Re: Looking At The Senate

[Dave Faneuf <tklaundry@juno.com>]

On Wed, 27 Feb 2002 13:26:48 -0500 Richard Chonak <rac@gabrielmass.com>
writes:
> 
> A story in today's _Herald_
> http://www2.bostonherald.com/news/local_regional/romn02272002.htm
> mentions in passing that WBZ legal expert Neil Chayet is 
> considering a run for the Senate seat now occupied by 
> John Forbes Kerry.  
> 
> While talk radio stints seem to have boosted the careers of
> would-be politicians in some parts of the country, I don't think
> this has worked much in Massachusetts.   
> 
> While many political activists and officeholders have taken to 
> radio (Jordan Levy, Jim Braude, Peter Blute, Jay Severin),
> offhand I don't know of anyone who has gained public office
> after working in radio, except for David Brudnoy's stint as
> Deputy Sheriff of Middlesex County.
> 
> Has it happened here?
> --RC

Deputy Sheriff of Middlesex County is an appointed position and there is
more than one IIRC.  You can add to the list of former (or failed if you
prefer) politicians Paul Sullivan, former selectman in Tewksbury

df