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10% Voter Turnout Elects Michlewitz to DiMasi's Scandal-Vacated Seat
Bostonist Tue, 16 Jun 2009
What's a guy gotta do to get in the State House these days? Apparently have about as many friends as you have Twitter followers. The official results of today's election to replace DiMasi show that 2,190 of Aaron Michlewitz 's pals elected him to the third district seat. Just 2,747 people out of 28,646 registered voters cast ballots in the special election. If that kind of turnout keeps up, we ...

MA Bikers Had No Effect on Outcome

Sadly, no bikers in or around Boston responded to the February 13 Legislative Alert (shown below). The new 3rd Suffolk Representative will have no reason to show bikers any more consideration than anyone else that's standing in line to lobby them.

Sound familiar? It doesn't have to be that way next time.

But there will always be more elections, which means there will always be more opportunities. But until MA bikers rise to the occasion, lobbying the legisature will be little more than begging from strangers.

(Original February 13 Legislative Alert)

Several candidates have recently announced their intentions to fill the seat vacated by the former Speaker of the House, Salvatore F. DiMasi. Hopefully it will evolve into a tight race between candidates on opposite sides of the helmet law issue. And if that's the case, it will present bikers with a great opportunity to get one vote closer to repeal.

The current crop of candidates include Lucinda V. Rivera, an Hispanic bar advocate ; DiMasi aide Aaron Michlewitz; Suffolk County University employee and activist Ryan Higginson; and civic activist Susan Passoni. Google them if you want to find out more about any particular candidate.

For now we'll check to see if any Massachusetts Bill Sponsors from either the house or the senate want to endorse one of the candidates. These legislators work for us at the state capitol, so we work for them on the campaign trail. We've also recently written to the Massachusetts SMRO to get their take on the race. And as soon as we find out something that's worth sharing, you'll read about it right here.

Of course we won't post everything we know, because some things are better left unsaid. But in the mean time, please check up on the MA Status blog for the latest update. Or feel free to contact us anytime via email at Bikers4BillSponsors@gmail.com for more specific info about the 3rd Suffolk House race.