Carl Sciortino Wins!!!

[boywonder.livejournal.com]

From the Somerville News:

Trane concedes, Sciortino wins on stickers

By George P. Hassett

Carl Sciortino's name was not on the ballot yet he still managed to hold onto his state rep. seat today, defeating challenger Bob Trane on a sticker campaign.

A few minutes ago at the Sons of Italy in Medford, Trane conceded the race and told cheering supporters, "We went up against a machine and fought the good fight."

   

Early unofficial returns point to a Sciortino victory. With seven precincts reporting, he led Trane 1,780 votes to 1,472, according to unofficial results.

Comments

[chumbolly.livejournal.com]

Huh. When you asked before what I meant by the way he handled it, I wanted to be sure I remembered correctly (my memory of facts gets distorted into vague recollections and opinion pretty fast) so I went back and checked the Somerville Journal articles on the matter. Here's what I found:

"Sciortino filed 114 certified nomination signatures with the state by Tuesday's 5 pm deadline, 36 short of the required 150. He says a 12-page batch of 72 certified Somerville voter signatures was stolen from his State House office sometime between April 28 and May 6. "I know exactly where they were in my office," he said. "They were not misplaced or misfiled. They were stolen."

So, he did make that allegation in public. That said, I thought his official public statement you've quoted above was smart, and it was refreshing for him to take the blame and move on.