state senate

Dianne Wilkerson campaign rally disguised as voter-registration drive

adamg — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:00:05 -0400

Chris Faraone reports on the "Hip-Hop Voter Registration Rally" at the Reggie Lewis Center yesterday:

... There were two women on stage at the Reggie Lewis Center who were heavy-handedly boosting the senator. One even taught the teens where to write "Wilkerson" on the ballot in case they are not given stickers. ...

Dianne Wilkerson's glass house

adamg — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:21:52 -0400

In case you missed it, Yvonne Abraham yesterday had an interesting piece that raises the question of whose campaign is really for sale: Sonia Chang-Diaz, who took $500 from some woman in Cambridge, or Dianne Wilkerson, who took $7,000 from the management companiy at the Roxse Homes project (from which Wilkerson rents her campaign office)?

Democrat to endorse Democrat in November election

adamg — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:31:21 -0400

House Speaker DiMasi to endorse Sonia Chang-Diaz in 2nd Suffolk state-senate race.

Chuck Turner: Chang-Diaz just a white carpetbagger backed by bitter Hillary fans

adamg — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:21:06 -0400

Councilor Turner tells PoltickerMA that he doubts Sonia Chang-Diaz is really Latina and that her support really comes from white women who can't stand the idea that a black man could get into the White House instead of Hillary Clinton.

Needless to say, Turner is backing incumbent Dianne Wilkerson in her sticker campaign, calling her "a treasured resource" the 2nd Suffolk District - or rather, real blacks and Latinos in the district - can't afford to give up.

Wilkerson concedes recount, to run sticker campaign

adamg — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:59:01 -0400

No word yet if she will continue her "Chang-Diaz is a white devil controlled by Cambridge honkies" strategy, however.

Dianne Wilkerson appears to forget what a primary is for

adamg — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:54:53 -0400

PolitickerMA reports that should the state Senator lose her recount, she'll run a sticker campaign in November:

"If it not successful," Wilkerson said referring to the recount, "I am prepared to run as a Democrat in a sticker write in campaign on the ballot in November."

If the convicted tax evader does lose the recount, she can't run as a Democrat, of course. Just ask Joe Lieberman.

"I'm not dead! I feel happy! I think I'll go for a walk..."

Brett — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:24:33 -0400

Is anyone surprised? Wilkerson and Chang-Diaz have sought paperwork for a re-count.

Interesting to see how Wilkerson can master that recount paperwork, but not actually filing for elections or campaign finance reporting (twice.)

Dianne Wilkerson not ruling out independent bid; but could be in more legal trouble

adamg — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:42:33 -0400

PolitickerMA has both stories:

'No comment' from campaign on possible independent bid against Chang-Diaz.
Wilkerson violates her agreement with attorney general over those pesky campaign-finance obligations.

Chris Lovett, meanwhile, files an election-night report that would seem to indicate Wilkerson was still in a fighting mood, claiming that Chang-Diaz won't represent the overwhelmingly black precincts in their 2nd Suffolk district:

... "I think what [the primary outcome] proves is that you could be a state senator without representing a good core of this community," said Wilkerson, "and that makes me sick."

Dianne Wilkerson on the way to the private sector

adamg — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:03:58 -0400

Unless she wages a write-in campaign in November against Sonia Chang-Diaz - who unofficial results show is the winner in their rematch for the 2nd Suffolk state senate seat.

Click on the link for other Boston results in today's Democratic primaries, including: In the 5th Suffolk (Dorchester and Roxbury) state rep's race, Marie St. Fleur easily beat back longtime politico Roy Owens, while in the 6th Suffolk (Roxbury, JP and Roslindale), incumbent Willie Mae Allen showed Faustina Gabriel what's what. Over in the 10th Suffolk (West Roxbury and South Brookline), it was incumbent Mike Rush in a cakewalk over Pamela Julian.

Dianne Wilkerson - Past Due

stevegarfield — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:28:41 -0400

Worst Mailer Ever:

I just got this mailing from State Senator Dianne Wilkerson. She's running for re-election against Sonia Chang-Diaz.

What's ironic is the "PAST DUE" notice on the front of the mailer.

From the Boston Globe, "Wilkerson in 1997 pleaded guilty to failing to file tax returns from 1991 to 1994. She was sentenced to house arrest, then sent to a halfway house for 30 days by a federal judge after twice breaking a court-ordered 9 p.m. curfew."

PAST DUE.

Ironic.