Caucus
Press Release: Hopkinton Democratic Town Caucus Results 2022
On Friday, April 8th Hopkinton Democrats gathered at the Hopkinton Town Hall to elect and endorse candidates for the local town election on Monday, May 16th. Approximately 70 residents attended and endorsed the following 20 candidates. Mary Jo Lafreniere, Select Board (vote for 2)* Shahidul Mannan, Select Board (vote for Read more
Caucus
Press Release: Hopkinton Democratic Town Caucus 2022
Open to the public; registered Hopkinton Democrats invited to participate Hopkinton, MA. March 6, 2022: The Hopkinton Democratic Town Committee (HDTC) will be holding its nominating caucus for the May town elections on Friday, April 8, at 6:30 PM at the Hopkinton Town Hall in Room 215, 18 Main Street, Read more
Statements on Issues
Response to Opponent’s Comments During HCAM Interview
To be clear I want to reiterate that I do not in any way condone personal attacks on my opponent or his family members. I spent a lot of time this past week looking online and asking friends and my own teenagers if they had seen any personal attacks on Read more
Campaign and Political Finance Filings
Campaign and Political Finance Filings
Lya Batlle-Rafferty – CPF M102 – 8 days before election – June 16, 2020
Statements on Issues
Response to Opponent Refusing to Debate
At last night’s scheduled Select Board debate on HCAM, instead of responding to the first question, my opponent read a prepared statement and left the debate. He accused me of allowing attacks on social media through surrogates on him and his family. Without question I do not condone personal attacks Read more
Statements on Issues
Statement on Racial Injustice – Joe Markey
Pausing here to recognize the outstanding actions of Hopkinton residents to denounce the brutal murder of George Floyd. I join Hopkinton in condemning the murder of George Floyd and calling for greater awareness and action on racial justice. To me, the murder represents a public employee betraying the public trust, Read more
Statements on Issues
Statement on Racial Injustice – Lya Batlle-Rafferty
Today, I am tired. I am white presenting. What does that mean? I have white skin. But, I am a latina. My dad is much darker. Oddly, though, even being light-skinned like my mom doesn’t stop people from treating you differently when you open your mouth and you clearly have Read more
Statements on Issues
Statement on Racial Injustice – Amy Ritterbusch
Although I participated in both of the peaceful protests against Racial Injustice on the Common the last two weeks and I posted briefly about those on Facebook, I wanted to take some time and put together a thoughtful statement before posting to my website. I have been thinking about racial Read more
Campaign and Political Finance Filings
Campaign Finance Filings for Amy Ritterbusch
In the interest of transparency, I am posting all of my campaign finance reports online for easy access. They have also been filed with the Town Clerk as required by law.
What's New
Congratulations Newly Elected Democrats!
Mary Jo LaFreniere (Select Board) Cynthia Esthimer (Parks & Rec) Sue Kurys (Trust Funds) Susan Porter (Library Trustee) Janice LP Barry (Library Trustee) Michael Hayes (Constable) Patrick Atwell (Planning Board) Full list of your local elected Democrats
What's New
State Convention Delegates
The delegates representing Hopkinton at the 2019 Massachusetts Democratic Party State Convention in September are: Amy Ritterbusch, Mary Jo Ondrechen, Lesley Ficarri, Beth Watson, Mary Jo Lafreniere (alt), Ellen Rutter (alt), Melissa Hayes (student), Darlene Hayes (HDTC chair), Patrick Atwell, Amman Haidri, Dick Duggan, Shahidul Mannan, Irfan Nasrullah (alt), Devon Read more
What's New
New Website
Thank you to Amy Ritterbusch & Amy Groves for re-doing the HDTC website. We are now ready for election season. A huge thank you to Jessica Fleet for maintaining site on the old platform up until now. Send any comments or suggestions for the new website to news@hopkintondemocrats.org.