State Senate Election 2012

Just Missing Out: Hegarty Celebrates Fight for Rep Seat

Arlington voter turns race away from Belmont attorney to Cambridge lawyer.

Just after 8 p.m., family, supporters and a few stragglers were inside the Belmont Lions Club at the MBTA commuter rail station to join state representative candidate Margaret Hegarty to undergo the agonizing act that all candidate's must suffer through: counting votes. As the campaign team was in a backroom – actually the kitchen – were calculating the votes from poll watchers at 15 precincts in Belmont, Arlington and Cambridge, the handful of early arrivals were treated to boxes of pizza, beers and the king of all election-night food, Chinese. It was all set for a blow-out party that winners hold. Hegarty – who along with Dave Rogers and Bobby Reardon was running to succeed Will Brownsberger on Beacon Hill – was greeting her supporters …

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Bobby Reardon, Democratic Candidate for State Representative in the 24th Middlesex District

Reardon is one of three Democrats vying to fill the House seat left vacant by now state Sen. Will Brownsberger. The state primary is on Thursday, Sept. 6.

Name : Robert Paul Reardon Jr Also known as : Bobby Age : 22 Place of residence : Belmont Attended college : Yes College : Bentley University Degree : B/S Business Management, Minor Concentration in Law Year of graduation : May 2012 Job titles held : Legislative Intern, Town Meeting Member, Swim Coach / Water Safety Instructor Employers : Office of State Representative William N. Brownsberger, Town of Belmont, City of Cambridge Party affiliation : Democrat Running for a: State office Running for position: State Representative Chamber/district: 24th Middlesex Incumbent: No Previous elective offices : Elected Town Meeting Member (2 Terms) Unsuccessful bids for elective offices : None Address 73 Van Ness Road, Belmont, MA 02478 Name : Maria …

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State Senate Election 2012

State Rep Candidates Make Their Case in Belmont

League of Women Voters forum allowed Rogers, Hegarty and Reardon to have their say.

It was around 9:30 p.m. Monday night, Aug. 28, in the Chenery Middle School auditorium when the main event at the Belmont League of Women Voters Candidates' Night Forum which most residents came to see finally got underway. While the sparks flew on the under card – the three Democrats seeking the Governor's Council position let questions of ethics and competence fly about – the most interest was reserved for the three candidates seeking to replace Belmont's current state senator Will Brownsberger as state representative for for the 24th Middlesex District that includes Belmont and precincts in Arlington and Cambridge. Democrats Dave Rogers, Margaret Hegarty and Bobby Reardon stepped away for a summer of retail politics – it is a rare …

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2:42 am on Thursday, August 30, 2012

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Primary Candidates' Night Monday at Chenery

Those running for State Rep., Congress, Gov. Council will discuss issues beginning at 7:30 p.m.

The Belmont League of Women Voters will be holding a Candidates' Night on Monday, Aug. 27 for all candidates who are contested in the Primary Election on Thursday, Sept. 6. The event will be held at Belmont's Chenery Middle School, 95 Washington St. at 7:30 pm. Of particular interest will be the Democrats running to replace Will Brownsberger as state representative in the district comprising Belmont and precincts in Arlington and Cambridge. Dave Rogers of North Cambridge and Belmont's Margaret Hagerty and Bobby Reardon will answer questions on a issues facing the voters of the 24th Middlesex district. Including those running for State Representative in the General Court for the 24th Middlesex District on the Democratic ballot, the races to…

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Democrat State Rep Candidates Take Center Stage

Margaret Hegarty, Bobby Reardon and Dave Rogers answered questions from Arlington voters Thursday at the town's Senior Center.

The three Democrats vying to represent Belmont and sections of Arlington and Cambridge came together Thursday to introduce themselves to more than 100 voters in a candidates forum at the Arlington Senior Center. State rep candidates Margaret Hegarty, Bobby Reardon and Dave Rogers answered a number of questions from the audience, as well as made opening and closing remarks, at the event, which was sponsored by the Arlington Democratic Town Committee and moderated by state Sen. Ken Donnelly of Arlington. The three will square off at the Sept. 6 primary, with the winner going onto face Republican Tomi Olson and independent candidate Jim Gammill, both from Belmont, at the Nov. 6 election for now state Sen. Will Brownsberger’s former House seat…

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Candidates Forum Thursday in Arlington for Belmont's House Seat

Meet Democrat hopefuls Margaret Hegarty, Bobby Reardon and Dave Rogers tomorrow in Arlington.

The Arlington Democratic Town Committee is sponsoring a candidates forum for the state House of Representative race to represent the 24th Middlesex District on Beacon Hill. The meeting will be held Thursday, July 26 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Arlington Senior Center, 27 Maple St., behind Town Hall in Arlington Center. Arlington State Sen. Ken Donnelly will moderate the forum. The three candidates vying for the Democratic nomination in the Sept. 6 state primary election will introduce themselves to voters and take questions from the audience. The winner of the primary will advance to the Nov. 6 general election. The candidates attending the forum are Belmont residents Margaret Hegarty and Bobby Reardon and Dave Rogers from North Cambridge…

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Belmont Election Guide 2012

The candidates, incumbents and issues that will be affecting Belmont.

As we look ahead to November’s elections, Belmont Patch is devoted to bring you the information you need about every race in town. Here are five that locals are already talking about: Mitt Romney and President Obama for the big one: Mitt and Anne have been Belmont residents for nearly 40 years and still own a town house up on McLean so we'll be following our neighbor as he runs for the White House.  Sen. Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren who wants his job: When he ran for Senate, Brown received surprising support in this normally solid Democrat-leaning town in January 2010. (And his daughter opens the Payson Park Music Festival for the third year running but no one is complaining.) Professor Warren is from next door Cambridge and reportedly…

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It's Official: Reardon's on the Ballot

Belmont resident is first democrat to win place on the Sept. 6 primary ballot.

The Committee to Elect Robert P. Reardon, Jr. is pleased to announce that Bobby Reardon is the first candidate to have filed the necessary paperwork to be on the Democrat ballot for State Representative from the 24th Middlesex District. After weeks of hard work the campaign collected more than 500 signatures from the three communities in the district including Arlington, Belmont and Cambridge. According to an official in Secretary Galvin’s office, as of Monday, April 30, Bobby was the only candidate to have turned in certified nomination papers. Each candidate is required to collect the signatures of a minimum of 150 registered voters from the district and file with the office of Secretary of State William Galvin. Bobby submitted nearly …

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Belmont's Bobby Reardon In the Race For State Rep

The 22-year-old Bentley senior has taken out nomination papers to replace Brownsberger.

It was while interning this past summer in Will Brownsberger's state representative office that college student Robert Paul Reardon Jr. began entertaining the idea of running for political office. "I had the opportunity to see the positive effects you can have for people as an elected official," said Reardon, who prefers to go by Bobby.  And when Brownsberger won a special election to the state Senate in January, the Van Ness Road resident decided that he wanted to perform the same work for the community. In the past week, Reardon has taken out nomination papers and submitting them to town officials in Belmont, Cambridge and Arlington for a run to replace Brownsberger as state representative in the 24th Middlesex District.  While the state…

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