter that Republicans "are anti-human rights, anti-women rights, they are anti-middle class." The video ad is in response to Tierney's latest ad attacking Tisei as being a right-wing extremist and supporting right-wing views on social issues. Tisei's record, however, shows a moderate -- if not fairly liberal -- history on social issues. During his time in the State Senate, he …

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Third-Party Congressional Candidate Calls Foul on WCVB

The Libertarian candidate in the Sixth Congressional District is not invited to attend a debate hosted by channel 5.

For a recent Fox 25 debate, U.S. Rep. John Tierney chose not to attend. But now, another local news station is asking another candidate to do the same. Libertarian candidate for Congress Daniel Fishman says that he doesn't qualify to participate in WCVB's hour-long debate to be held on Oct. 25. "My first reaction was shock," Fishman wrote on his Web site. "At each debate we have put on a strong performance, and at each debate our ranks have swelled. Our campaign has serious momentum." Fishman collected the required signatures by the deadline and will appear on the Nov. 6 ballot in the Sixth Congressional District, which includes Hamilton and Wenham. Only Tierney (D-Salem) and Republican challenge Richard Tisei of Wakefield meet WCVB's …

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Tierney Takes on Family Issues, Says Tisei is Using it 'To Get to Me'

The three candidates for the Sixth Congressional District debated at Danvers High School on Wednesday night.

Congressman John Tierney was the first one to bring up his wife’s family’s legal problems during Wednesday night’s debate, accusing Republican challenger Richard Tisei of attacking his wife’s family to get to him. It was an issue that was left out of the first debate involving the two in Lynn last week and a topic that the Boston Herald had previously reported would be left out of several debates at the request of Tierney, D-Salem. “You attacked my wife and her family as a way to get to me,” Tierney said to Tisei, who was seated on the opposite side of Libertarian candidate Daniel Fishman of Beverly on stage in the auditorium at Danvers High School. Tierney’s statement came in response to a question from Salem News Managing Editor Helen …

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Five Things to Know on Oct. 10: Harvey Meets With Special Ed Group

An essential get-me-going daily morning column from Hamilton-Wenham Patch.

Today is Wednesday, Oct. 10. Here are five things you need to know in Hamilton and Wenham: 1. Dr. Harvey: Hamilton-Wenham Regional School District Superintendent Michael Harvey will be the featured guest when the Special Education Parent Advisory Council meets on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at Miles River Middle School. 2. Congressional Debate: U.S. Rep. John Tierney (D-Salem) and Republican Congressional candidate Richard Tisei of Wakefield are both coming pretty close to the two towns on Wednesday night for a debate. Libertarian Daniel Fishman of Beverly will join them. The event, sponsored by the Salem News and Jewish Journal, starts at 7 p.m. at Danvers High School. The event is open to the public and will be seated on a first come, first …

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