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Kelly Garrity

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Reporter for the Boston Globe covering politics

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Kelly Garrity @kellygarrity.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Think Big PAC, the Democratic arm of the pro-AI Leading the Future network, waded into the race to replace Rep. Seth Moulton in MA-06 last week. The group dropped ~$600k on mailers, TV and digital ads boosting Dan Koh: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/24/n... #mapoli
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There’s not a new sheriff in town - The Boston Globe
As Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins’s federal corruption trial gets underway Monday, there’s a pretty big question hanging over his office: What happens if he’s convicted?
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Chris Van Buskirk @bychrisvan.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
YELLOWSTONE CLUB: Michael Minogue, a GOP candidate for governor, owns a $31 million home in Montana’s ultra-exclusive Yellowstone Club, a members-only community with 2,900 acres of private ski terrain and a bevy of A-list celebrity members. #mapoli www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/30/m...
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Zuckerberg, Brady, and ... Michael Minogue: GOP gubernatorial candidate owns $31m home in ultra-exclusive Montana enclave - The Boston Globe
Michael Minogue, who's running for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, built a home in the Yellowstone Club that, records show, has a market value of $31 million.
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Jackie Kucinich @jfkucinich.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Congrats to @kellygarrity.bsky.social on the launch of The Scrum, her new newsletter about all things Massachusetts politics! First edition here: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/01/n... Sign up here: www.bostonglobe.com/newsletters/...
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The quiet parts get loud in Markey-Moulton Senate primary - The Boston Globe
On and off the stage inside Worcester’s DCU Center, Senator Ed Markey and US Representative Seth Moulton hurled their most direct hits at each other.
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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Tracking which Presidential hopefuls are helping which NH pols isn’t as meaningful as it once was, but still fun. Here’s Rahm fundraising for Jeanne Shaheen’s daughter in the open congressional primary. (via @kellygarrity.bsky.social )
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Kelly Garrity @kellygarrity.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s administration told department heads it’s freezing some spending for the rest of the fiscal year amid a city budget crunch. #bospoli www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/20/m...
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Wu administration tells department heads its freezing some spending amid budget crunch - The Boston Globe
City of Boston department heads must “limit overtime spending to non-discretionary duties,” and the city is strictly limiting “non-personnel” spending, according to a memo obtained by the Globe.
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Aidan Ryan @aidanryan.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Some local media news: @politico.com is ending Mass Playbook as @kellygarrity.bsky.social joins the Globe to write a new politics newsletter
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Chris Van Buskirk @bychrisvan.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
IMMIGRATION: MA U.S. Attorney Leah Foley has overseen a more than six-fold increase in the number of federal criminal immigration cases prosecuted in the state in the year since she was appointed, according to data she provided Thursday morning. #mapoli www.wbur.org/news/2026/02...
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Criminal immigration charges in Mass. increased sixfold in last year
U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Leah Foley has overseen a more than six-fold increase in the number of federal immigration cases charged in the state in the year since she was appointed as the state’s...
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Chris Van Buskirk @bychrisvan.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
HEALEY AIDE: A Venezuelan staffer working for Gov. Maura Healey could lose her job because her H-1B visa is about to expire and the Trump administration has not granted her permanent residency, according to court documents. #mapoli www.wbur.org/news/2026/02...
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Venezuelan aide to Gov. Healey sues Trump administration to keep her job
A Venezuelan staffer working for Gov. Maura Healey could lose her job because her H-1B visa is about to expire and the Trump administration has not granted her permanent residency, even though she wor...
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Kelly Garrity @kellygarrity.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
In a letter to Democratic state committee members, Secretary of State Bill Glavin says he will seek a record ninth term. #mapoli
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Kelly Garrity @kellygarrity.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
VoteVets and New Politics are endorsing Rep. Seth Moulton for Senate politi.co/46ts9HH #mapoli
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Veterans’ PAC backs Moulton for Senate
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Kelly Garrity @kellygarrity.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Inbox: Mass. budget writers estimate they’ll have $44.9 billion to build their FY27 budget around. #mapoli (includes millionaires tax revenue)
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Kelly Garrity @kellygarrity.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Lots in today’s Mass. Playbook, including a possible Boston-based challenger to state Sen. Will Brownsberger politi.co/3MuGkoT #mapoli
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Still in the game
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Gintautas Dumcius @gintautasd.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
I missed this earlier this morning -- Sen. Nick Collins, facing the likelihood of a electoral challenge next year, is hitting back at Mayor Wu over her past Prop 2 1/2 comments www.wbur.org/news/2025/12...
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Mayor Wu: Boston residents' property taxes to increase 13% in January
Wu urged the state Legislature to approve a measure to shift more of the burden to commercial property owners.
