Congratulations Richard Ross!

I just wanted to make note of the win last week by Richard Ross, in the special election to replace Scott Brown as MA State Senator. Congratulations Richard, the Republican brushfire in Massachusetts is going strong! In the areas of the district that know Richard best, the southern area of the district where he was a State Rep, Richard won by an overwhelming majority: 1,897 to 308 in Wrentham, 1,480 to 419 in Plainville, 2,249 to 612 in North Attleboro, 1,067 to 516 in Attleboro. HUGE majorities. He even won in Needham, 2,717 to 2,495 and Sherborn 712 to 615.

And yet, and yet… he lost in Wellesley, Wayland, and Natick. All three towns are towns Scott Brown lost in his race for US Senate. In all three towns the Democrats vastly outnumber the Republicans. In Wayland, the very top of the district, Ross scored 40% of the vote. In Wellesley, 44%. In Natick, 45% (982 to 806). There are roughly 1,200 republican voters in the four Natick precincts in the Ross district (Precincts 6,7, 9 and 10). If just the Republicans had turned out, Ross could have won in Natick without picking up a single Unenrolled or Democrat. Voter turn-out is everything, and we need to remember that as we head into November. Wake the kids, alert the neighbors, there’s a critical election coming up this fall, and we need to drive Republican turn out higher.