Just check out this news article from the debate:

[link to www.newburyportnews.com (secure)]

Highlights:

Racioppi, 49, is a U.S. Army veteran who is studying to be an attorney and said he was running to "shake up the status quo on Beacon Hill."

"There are two parties in Massachusetts, it's not Democrat versus Republican. It is establishment versus everyone else. I propose to you that I am the candidate for everybody else," he said.

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Each of the candidates was given a chance to ask someone else on the stage a direct question.

Fitzwater asked Racioppi if he thinks that former President Donald Trump was cheated out of the 2020 election.

Racioppi responded by saying the issue isn't relevant to Massachusetts politics, but added election integrity is something that needs to be looked into.

"If our elections are no longer valid, then neither are our system of laws and government," he said.

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And the kicker .... Dawn Shande is the President of the Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus. I prefaced my question with "you are the President of this caucus so no doubt you have an opinion on this matter."


Racioppi, in turn, asked Shand what a woman is and she answered simply, "a woman is a person who says she is a woman."