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Kelly Garrity @kellygarrity.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Worcester County Sheriff Lew Evangelidis is mulling a U.S. Senate bid — something that could throw a wrench in GOP’s plan to vote to endorse John Deaton later this week. politi.co/3XzUdUY via @politico.com #mapoli
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The GOP Senate primary is (maybe) back on
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Kelly Garrity @kellygarrity.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Rep. Ayanna Pressley on whether Sen. Chuck Schumer should step aside as minority leader:
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Dan Medeiros @danmedeiros.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
pair of Fall River election stories this morning: Catching up with Mayor Coogan after the election, he says this will be his last term in office, saying declining voter support shows there's a "time limit" on the job for voters www.heraldnews.com/story/news/p...
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Fall River Mayor Coogan says he won't run again in 2027, wants to 'finish strong'
Hours after an extremely narrow fourth win for mayor, Paul Coogan was back at work, saying he has to "finish strong." He won't run again in 2027.
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nicholaswu12.bsky.social @nicholaswu12.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
news - Rep. Ayanna Pressley is seriously considering jumping into the race for the Massachusetts Senate seat currently held by fellow Democrat Ed Markey and has been checking in with allies about a possible run, per four ppl familiar w/ @kellygarrity.bsky.social www.politico.com/live-updates...
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Ayanna Presley is considering a Senate run in Massachusetts
The progressive Boston Democrat is quietly consulting with allies on whether to run for the seat held by Sen. Ed Markey.
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Steve Koczela @skoczela.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Just received a Markey, Pressley, Moulton #MASen poll.
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Ian Donnis @iandonnis.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
www.politico.com/newsletters/... The Working Families Party (ri wfp, to be precise) arrived here with a bang when it unseated RI House Majority Leader John DeSimone in '16. @kellygarrity.bsky.social reports on how WFP is setting up shop in MA
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The Working Families Party arrives
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Politico @politico.com · 09/10/2025
A Maine oyster farmer running for Senate is winning praise from some Democrats. But he could end up facing a primary against a candidate that party leaders are actively recruiting to run: Gov. Janet Mills.
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Graham Platner has a growing Senate fan club
The Maine oyster farmer is winning praise from some Democrats as he prepares to face Chuck Schumer’s dream recruit.
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Kelly Garrity @kellygarrity.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Rep. Katherine Clark talked to reporters about at potential Moulton/Markey Senate matchup at an event in Boston today:
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Kelly Garrity @kellygarrity.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Gov. Maura Healey is headlining a lunchtime fundraiser for the Women Governors Fund in Boston Monday alongside other Dem women govs (plus Gov. Andy Beshear & former Gov. Gina Raimondo). Tickets range from $500 to $25,000. Governors will be in town for a DGA meeting. #mapoli
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Jim Aloisi @jimaloisi.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
From @politico.com @kellygarrity.bsky.social
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Kelly Garrity @kellygarrity.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Hundreds of supporters and several state and local electeds are at Boston City Hall for Mayor Michelle Wu’s press conference on the letter from AG Pam Bondi. There’s a band kicking things off. #bospoli
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Kelly Garrity @kellygarrity.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Inbox: Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is holding a press conference tomorrow morning on the city’s response to the letter from Attorney General Pam Bondi asking for details on how Boston plans to “eliminate laws… that impede federal immigration enforcement.” #bospoli
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Matt Szafranski @mszafranski.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
SCOOP: Sen. @edmarkey.bsky.social will announce support from @repmcgovern.bsky.social , whose district includes part of Western Mass, as soon as tomorrow. In a video, McGovern emphasizes Markey's work on food security, housing, health care and battling inequity. #mapoli wmasspi.com/2025/07/brie...
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Briefings: Markey's East & West Support United with Backing from McGovern… — Western Mass Politics & Insight
Worcester Rep James McGovern, who also represents much of Franklin and Hampshire counties, announced his support for Senator Ed Markey.
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Kelly Garrity @kellygarrity.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
In politics, sometimes name recognition isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Just ask Geoffrey Epstein, who’s running for mayor in Framingham. politi.co/3UBFoje via @politico.com #mapoli
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Not THAT Geoffrey Epstein
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Kelly Garrity @kellygarrity.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
At the New Hampshire Institute of Politics it’s 2028 already. #nhpolitics
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Kelly Garrity @kellygarrity.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
A new Globe/Suffolk poll of the Boston mayoral race has Mayor Michelle Wu leading Josh Kraft 60 / 30. #bospoli www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/21/m...
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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu holds commanding 30-point lead over Josh Kraft, Suffolk University/Boston Globe poll shows - The Boston Globe
The poll of 500 Boston voters likely to participate in the Sept. 9 preliminary election showed a wide gulf between Wu and Kraft, who drew 30 percent support to her 60 percent.
