Three debates between Sen. Pat Jehlen and challenger Leland Cheung - 5/31, 6/8, 6/16

[ron_newman]

State Senator Pat Jehlen, who represents Somerville, Medford, and north and west Cambridge, faces a primary challenge this year from Cambridge City Councilor Leland Cheung. So far, I know of three debates scheduled:

Tuesday, May 31, 7 pm: Somerville High School Library, 81 Highland Ave. Debate is part of the Somerville Democratic City Committee meeting.

Wednesday, June 8, 7 pm: Amphitheater of University Hall at Lesley University, 1815 Massachusetts Ave in Porter Square. Sponsored by Cambridge Ward 11 Democratic Committee. Event listing at NextDoor.

Thursday, June 16, 7 pm: Medford City Hall, City Council Chambers. Sponsored by Medford4MA.

The state primary election will be Thursday, September 8.

Comments

[keithn.livejournal.com]

Does Leland Cheung have a compelling argument for why voters would want to unseat a sitting State Senator who doesn't seem to differ from him on any major issues (and has 11 years of seniority in the chamber)? Aside from "I want a political promotion and the Lieutenant Governor thing didn't work out?"

I'm not seeing any reason to do anything but ignore the primary challenge noise and just vote for Pat.

[volantwish]

There's also a meet the candidates event sponsored by Medford4MA (20 minutes of statements and Q&A for each candidate, followed by an endorsement vote): Thursday, June 16th, 7-9PM
City Council Chambers, Medford City Hall
85 George P. Hassett Dr, Medford

[somertricky.livejournal.com]

https://twitter.com/patjehlen (https://twitter.com/patjehlen)

Well, that was spectacular in a "Carl Sciortino vs. Bob Trane" or "DSLJ vs. Charlie Chisholm's campaign manager" sort of way...