Caucus

Local Democrats will be taking part in a caucus on Feb. 18 to elect delegates and alternates to this year's Massachusetts Democratic State Convention. The caucus, organized by the Woburn Democratic City Committee, will be held at 11 a.m. at the senior center, 144 School St. Anyone age 18 and over from Woburn who was registered as a Democrat as of Dec. 31, 2011, can participate. Three delegates and three alternates will be elected from each of the city's seven wards. The main business of the convention, set for June 2 at the MassMutual Center in Springfield, will be to endorse a candidate in this year's race for US...

Having all but locked up the Republican nomination for president, Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, assembled a slate of delegates to support him at the Republican nominating convention in Tampa. But when Massachusetts Republicans went to their caucuses on Saturday, many didn't vote for Mitt Romney's picks. Instead, they went for Ron Paul. Less than half of Romney's 27 chosen delegates won, and the losers included some notable Massachusetts Republicans - including Kerry Healey, the former lieutenant governor, and the House minority leader, Bradley H....

ACKLEY, Iowa - Inside the Carson family home, a white farmhouse surrounded by corn and soy bean fields and accessible only by gravel road, adherence to the teachings of the Lord Jesus is paramount. The four children are home-schooled, to guard against a sinful outside world. Tim Carson, a 54-year-old welder and former atheist who said he found God at age 17, taught each of his children to read by age 5 from the Gospel of John. While their lives center around family and religion, the Carsons worry about what they see as a nation undone by financial and moral bankruptcy.

Massachusetts Democrats are planning to hold caucuses across the state to elect delegates to attend the Democratic National Convention. The caucuses will be held in nine cities and towns. At each caucus, four men, four women and one alternate delegate will be elected. Any registered Democrat can participate in their local caucus. The causes will be held in the nine congressional districts created under the state's new redistricting map. Lt. Gov. Tim Murray, Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin, state Treasurer Steve Grossman and congressional candidate Joseph...

The annual town caucus to nominate candidates for local office this spring will be convened at 7 p.m. on March 10 in the Town Hall meeting room. The town election will be held May 1 in the cafeteria of the Bromfield School, 14 Massachusetts Ave. Polling hours will be from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. - Davis Bushnell

The Franklin Democratic Town Committee will hold a caucus Feb. 18 at 9 a.m. in the Alumni Restaurant and Bar on East Central Street. The caucus will elect 13 delegates and three alternates to the state party's annual convention, to be held June 2 in Springfield. The Democratic Town Committee normally meets the second Monday of each month in the third-floor training room in the Municipal Building; its next meeting is set for Feb. 13 at 7 p.m. All residents who are registered to vote as Democrats are eligible to take part.

EAST MACHIAS, Maine (AP) — Ron Paul has gained 83 votes on Mitt Romney following a Republican presidential caucus in eastern Maine, where voting last week had been postponed due to bad weather. Romney still holds a 156-vote lead over Paul in statewide totals. Paul received 163 votes in Saturday's Washington County caucus, where Republicans from more than two dozen towns gathered to cast their votes. Romney received 80 votes. Rick Santorum got 57 votes and Newt Gingrich received four votes.

KENNEBUNK, Maine — Former independent governor Angus King strolled into a barbershop, an insurance agency, and a pub on a recent afternoon, reintroducing himself to voters, one handshake at a time, in his bid for a US Senate seat. But those introductions ignored the one thing most people want to know: would King caucus with Senate Democrats or Republicans if he wins? That question — made more pressing by a poll that shows him well ahead in the crowded field — is causing a stir from Augusta to Washington, where Republicans are seeking to snatch Senate control from Democrats in 2012.

The Republican Town Committee will hold its reorganization meeting at 7 p.m. Monday at the central fire station on High Street. The reorganization follows the March 6 election of committee members. It will include electing a committee chairman, a secretary, and a treasurer, all to serve for four years. While only committee members can vote, the meeting is open to any registered Republican or any unenrolled voter interested in registering as a Republican, including residents who would like to join the committee.

TOWN AND COUNTRY, Mo. (AP) — Rick Santorum was mining suburban St. Louis for last minute support Saturday, as Missouri Republicans began gathering in local caucuses that will help determine who gets the state's 52 presidential delegates that are up for grabs. Santorum won the state's nonbinding primary last month and was the only one of the four Republican presidential candidates visiting caucus sites Saturday. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Texas Rep. Ron Paul also campaigned in Missouri earlier in the week.

WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney has won the Republican presidential caucuses in Hawaii, salvaging a much needed victory after resurgent rival Rick Santorum won primaries in Alabama and Mississippi on Tuesday. Romney finished a disappointing third behind Santorum and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich in the Deep South primaries. But he came back to edge out both rivals in Hawaii and added a sweep of delegates from Republican nominating caucuses in American Samoa. Texas Rep. Ron Paul finished fourth in both Southern primaries, and third in the Hawaii caucuses.

PAGO PAGO, American Samoa — Mitt Romney won the Republican caucus in American Samoa, picking up all nine delegates. About 70 Republicans in the U.S. territory located 2,300 miles south of Hawaii met in caucus Tuesday. The six delegates selected at the meeting and three superdelegates to the Republican National Convention all said they would support Romney. Falemao M. Pili, vice chairman of the local GOP and a delegate, says he believes Romney can fix the U.S. economy that extends to American Samoa.

Approximately 40 residents attended the annual Town Caucus last month and submitted nominations for the local offices on the May 8 ballot. The election will feature a contest for town clerk, with the incumbent, Charlene Hinton, facing a challenge from Nancy DiRomualdo. Also, there are four candidates for two seats on the Board of Selectmen, with incumbents Peter Scavongelli and Doug Stevenson being joined by David Guarino and Ed Rolfe in the race. Other prospective candidates have until March 20 to submit nomination papers, with the signatures of at least 27 registered voters, to have their names placed on...

About 140 residents turned out for the Town Caucus last week to nominate candidates for positions on the May 8 election ballot, according to the town clerk's office. The candidates will include Peter Caruso, who is running for the Board of Selectmen, and Susan Hanlon and Greg Garland, who are running for two seats on the School Committee. Others wishing to run for office must obtain nomination papers from the town clerk's office by Friday, and return them with the signatures of no less than 20 and not more than 50 local registered voters.