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Rep. Michael Capuano takes 81 Students consider commotion of watch parties confusing percent of Seventh District vote due to noise, different stations, as election results trickle in Congressional: From Page 3
Bielat congratulated Kennedy on his win in a statement, and said both candidates ran strong campaigns. “We may have lost this race, but every time a Republican puts up a strong race against the Democratic machine in Massachusetts, the voters benefit,” he said. “Each race encourages more people to get involved in politics, and that’s always good.” Kennedy maintained through his campaign that his priority is to put the Fourth District back to work and invest in education, in an attempt to returning “basic fairness” to the system, according to a press release from Kennedy’s campaign, Joe Kennedy for Congress. Kennedy has been a champion of women’s rights on the campaign trail and received an endorsement from Planned Parenthood in July. “One is protecting Roe v. Wade — women’s right to choose remains a fundamental issue of personal liberty. Two is making sure that equal work really mean equal pay and that’s really a family issue, an economic issue,” Kennedy said. “Making sure that people understand that we’re in 2012, this isn’t something we should be having a conversation about, but it is a reality.”
Rep. Michael Capuano, who represents the Eighth District but ran for the Seventh District after boundaries changed, took 84 percent of the vote. In a statement on Mike Capuano’s website, Capuano thanked voters for their support. “I appreciate every vote, and as Representative of Massachusetts’ Seventh Congressional District,” he said, “I will make sure that your voices are heard on Capitol Hill.” Capuano ran against former Miss Boston pageant contestant Karla Romero, an Independent candidate and founding president and CEO of the charity Mass Appeal International. Romero took 16 percent of the vote for the district, which includes Boston University. The Boston Globe endorsed Kennedy on Oct. 24, and he garnered support from the Massachusetts Coalition of Police, Massachusetts Nurses Association, The Massachusetts Teachers Association and the Professional Fire Fighters of Massachusetts. Over the course of the campaign, Kennedy held more than 200 campaign activities, meeting with voters throughout the Fourth District. A number of Kennedy’s supporters finished the night watching the results of the other races.
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are sort of hiding,” he said. Shelby Carignan, a College of Communication junior, said the election party is a great way for people to get together for a meaningful subject. “It’s just cool to see people come out and … people our age are involved, that they care about the issues at stake in this election,” she said. While students watched the electoral votes roll in throughout the night, they said the race was
close the entire night. “The last I heard was that it is super, super close,” said Elizabeth Selmi, a CAS junior, while votes were still being calculated. “Hopefully, Obama wins.” Students said although the election parties were a good place to watch the results, it was very confusing when results started to trickle in. “It’s really loud in here and there’s three televisions going,” Carignan said early in the night. “Pretty much all the television stations are showing different
results right now, so that’s really confusing.” Aditya Rudra, Student Government executive vice president, said it is important for people to get together to watch and discuss the elections. “I’m happy to see that the Howard Thurman Center and Student Government and other communities are giving people the space to watch and come together and have conversations about politics and things that matter,” Rudra, a SMG junior, said.
Joint Arab-Jewish Efforts to Promote Civic and Economic Equality in Israel. A Panel Discussion
JCRC of Greater Boston | 126 High Street, Boston, MA 02110 || jcrcboston.org | facebook.com/BostonJCRC | @BostonJCRC
The panelists will share insights into Israel’s efforts to address the issue of civic and economic equality for Arab citizens of Israel. They will also reflect on their experience of collaborative leadership across religious and ethnic boundaries. RSVP to Aviva Berezin at aberezin@jcrcboston.org or 617.457.8679
November 14, 7:30 pm Congregation Kehillath Israel 384 Harvard Street, Brookline