Rayla Campbell, hopeful GOP candidate for Congress visits East Boston ward committee

At its meeting on August 11th, the East Boston Republican Committee hosted the Republican candidate for Congress, Rayla Campbell.  

Rayla is running as a write-in candidate for the Republican nomination in the Massachusetts 7th Congressional District.  

Following a successful election campaign up to election day on November 3rd, Ms. Campbell will represent this district at the National level in Washington DC.  She is in stark contrast to the incumbent radical liberal policies of socialist Ayanna Pressley!

Rayla supports the right to bear arms under the 2nd amendment, a strong military support for the Veterans, National Energy Independence, and is a Pro-Life Candidate.   Rayla's web address is:  RaylaforCongress@gmail.com

The meeting was chaired by Joseph Steffano, Chairman of the Boston - Ward 1 Republican Committee

Source: Joyce Kelly

August 14: GOP Ward Committee to meet

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The East Boston Ward 1 Republicans will meet Tuesday evening, August 14, 2018 at Jeveli’s Restaurant at 6:00 p. m.  

We will be discussing committee Chairman Joe Steffano’s ideas for ward committee publicity and engagement with the East Boston community.  

We are looking forward to having Mike Pollack of the Mass Victory office join us for this meeting.  A representative of the Beth Lindstrom campaign might join us as well.  

Registered Republicans and un-enrolled voters are cordially invited to attend.  We look forward to seeing you there.  

For more information please call Chris Morton at (617) 569-4075.

Ward 1 GOP Committee reports on the Worcester convention

Republicans from across Massachusetts gathered Saturday, April 28, as delegates to the 2018 Massachusetts Republican Convention at the DCU Center in downtown Worcester to nominate candidates for various state-wide offices.  Several members of the East Boston Republican Ward Committee attended.   

The delegates who arrived Friday mixed and mingled at the Friday night parties with various major office candidates or interest groups at hotels and clubs nearby.

The convention took place in the central arena of the DCU Center.  The convention itself started Saturday morning.  Every delegate was issued and required to use the electronic format credential document issued to him or her when they arrived in order to prevent fraudulent voting.  East Boston delegates sat with their fellow Republicans in the district from Revere, Winthrop and downtown Boston. 

East Boston is Boston’s Ward 1 and is in the 1st Suffolk and Middlesex Senatorial District.

The hallway surrounding the arena was filled by representatives and displays of many candidates’ campaigns and political organizations seeking a presence at the convention.  During “down times” between speeches and ballot votes, the candidates, guests and campaign assistants wandered through the aisles, meeting and shaking hands with as many delegates as they could.

After opening exercises, the speeches, including a memorial for former First Lady Barbara Bush, began.  The nomination for certain state-wide offices were not contested.  The convention endorsed Keiko Orrall for State Treasurer, Anthony Amore for Secretary of State and Helen Brady for State Auditor.  

The first contested race on the convention ballot was for Attorney General; Jay McMahon overcame Dan Shores to obtain the party’s endorsement.  The incumbent lieutenant governor Karyn Polito was approved by acclamation.

The next vote was for Governor.  Dr. Scott Lively challenged incumbent governor Charlie Baker and won about 27% of the vote.  

The last vote at the convention was to endorse one of the five candidates running for U. S. Senate:  State Representative Geoffrey Diehl, John Kingston, Mary Beth Lindstrom, Darius Mitchell and Heidi Wellman.  Geoff Diehl won the convention endorsement on this race’s second ballot by obtaining 56% of the vote.

With voting on a second ballot necessary for the U. S. Senate endorsement, the convention ran longer than expected.  The convention ended around 6:00 p.m.

Submitted by Christopher Morton

Ward 1 Republican Committee to meet on April 3

Boston Ward 1 Republican Committee
East Boston, Massachusetts

East Boston Republicans will meet Tuesday, April 3, 2018, at Jeveli’s Restaurant at Day Square in East Boston.  The meeting will begin at 6:00 p. m.  East Boston voters registered as “unenrolled” or as Republicans are encouraged to join us at this meeting.  

Discussion at the meeting will be about the Massachusetts Republican Convention in Worcester in late April.   

For more information please call Chris Morton at (617) 569-4075 or e-mail us at ebrwc@yahoo.com.