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Republican Explores Run For Congress In Massachusetts 2nd District

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Paul Tuthill
Published November 12, 2013 at 7:23 PM EST
DanForMA.com

A retired Massachusetts corrections officer is exploring a run for Congress in the district represented by 8-term Democrat Jim McGovern of Worcester.

Dan Dubrule of Leominster announced the formation Tuesday of an exploratory campaign committee in the Massachusetts 2nd Congressional district.  He acknowledged the long odds of running as a Republican in a state that has not elected a Republican to a U.S. House Seat since 1994.

Dubrule said he sees an opportunity because approval ratings for Congress are down in single digits. Dubrule ran unsuccessfully in 2010 for a seat the Massachusetts State Senate.
Politics
Paul Tuthill
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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