Richard Tisei to Run for MA6 Congressional District - image Wicked Local.com
Massachusetts 6th District Congressional Representative, Democrat, John Tierney, an 8th term incumbent, will face a challenger in the 2012 General election. Richard Tisie, popular former State Representative, and 2010 candidate for Lieutenant Governor, will challenge Tierney. Tisie will announce his candidacy today in Wakefield, MA.
Tisie will face a primary challenge from Bill Hudak, who ran against Tierney in 2010, coming within 35,000 votes of upsetting Tierney with 195 of 204 districts reporting - a margin of 57 to 43% Although a loss, this is significant because Hudak was a newcomer to the political scene running against an entrenched incumbent who was projected to win by a 75% margin. This underscores the fact that Tierney, among other Congressional incumbents in Massachusetts are vulnerable, and as little has changed in the attitude of the electorate since that time, the winner of the primary will have a significant advantage against Tierney in 2012. This is especially true due to the fact that the sixth district is essentially unchanged under the new redistricting plan. The Massachusetts Congressional Delegation was reduced by one, due to heavy population loss, and ten districts were condensed into nine.
The biggest beneficiary of the redistricting effort appears to be incumbent Richard Neal (formerly D-MA2, now D-MA1), and the biggest loser appears to be incumbent, Barney Frank (D-MA4), who lost reliable Democrat centered New Bedford, and gained conservative cities in Worcester County. In 2010 nine of ten Congressional representatives faced a challenger, with four showing similar margins and vote totals(the 2nd, 4th, 5th and 7th district), with the 10th District within only 5 points of an upset. The 10th District, now the 9th District, was given Fall River (precincts), and specifically New Bedford which will make that district ‘s incumbent less vulnerable in 2012.
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