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Joe Shortsleeve to run as Democrat in special election

By The Boston Globe

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Joe Shortsleeve

Joe Shortsleeve, who uncovered skulduggery as a long-time WBZ-TV newsperson reporting on Massachusetts politics, now wants to step into the belly of the beast he once covered.

But first he has some difficult explaining to do to the anti-Trump activists who will dominate the Democratic nomination battle in the special election for state Senate.

Shortsleeve voted for President Trump.

That’s a real hurdle, but Shortsleeve said he thinks he can make the case, particularly since he voted for US Senator Bernie Sanders in the 2016 Democratic presidential primary.

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