(NECN) – The latest polls in the Mass. 6th Congressional District race reinforce why it is being closely watched on a national level. Internal polling by Republican challenger Richard Tisei’s campaign shows Tisei has a seven point lead over Democratic incumbent John Tierney, with 40 percent to Tierney’s 33 percent, with 27 percent undecided. Those [...]
EXCERPTS: But he doesn’t want his candidacy to be just novelty — outside of social issues, he’s got a serious Republican record, never once voting for a broad-based tax increase in the 26 years he served in the state Legislature. He helped pass the state’s sweeping welfare reform act in 1993, and although he supported [...]