Ross launches Patrick primary challenge

Alexander Burns, Politico, February 5, 2010 Massachusetts activist Grace Ross, who ran against Gov. Deval Patrick as a third-party candidate in 2006, announced this week that she will challenge the governor again in this year's Democratic primary. Ross, who drew just under 2 percent of the vote in her bid on the Green-Rainbow Party ticket four years ago, informed the Democratic State Committee on Thursday that she was declaring a campaign for statewide office, the Boston Globe reported. ... Ross