Assistant Managing Editor

Rowland is the Washington bureau chief. He also has served as Metro political editor and as a healthcare reporter on the Business desk. He joined the paper in January of 2001 after spending 12 years as a local and state political writer at the Providence Journal in Rhode Island.
A number of Jon Huntsman and Ron Paul backers in New Hampshire said they are undecided or plan to support President Obama.
Senator Scott Brown has discovered that his considerable political charms have not always helped him navigate a clubby Senate chamber.
Stephen J. Kerrigan, a veteran Massachusetts political operative, is tackling the biggest challenge of his career.
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Romney’s third-place finishes in Mississippi and Alabama demonstrated that the Bible Belt is still unwilling to provide a spark for the Yankee from Massachusetts.