Letter: Political Bias

Letter to the Editor07:00PM / Tuesday, August 09, 2022Print Story | Email Story

To the Editor:

Do you only report about Democrat candidates or am I missing your reporting on Republican candidates some how? The Berkshire Eagle is a left-favoring periodical that I've learned to simply ignore because of their bias. Please clarify my dilemma sooner than later.

I appreciate your efforts & overall coverage but it appears a political bias is showing itself.

Chuck D. Wright
North Adams, Mass.

Editor's note: iBerkshires covers all local candidates and state candidates who visit Berkshire County (and let us know they're coming!) We have been focusing on the upcoming primary, which has no local Republican races. We wrote about gubernatorial candidate Geoffry Diehl and two candidates who recently came to Pittsfield.

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Mass Voters Return Incumbents to Office

Staff Reports iBerkshires
10:44PM / Tuesday, November 03, 2026

Voters sent a strong message on Tuesday, with Democrats flipping seats across the country and easily returning the state's Democratic leadership to office.

The Berkshire delegation cruised to victory with no opposition; U.S. Rep. Richard Neal was returned to Congress to represent the 1st Mass District for a 20th term, defeating independent Nadia Milleron a second time.

The Associated Press called the gubernatorial race for Maura Healey and Kim Driscoll a minute after the polls closed — and with zero precincts reporting.

Healey was leading Republican Michael Minogue by 2 to 1 with 20 percent reporting about 10:30 p.m. Independent Andrea James was a distant third with less than 4 percent.

U.S. Sen. Edward Markey will also return to the Capitol, with Republican challenger John Deaton conceding. By 10:30, Markey was leading 67 percent to Deaton's 28. Trailing were Joe Tache of the Socialist Labor Part and independent Shiva Ayyadurai with less than 3 percent each.

Voting reports were coming in very slowly on Tuesday night. We'll do a more in-depth review on Wednesday of how the Berkshires voted.

The only local race was for the Mount Greylock School Committee. In this case, voters had to write in the candidates names and addresses because a ballot error left the names off. It's expected to take time for a handcount in both Williamstown and Lanesborough so the results may not be confirmed until very late Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning.

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