Thursday, March 7, 2013
Belmont residents partner up in Lexington-based private equity Solamere Capital.
Usually it's the son who follows the father into the family business. But for the Belmont Romney's, it's dad who is joining junior in his shop. South Cottage Road and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will likely be sticking around his hometown as he is joining Lexington-based Solamere Capital, the five-year-old private equity firm company started by his eldest son, Tagg who lives on Greensbrook Way. And Mitt will not have to work his way up the corporate ladder; he will serve as chairman of the firm's executive committee where his son is a managing partner, according to reports in the Wall Street Journal and NBC News. Reports said adding the former Massachusetts governor and two-time presidential candidate will be a benefit …
Monday, February 4, 2013
Republicans still looking for candidate to run for Kerry’s seat.
OUTSIDE BOSTON, MA -- Tagg will not be ‘it’ this June. Despite a Massachusetts GOP desperate for a high-profile candidate to battle for the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by John Kerry’s elevation to Secretary of State, it will need to find someone not named Romney to take up the challenge. Tagg Romney, the eldest son of former governor and 2012 Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney, released a statement Monday afternoon saying that he will not run for U.S. Senate. "I have been humbled by the outreach I received this weekend encouraging me to become a candidate for the US Senate. I love my home state and admit it would be an honor to represent the citizens of our great Commonwealth,” said the Belmont resident and venture capitalist. “However, I…
With a short bench, state Republicans are hoping to convince another Belmont Romney to take a shot at the US Senate.
OUTSIDE BOSTON, MA -- After two years in the media spotlight as the hometown of a presidential candidate, many in Belmont were happy for "The Town of Homes" to revert back to its previous incarnation of a community of great schools and bad roads. But just when they thought they've seen the last "Romney" lawn sign taken down this past November, some in the state Republican party are trying to pull Belmont back into the center of the hoopla of the next big election. With former US Senator Scott Brown declining to run for the US Senate seat now unoccupied with the resignation of John Kerry who was named the new Secretary of State, the Massachusetts GOP is seeking someone who could make a creditable challenger to either of the democrats – US …
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Homeowners near McLean Hospital development weren't crazy about increase security and disruptions.
For the homeowners and residents who live in the townhouse development on the former McLean Hospital, the possibility of their neighbor Mitt Romney becoming President – which appeared like a real possibility in October – forcec them to face a unique consequences: "the 'coolness' factor of living in a president’s hometown versus the nuisance of road closures and curiosity-seekers.," wrote Shira Schoenberg, political correspondent for MassLive. That dilemna was decided when President Obama defeated the 41-year Belmont resident on Nov. 6 not only in the popular vote and in the Electorial College, but also in his hometown, receiving only 4,728 votes to Obama’s 9,108. "'It’s a nice little town,' said Kiril Sinkel, a Belmont retiree walking his …
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Cambridge to represent "ABC" district on Beacon Hill.
Cambridge resident Dave Rogers claimed a decisive victory to become the next State Representative of the 24th Middlesex District on Beacon Hill after soundly defeating two Belmont residents in Tuesday's General Election. The business attorney, who ran on his willingness to be an independent voice despite party affiliation, won nearly 50 percent of Belmont voters while trouncing Independent Jim Gammill and Republican Tomi Olson in the Arlington and Cambridge precincts. In the end, Rogers was the clear winner, winning three times the votes of his two challengers. The results for the three towns in the "ABC" district were: While not being from Belmont, Rogers ran an aggressive retail political campaign, knocking on thousands of doors in …
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
President Obama defeated Republican Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election.
President Barack Obama and Vice-President Joe Biden were re-elected Tuesday night, defeating Republican challenger Mitt Romney and his vice-presidential running mate Rep. Paul Ryan. NBC News called the presidential election for Obama around 11:15 EST. The president sent a message on Twitter at 10:14 saying simply, "This happened because of you. Thank you." The Obama campaign won the most expensive presidential race ever, with both parties raising about $2.6 billion. The race was filled with negative campaigning on both sides, from President Obama attacking Romney’s business experience with Bain Capital to Romney lambasting Obama’s handling of the economy. The race tightened during the final months of the campaign, with gaffes and surges …
A majority of voters in Massachusetts on Tuesday cast their ballot for Barack Obama, giving him the state's 11 Electoral votes.
Barack Obama won Massachusetts' 11 electoral votes on Tuesday, defeating Republican Mitt Romney. In the 2008 presidential election, the state voted for the Democratic candidate, and since the 1990s has voted for the overall winner of the presidential race 3 out of 5 times. Shortly after 8 p.m., the AP called Massachusetts for Obama, along with with six other east coast states and the District of Columbia. Romney and Obama did not campaign aggressively in Massachusetts. The state has typically been a Democratic stronghold in recent presidential elections. The economy was a key issue for many voters in the state, as was the Affordable Care Act, colloquially known as Obamacare. Romney cast his ballot this morning in his hometown of Belmont, …
What's it like inside one of America's most exclusive parties? Patch is there to find out.
Mitt Romney's back in Massachusetts and throwing a party tonight. Ever wonder what a presidential election night party is like? What do you wear? What's the food like? How excited do people get? Newton Patch Editor Melanie Graham is at the Boston Convention and Exposition Center for Romney's shin-dig and will tweet out all these details and more as the night goes on.
Continuous reporting on events and races throughout the day in Belmont. Add your photos and comments to our coverage.
Belmont Patch will be following the events and results in national and state races in Belmont throughout Tuesday with photos, videos and written reports. You can view the updates by following the site on Twitter and Facebook. Include your photos and views on election day in Belmont by uploading photographs, cell phone images and comments to this article. 7:50 p.m. Once 8 p.m. comes, a police officer will get to the end of the line and no one else can vote. But don't expect quick results as most polling stations have hundreds of absentee ballots to count. It could be 9 p.m. before results come in. 7:30 p.m. Lines are at all eight polling stations as the town will likely see more than 16,000 out of the 17,800 voters take out ballots. That's …
Republican presidential candidate cast his ballot at the Beech Street Center in Belmont.
Arriving with an entourage of secret service, press and campaign staff, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann, voted at the Beech Street Center in his hometown of Belmont, Mass. this morning, Nov. 6. The couple were greeted by poll workers and town officials when they arrived at 8:40 a.m. The Romney's, who have lived in Belmont for the past four decades, took four minutes to complete voting before departing to Bedford to fly off to Ohio and Pennsylvania to thank voters in the two swing states.
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