Dear Friends
News on a couple of state races in the North Shore area:
Ashley Sullivan announces for Cape Ann race.
Ted Semesnyei for State Senate – 2nd Essex District
Two great Republican candidates we can get behind. Please read.
By Jonathan Ring – www.jonathanring.org
Some exciting news! A Republican has announced her run for the Cape Ann 5th essex district seat
Ashley Sullivan
Ashley Sullivan, who ran for the seat in 2022 is the former chair of the Gloucester Republican City Committee, current chair of the North Shore Conservative Coalition, and local business owner of Shore Tech in Gloucester.
Ashley Sullivan, chair, North Shore chapter of the Conservative Coalition
https://www.newenglandconservativecoalition.com/about
As many of you know, Democrat State Rep Anne Margaret-Ferrante passed away on Thanksgiving morning. Whether we agreed with her politics or not our community mourned her passing this past week.
You can read many of the tributes here: https://www.gloucestertimes.com/news/local_news/ferrante-celebrated-for-sending-out-ripples-of-hope-from-gloucester-harbor-each-day/article_f7f008e3-fe37-487a-acc1-0dd85d475eb0.html
With the seat vacant, two new candidates have declared their candidacies for State Rep for the 5th Essex District (which includes: Rockport, Gloucester, Essex, and Manchester).
Those candidates are Sarah Wilkinson of Rockport, a former Rockport Selectwoman, and Dru Tarr of Gloucester, who has volunteered for Ferrante. Neither of these candidates is a Republican.
Dru Tarr
A special election date has not yet been called, and the next scheduled election is November 2026.
Needless to say, we hope a good conservative Republican steps forward, as this can be a pickup.
I know some who are considering it, and I’m sure we’ll find out soon.
Keep this election on your radar.
Jonathan Ring www.jonathanring.org