MA House Schedules May 2 Primaries to Fill 2 Vacancies
On February 27, the Massachusetts House of Representatives accepted the resignations of two representatives from neighboring Boston districts:
Rep. Jon Santiago of the 9th Suffolk and Rep. Ed Coppinger of the 10th Suffolk both filed resignation letters with the clerk's office on Feb. 23, the former to join Gov. Maura Healey's Cabinet as veterans secretary and the latter to join MassBio's government affairs division.
Both resigned effective Tuesday, Feb. 28, and the House declared on Monday that primary elections will be held on May 2 and the elections to fill the vacancies will take place on May 30. Given the deep blue history of both of these districts, most eyes will be on the May 2 primaries to see which Democrat will win the chance to run in the late May election. May 2 is also the day of Brookline's town election, where some voters from Rep. Coppinger's district will be voting in the municipal election that day.
(source: State House News Service)