Mass Primaries

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The Massachusetts primaries are next Thursday September 6. There are three local contested races on my ballot, and I've had no time to research the candidates. I'm voting in the Dem primary, and the races and candidates are under the cut. I'm just looking for opinions, endorsements (or anti-endorsements) or any general information that might help me make the best choices possible.



COUNCILLOR
SIXTH DISTRICT
TERRENCE W. KENNEDY 3 Stafford Rd., Lynnfield
Present Governor's Councillor
FRANCIS XAVIER FLAHERTY, JR. 55 Norwich Cir., Medford
Former Assistant Attorney General, Assistant District Attorney


REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT
TWENTY-SEVENTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT
DENISE PROVOST 20 Albion St., Somerville
Current State Representative; Former Alderman at-Large
HARRY KORTIKERE 82 Oxford St., Somerville


REGISTER OF DEEDS
MIDDLESEX SOUTHERN DISTRICT
ROBERT B. ANTONELLI 355 Broadway, Somerville
Former Middlesex County Register of Probate
FRANK J. CIANO 65 Woodside Ln., Arlington
Current Town Meeting Member
THOMAS B. CONCANNON, JR. 8 Bacon Rd., Newton
Former Mayor, Newton
MARIA C. CURTATONE 37 Munroe St., Somerville
TIZIANO DOTO 140 Harrison Ave., Wakefield
Current Selectman
MARYANN M. HEUSTON 115 Beacon St., Somerville
Present Somerville Alderman, Ward Two