Pols & Politics: Congressman Richard Neal gets a primary challenger

Pols & Politics: Congressman Richard Neal gets a primary challenger

Dean of the Massachusetts congressional delegation Rep. Richard Neal (MA-01) will be facing a primary challenger in the upcoming 2026 election. Public school teacher Jeromie Whalen will soon pull papers to begin his campaign to unseat the longtime Democratic incumbent. Whalen is running on a platform dethroning the “old-school political establishment” he says is rife with “corporate greed.” “I’m coming from outside the traditional political worl…

Briefings: In First District Primary Money Race, Neal Still Lapping Rivals…

Springfield Congressman Richard Neal is facing a primary challenge from Jeromie Whalen, a teacher who lives in South Hadley. Whalen has tried to harness ubiquity to overcome Neals' advantages like fundraising. In the final quarter of 2025, Neal raised nearly ten times as much as Whalen. The post Briefings: In First District Primary Money Race, Neal Still Lapping Rivals… appeared first on Western Mass Politics & Insight.