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Second western Mass. state senate seat opens

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Paul Tuthill
Published January 10, 2022 at 1:31 PM EST
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With two open state senate seats in western Massachusetts in 2022 there are opportunities for the politically ambitious.
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Hinds and Lesser both running for lieutenant governor

The decision by State Senator Eric Lesser to run for lieutenant governor means another open Senate seat in western Massachusetts will be filled in this year’s election.

Several Democrats are eyeing a run in the district that includes about a fourth of the city of Springfield and extends east to the town of Palmer.

For the latest, WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill spoke with Matt Szafranski, Editor-in-Chief of Western Mass Politics & Insight.

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The record-setting tenure of Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno. The 2011 tornado and its recovery that remade the largest city in Western Massachusetts. The fallout from the deadly COVID outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers Home. Those are just a few of the thousands and thousands of stories WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill has covered for WAMC in his nearly 17 years with the station.
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