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Kelly Garrity @kellygarrity.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
More than two dozen state & local officials endorsed Sen. Ed Markey for reelection today. The cities & towns they represent span the congressional district that one of Markey's potential primary challengers, Rep. Jake Auchincloss, represents. politi.co/3TjDWle #mapoli
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Markey marks his territory
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Kelly Garrity @kellygarrity.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
At tonight’s NYC mayoral debate, two candidates for mayor — Zohran Mamdani and Brad Lander — said they believe @wutrain.bsky.social is the most effective member of the Democratic party. #bospoli www.politico.com/live-updates...
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Effective Dem
Follow POLITICO's live coverage of the first NYC mayoral primary debate.
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Kelly Garrity @kellygarrity.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Former Boston Mayor/former Labor Sec. Marty Walsh is playing a little in Boston’s City Council race. He donated the $1,000 max to former Councilor Frank Baker’s comeback campaign, campaign finance records show. #bospoli
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Gintautas Dumcius @gintautasd.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
As expected, Josh Kraft set to start pouring vast amounts of his own money into Boston mayoral campaign, per @kellygarrity.bsky.social Campaign blew through $100K in payroll last month www.politico.com/massachusett...
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Massachusetts Playbook
Kelly Garrity's must-read rundown of what's up on Beacon Hill and beyond.
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Kelly Garrity @kellygarrity.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Inbox: Angela Menino, the wife of former Boston Mayor Tom Menino, is endorsing Michelle Wu for reelection. She says her late husband would've, too. #bospoli
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Kelly Garrity @kellygarrity.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell appears to be among the donors who gave the $1,000 max to Josh Kraft’s mayoral campaign in April. Goodell was in Washington today for a press conference with President Donald Trump to announce that DC will host the 2027 NFL draft. #bospoli
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Kelly Garrity @kellygarrity.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Suffolk County DA Kevin Hayden is endorsing Boston Mayor Michelle Wu for reelection politi.co/44HXshU via @politico.com #bospoli
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Hayden backs Wu for Round 2
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The Fort Pointer @fortpointer.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
From Twitter/X via @kellygarrity.bsky.social
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Kelly Garrity @kellygarrity.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
👀 another poll circulating last week testing Sen. Ed Markey against hypothetical primary challengers #mapoli
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Kelly Garrity @kellygarrity.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
ICYMI: Another Republican is eyeing the race for governor in 2026 #mapoli politi.co/3Y9gpWK via @politico.com
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GOP donor eyes the governor's office
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Gintautas Dumcius @gintautasd.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Irish exit: When you leave a party without saying goodbye Irish entry: When you set up your Boston mayoral campaign while on a pre-planned trip to Ireland (Boston mayoral latest via @kellygarrity.bsky.social) www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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Boston’s mayoral race is about to get busy
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Kelly Garrity @kellygarrity.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
An update on the Tufts student who was detained by federal immigration authorities via her lawyer, Mahsa Khanbabai. #mapoli
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Kelly Garrity @kellygarrity.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Asked about Tom Homan's swing through Boston last week, Gov. Maura Healey says she doesn't understand the "fixation" from feds on Massachusetts. "We're a very safe state. We're not a sanctuary state," she told reporters.
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Kelly Garrity @kellygarrity.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s State of the City caught the White House’s attention. #bospoli
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Sam Mintz @samjmintz.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Josh Kraft's new fundraiser flyer has the NYC skyline instead of Boston, and a made-up Boston seal that is probably made with AI given that it has a bunch of gibberish letters on it. Images via Politico's @kellygarrity.bsky.social on X.
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Matt Szafranski @mszafranski.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
INBOX: Senator @markey.senate.gov bringing Mass AFLCIO president Chrissy Lynch to Trump's speech to Congress next week. #mapoli
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Gintautas Dumcius @gintautasd.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Two reporters (myself + @kellygarrity.bsky.social) made it past security, rode up the elevator with Robert Kraft, and made it to the desk set up for checks before getting sent back downstairs to building lobby
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Becca Rausch @beccarausch.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
“Human gestation does not fit into a six-month box; we do not want to see women in the eighth month of pregnancy or women who recently gave birth removed from the EA system.” Read our letter here, via @kellygarrity.bsky.social @politico.com MA: www.politico.com/f/?id=000001... #mapoli
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Mathew Helman @mathelman.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Courtesy of Politico's @kellygarrity.bsky.social : Potential #MA08 Democratic primary challenger for Stephen Lynch: Common Cause Massachusetts advisory board chair and former Deval Patrick staffer Patrick Roath www.politico.com/newsletters/... #mapoli #bospoli
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Potential challenges ahead for Congress
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Kelly Garrity @kellygarrity.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is rolling out endorsements from Boston-based pols a day after Josh Kraft officially announced his campaign against her. She also raised >$25k yesterday, after setting a $10k goal in a morning fundraising email. politi.co/4aL6a00 via @politico.com
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Boston mayoral candidates come out swinging
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