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PATRICK’s 2020 deadline — LIVELY’s MassGOP lawsuit — JOYCE sells his office 6/05/2018 07:14 AM EDT By Lauren Dezenski  (ldezenski@politico.com; @LaurenDezenski) with Brent D. Griffiths (bgriffiths@politico.com; @BrentGriffiths) GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS. FORMER GOVS LEAVE FEW POLITICAL FOOTPRINTS —  Even though  Deval Patrick  is  giving himself until the end of this year to decide whether to run for president , the former governor was nowhere to be seen among the party faithful last weekend in Worcester. Patrick did not attend the state Democratic convention - and there was little sign that Patrick's absence was deeply felt. Like  Mitt Romney,  the Republican governor who came before him and also had presidential ambitions, Patrick didn't leave much of a mark on his state party. It's been nearly four years since Patrick left office and the party faithful are now enthralled with  Elizabeth Warren  and  Maura Healey . For...

DEMS meet again — Globe investigating McGRORY text exchange — NEW POLITICS’ local endorsements 05/24/2018 07:18 AM EDT By Lauren Dezenski  (ldezenski@politico.com; @LaurenDezenski) with Brent D. Griffiths (bgriffiths@politico.com; @BrentGriffiths) GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS. DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY BATTLE ESCALATION —  In a gubernatorial primary long categorized as cordial, Democrat  Bob Massie took a new turn earlier this week at the First Essex and Middlesex Delegate Dinner on Tuesday night as he sought to show daylight between his campaign and  Jay Gonzalez . That specifically came from Massie highlighting longtime support for single payer health care and women's rights, and "that he was not a government insider who just wants to go back to the Patrick days," according to First Essex and Middlesex Coalition's  Kathy Pasquina , who is supportive of Massie. Another Democrat who was in the room,  Maryanne Rutter , who backs Gonzalez, described th...

Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance pretends it's a TAX EXEMPT ORGANIZATION to EDUCATE VOTERS which it is NOT.  The GLOSSY MAILINGS contain inaccurate information and SMEARS, promoting political action, targeting effective Democratic legislators.  It's time to end the SLEAZY CHARADE and provide transparency. Complaint seeks to force Mass. Fiscal Alliance disclosure The Lowell Sun By Michael P. Norton STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE BOSTON -- Lawmakers who say they've been targeted recently in their districts by the Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance plan to call on state regulators Tuesday to force the non-profit group to register as a political committee and disclose its donors. A complaint, obtained by the News Service and signed by Sen. Jamie Eldridge (D-Acton) and Rep. Natalie Higgins (D-Leominster), cites an alliance mailer sent to Leominster voters that was critical of Higgins. Letters were also sent to selectmen and city councilors in Eldridge's district knockin...