Page 2 THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, November 8, 2024 MALDEN ELECTION NOTEBOOK: Keep the finish line on ice, Ed Markey is running again in 2026 Not long after announcing he will seek reelection, Malden U.S. Senator came home to vote By Steve Freker I t has to have been a long time since Ed Markey walked into a hall full of people and was not the most recognizable face in the crowd. This was certainly the case when the U.S. Senator and lifelong Malden resident strode briskly into the Irish American Hall with his wife, Dr. Susan Blumenthal, around midday Tuesday. The local couple intended to mark their ballots in one of the most historNeed a hall for your special event? The Schiavo Club, located at 71 Tileston Street, Everett is available for your Birthdays, Anniversaries, Sweet 16 parties and more? For more info, call (857) 249-7882 8 Norwood St. Everett (617) 387-9810 Open Tues. - Sat. at 4:00 PM Closed Sun. & Mon. Announcing our Classic Specials Dine In Only: * FREE Salad with purchase of Entree, Tuesdays & Wednesdays * Cheese Pizza - Only $10 Catch ALL The Live Sports Action On Our Large Screen TV’s Scan & Follow Us on Facebook! SIGNHOLDER: Dave Rimmer put in some serious hours holding a sign supporting Republican John Deaton for President on Election Day. ic Presidential Elections in American history, alongside many of their Edgeworth neighbors and friends. Right away, when Markey and his wife were barely through the doorway, dozens in the large hall had realized they were in the presence of Washington, D.C.-style political royalty. One step into the hall, Senator Markey confi rmed it when he exclaimed, a few notches louder than simple colloquial conversation, “Democracy is on the line!” No matter what side of the fray someone may have been on Election Day, it was a true ear-catcher. Senator Markey’s declaration of the national mantra of Democrats, CONNECTING WITH YOUTHS: U.S. Senator Ed Markey talked with Malden High School baseball players Adian Brett and Kyle Nickerson at the Irish American Club in Malden on Election Day. (Advocate Photo) on this election day, 2024, may as well have been a distant relative of a much more well-known exhortation. Remember that “oldie but goodie”? It was delivered by a gentleman named Revere while galloping through the streets of greater Boston in the late 1700s. The Senator owns a lot of rooms he chooses to enter around the nation, and so he did on Tuesday when he came to Malden to cast his ballot. He and his wife did the very same, turned in their completed ballots and then the Senator, in a nod to his penchant for keeping up with the times, was assisted by Dr. Blumenthal in creating a quick Instagram-bound video, where he acknowledged he had just voted and encouraged all of his followers and others beyond to do the same. Who knew? Ed Markey, 78, on GO MALDEN! From left: U.S. Senator Ed Markey (center) greeted Malden High School baseball players Aidan Brett, Kyle Nickerson and Jaylen Rivera-Fuente. (Advocate Photo) SEN. MARKEY VOTES: U.S. Senator Ed Markey in the voting booth at the Irish American Club in Malden on Election Day. (Advocate Photo) the cutting edge of social media www.810bargrille.com MARKEY ON IG: U.S. Senator Ed Markey created a video for Instagram with the assistance of his wife, Dr. Susan Blumenthal, encouraging everyone to vote, after he and his wife cast their ballots in his hometown of Malden at the Irish American Club. (Advocate Photo) in the midst of one of the biggest “turn up the volume” Presidential tiff s of all time. Then it was time to greet a lot of those he has known for decades as a lifelong Maldonian, some of them who grew up a street or two away from his Townsend Street homestead, all “Edgeworthians.” Included were John “Trixie” Trischitta – who happened to an offi cial poll worker that day, Malden Police Ptl, George MacKay, who lives one street away from the Senator, Malden Recreation Coordinator Joe Levine, a veritable next-door neighbor off of Charles Street, and the Powers Brothers, Kevin and John, longtime Malden residents ELECTION | SEE PAGE 7
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