Republican U.S. Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez is defending his decision to take a $281,000 historic tax deduction on his Cohasset home, even though local bylaws already prevented the changes to the home.
Gomez said he's done nothing wrong and earned everything he's accomplished.
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U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch is making clear that he has no intention of dropping his campaign for the U.S. Senate and instead trying to succeed Boston Mayor Thomas Menino.
Lynch, a Democrat from the South Boston neighborhood, said in a statement on Friday that a number of people had asked him over the past couple of days if he'd consider running for mayor...