Massachusetts politics have been thrust into the nationwide highlight this yr thanks to 2 key candidacies — Senator Elizabeth Warren’s run within the Democratic presidential main, which she led to March, and Congressman Joe Kennedy III’s finally unsuccessful effort to unseat Senator Ed Markey. Governor Charlie Baker gained nationwide consideration as nicely for his pandemic response and his resolution to talk out in opposition to President Donald Trump’s unproved claims of voter fraud, however has seen a few of his traditionally excessive help inside the state slip over the course of the yr. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh has been amongst these urgent Baker on key points, together with COVID restrictions and important cuts to the MBTA, however might face a tricky problem of his personal forward. And though the legislature prolonged its session to get extra achieved, outcomes have been combined.
Bay State Banner Senior Editor Yawu Miller and Shannon Jenkins, a professor of political science at UMass Dartmouth and the interim affiliate dean of the college’s School of Arts and Sciences, joined Adam Reilly to debate.
