Middlesex Fourth State Senate special election update:

Word on the street is, Diane Mahon who was sounding a lot like a candidate a mere two weeks ago isn't gonna get into this race. However, Humble Elias must stress, we've heard nothing from Ms. Mahon herself. The logic runs that former firefighter Ken Donnelly who has some traction among public sector unions wouldn't be running if Diane Mahon was a candidate since they'd be splitting a key constituency. Overall we are eight weeks from the primary and the field is still shifting around...and no one has heard anything out of the GOP either.