Rudnick Knocks On Doors in Wellesley

Charles Rudnick, Democratic primary challenger to State Senator  Cynthia Creem, spent the day knocking on doors in the district, including some in Wellesley.

Rudnick is challenging Creem to be the Democratic candidate for the First Middlesex and Norfolk district seat (including Newton, Brookline and Wellesley precincts A, C, D, and E ) Sept. 14. There is currently no registered Republican challenger.

Rudnick and his campaign aimed to knock on doors and talk to voters in all 51 precincts in the three towns that make up the district today. They started at 10 a.m. and planned to finish at about 8 p.m. Thursday.

"We had a nice kickoff at the headquarters and people turned out from all over the district," Rudnick said. He said about 20 people were out helping him knock on doors and spread word about his campaign.

Wellesley Patch caught up with the candidate in Precinct C, going from house to house and knocking on doors in the Sagamore Road neighborhood. Sometimes there was no answer, sometimes a resident's dog tried to greet them. Occasionally, he was able to speak to a voter, shake their hand, and tell them about his candidacy. 

Rudnick has challenged Creem, a divorce lawyer and a chair of the State Senate Judiciary Committee, who has set up a task force to study possible alimony reforms, to recuse herself from the topic. He has also vowed to spurn all contributions from lobbyists and political action committees. "Everybody who supports my campaign is an individual donor," Rudnick said Thursday.