The Votes Are the Job
Why it is fair, and necessary, for Ellen Paul's campaign to make this race about Rep. Steve Weir's record. An incumbent starts with the title on the ballot, a caucus web page, and state-paid newsletters; what he carries that a challenger does not is two terms of recorded votes. Asking voters to read them is not a smear, it is the job review. Written by the co-chair of the Andover Democratic Town Committee, who says so up front, with every figure sourced to the official roll calls.