The Horse Race
Your weekly look at politics, policy and elections in Massachusetts
Episode 24: The Senate's Chaos Theory
4/4/18 -- Former State Senator Ben Downing is back! He reappears this week as the body's mountain of bad press has us testing a State Senate Chaos Theory.
Then we look west with Matt Szafranski of Western Massachusetts Politics & Insight, checking in on the unexpected primary challenge to Former Senate President Stan Rosenberg.
Plus, it's almost caucus time! Steve and Lauren break down what it means when the largest number of delegates are "uncommitted."
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