The date for a special election to replace the late Massachusetts state Representative Gailanne Cariddi has been set. Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin set an October 10 primary for the 1st Berkshire District ahead of the November 7 general election. Cariddi, a Democrat who represented northern Berkshire County since 2011, died June 17 of breast cancer. She was 63.
Special Election Set For Late Cariddi's Mass. House Seat

Jim Levulis
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