Primary Day Tomorrow...

I am voting for: Jay Gonzalez for Governor.  I like Jay, he understands one thing, we may be in calm waters now, but the Commonwealth is facing toxic challenges in public transportation, housing, environment & health down the road, and he seems willing to try and face up to them.  Like Charlie Baker he is a former Secretary of Administration & Finance (for Deval Patrick) unlike Lumpy though, Gonzalez understands the less we do now, the fewer options we will have in the future.  I like Bob Massie, if he is nominated tomorrow night he'll have no firmer friend this fall than me, he is a bantam fighter and he'll be the last off the battlefield win or lose.  Given Massie's lack of any public experience at all, he is a bit of a wild-card, moreover putting him at the top of the ticket automatically ensures both our nominees for Govern & Lt Governor have almost zero electoral experience, that seems chancy to me.  But if the democrats choose otherwise, so be it, I'll be out there banging the pots for Massie...
Anyhow, Gonzalez makes a lot of practical sense on the the opioid crisis, transportation, criminal justice and he is willing to call climate change, climate change, the very quintessential Massachusetts Issue we need to start confronting, now.
For Lieutenant Governor: Jimmy Tingle, this race is noticeable for a stark choice between two men with zero electoral experience, Tingle's opponent Palfrey has had some third tier appointments in Obama's White House but it isn't like he was Ambassador to the Court of Saint James or anything. Jimmy Tingle on the other hand is eloquent ,funny, a veritable avatar of blue collar democratic politics whose campaign stickers are in the windows of corner pubs and taverns all over Cambridge and Somerville.  He has a strong "Union Household" vibe something we are gonna need this fall.
Yes he is a stand up comedian by trade, but those at least make Tingle a formidable interlocutor come the fall and that quite frankly is a key deliverable for a nominee for Lt. Governor.
Third District, Governor's Council: Nick Carter.  The Governor's Council passes judgement on the Governor's Judicial Nominees, Carter is a young articulate attorney, he'll evaluate the nominees on their talents and merits, and he's running for a public institution that requires a regular infusion of specialized knowledge, Nick Has All That in Spades. His opponent, Marilyn Petitto Devaney has simply been on the job too long for the good she has done and has consistently exuded an irritating and exasperating campaign style at her public appearances, her campaign mailings are full of nonsensical charges & misspellings, its time for her to go very frankly.  I don't regard Nick Carter as anyone's idea of an apotheosis, but I feel sure he can rise to the occasion.
Secretary of State: Bill Galvin, I don't like the full play of Galvin's personal politics but he has worked his boney ass off for the plain people of Massachusetts, that much is clear, he has done nothing to merit his expulsion from office and in voting for him, I pay a reasonable price for Party Unity.
I wish Josh Zakim well, if his name comes before me again on a future  primary ballot, I'll give him consideration, all that said, its still Galvin. Oh another thing I like about Bill Galvin, he didn't make an endorsement in the Third Governor's Council District...:)