2 TRUMPERS running for office supporting a CONVICTED FELON, ADJUDICATED 

RAPIST, SEXUAL PREDATOR & KNOWN PARTICIPANT WITH JEFFREY EPSTEIN. 

CONVICTED OF BUSINESS FRAUD, TANKED THE ECONOMY, LEFT OFFICE WITH 

REFRIGERATED BODIES FILLED WITH COVID DEAD FOR MISHANDLING A 

PANDEMIC.....BOTH TRUMPERS HAVE SOME WARPED POLICIES....AND THAT'S 

HOW THEY THINK THE MASS GOP WILL IMPROVE? 

PROMOTING IMMIGRATION AS A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE IS A MAGA GOP DOGWHISTLE. 

HOMELESSNESS & THE HOUSING SHORTAGE PREDATES ANY ISSUE OF IMMIGRATION BUT NEVER EXPECT TRUMPERS TO COMPREHEND THE ISSUE OF WALL STREET VULTURES GOBBLIING UP HOUSING....

THIS IS WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE MASS GOP!

MCCONNELL IS A MAGA OBSTRUCTIONIST

PIRES IS A BOOK BANNER WITH LOTS OF DISINFORMATION...TOO STUPID TO RESEARCH CREDIBLE INFORMATION ABOUT WIND TURBINES

MASSACHUSETTS DOES NOT NEED MORE UNINFORMED REPUBLICANS!

2 Trump backers cite immigration as key issue in GOP race for House seat held by Straus

Bob McConnell of Fairhaven and Joe Pires of Rochester will face off in the Sept. 3 primary, hoping to fill an open seat.

by Colin HoganAugust 19, 2024

Joe Pires (left) and Bob McConnell (right) with WBSM afternoon talk show host Barry Richard at the June 30 launch of the Donald Trump campaign's New Bedford headquarters at the DeMello International Center. Credit: Facebook

excerpt: NEW BEDFORD — For only the third time this century, Bristol County’s  10th state representative district will have a contested Republican primary.  Bob McConnell of Fairhaven and Joe Pires of Rochester will face off in  the Sept. 3 primary, hoping to fill an open seat. The retiring Rep. Bill Straus, a Mattapoisett Democrat, has held the job for more than 30 years. The winning Republican will advance to the November election and face  Mark Sylvia, who is unopposed in the Democratic primary.  To compete in the district — which leans Democratic and includes  Marion, Mattapoisett, Rochester, Fairhaven, and  parts of Acushnet and New Bedford — candidates McConnell  and Pires are hoping to attract independent or frustrated voters by  running campaigns that promote moderate values and civic participation.  Many of their specific policy agendas, however, are more strictly  conservative or libertarian.

THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE IS FAR MORE EXPERIENCED!

Whichever candidate prevails in the Sept. 3 primary will face Mark Sylvia, the lone Democrat. The solar company executive and former state undersecretary of energy has received Straus’ endorsement. “He easily gets my vote,” said Straus, whose endorsement in an already Democratic district will give Sylvia many of the advantages of an incumbent. Already the first-time campaigner for state office has raised more than $30,000, leading Pires and McConnell by a wide margin.

Sylvia has served as Fairhaven’s elected town moderator for more than 15 years and was Plymouth’s town manager from 2004 to 2009.

The general election will take place on Nov. 5. 

NEW BEDFORD LIGHT