Dianne Wilkerson

WCVB Chronicles the 2nd Suffolk Race

rossoduck — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:35:03 -0400

A nice review of the 2nd Suffolk Senate race aired on WCVB-TV last night.

The primary between Sonia Chang-Diaz and Dianne Wilkerson is scheduled for September 16.

Full disclosure: I am supporting Chang-Diaz.

Chang-Diaz poll shows lead for, surprise, Chang-Diaz

adamg — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:42:22 -0400

Blue Mass. Group posts numbers from a tracking poll conducted by the Sonia Chang-Diaz campaign in the Second Suffolk senate race. The campaign says 417 likely voters were questioned, but doesn't specify their geographic distribution in the district.

Boston Phoenix: Great Read on Wilkerson/Chang-Diaz

rossoduck — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:18:14 -0400

While many of us were following breaking developments regarding Senator Wilkerson's finances this past weekend, the Boston Phoenix published a nice state-of-the 2nd Suffolk Senate race overview in its current edition.

Full disclosure: I recently posted an endorsement of Sonia Chang-Diaz in this race.

Some interesting take-aways from the story:

What would an election be without a story involving Dianne Wilkerson and financial improprieties?

adamg — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:16:23 -0400

Herald: Sen. Dianne Wilkerson reaches $10,000 settlement with AG:

... As part of the settlement, Coakley said Wilkerson acknowledged violations of campaign finance laws by failing to keep proper records from 2000 to 2004. ...

Sen. Wilkerson unable to account for money? Gosh.

2nd Suffolk issues

adamg — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:26:58 -0400

Mike Ball surveys some of the issues in the repeat race between incumbent state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson and challenger Sonia Chang-Diaz.

Sorry, Globe: Dianne Wilkerson didn't qualify for the ballot with 3,000 signatures

adamg — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:42:01 -0400

The Globe reports on state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson's desire to avoid another embarrassment like two years ago, when she, oops, forgot to file her nomination petitions on time. The paper writes:

This year, Wilkerson qualified for the primary ballot with a whopping 3,000 signatures, 10 times the amount she needed.

Not quite. As Linda Rodriguez at the South End News reports, Wilkerson actually only qualified with 428 signatures, just one more than her opponent, Sonia Chang-Diaz. This doesn't mean the remainder of her 3,000 signatures were bad, necessarily, just that elections officials stopped looking after a certain point.

This year's Dianne Wilkerson?

adamg — Wed, 21 May 2008 20:28:17 -0400

State Rep. Carl Sciortino of Medford says a whole bunch of his nomination petitions have disappeared and he wants the police to investigate (speaking of Wilkerson, this time around, she filed 10 times the required number of signatures to make sure she's on the ballot).

Interview with Sonia Chang-Diaz

adamg — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:47:40 -0400

Left Ahead posts an hour-long interview with Chang-Diaz, making her second run for the 2nd Suffolk Senate seat now held by Dianne Wilkerson.

Sonia Chang-Diaz to run for state senate again

adamg — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:28:02 -0500

Announces bid on Blue Mass Group. She'll be running, again, against 2nd Suffolk incumbent Dianne Wilkerson, who perhaps will pay a bit more attention to filing deadlines this time around.

Wilkerson declared winner again

adamg — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 08:03:38 -0400

Sonia Chang-Diaz offers concession after recount in the Democratic 2nd Suffolk state senate primary.

Mass. Marrier cautions:

... Unless an angel of wisdom or self-control visits her, Wilkerson is likely to make supporting her impossible. She barely managed to do that this time.