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State Rep. Paul Mark officially announced his run for State Senate during an event at Park Square in Pittsfield on Monday. During the event, Mark was endorsed by his fellow State Representatives, Tricia Farley Bouvier, John Barrett III, and William "Smitty" Pignatelli.

He’s back. Ben Downing, who walked away from his Senate seat after 10 years of serving residents in the Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin, and Hampden Senate District, says that he will be throwing his hat into the ring to run for Governor. An immensely popular senator, especially here in the Berkshires, Downing walked away from his Senate seat in 2016 making good on his promise to serve no more than