Rudnick Steps Up Campaigning As Race For State Senate Heats Up

Volunteers and staffers for the Charles Rudnick campaign hit the streets across Brookline, Newton and Wellesley today, knocking on doors and shaking hands in all 51 precincts in the First Norfolk and Middlesex District.

"The idea today was to build on the momentum of our grass roots effort by hitting every single precinct," Rudnick said as he took a break from knocking on doors just south of Coolidge Corner around 4:30 p.m. His campaign began the day at 10 a.m. and planned to wrap up around 8 p.m.

Rudnick has ramped up his rhetoric against Sen. Cynthia Creem in recent weeks, accusing the incumbent of avoiding debates and demanding she recuse her elf from alimony legislation because of her work as a divorce lawyer. Rudnick said he has been canvassing the district, including Brookline, for several weeks as well, though today was the first time his team made hit the streets in large numbers.

Creem has been less visible on the campaign trail, appearing just once in public in Brookline earlier this month to greet morning commuters with former Gov. Michael Dukakis at the Coolidge Corner T-Stop. Creem also made a point of releasing her campaign finance records early last week, with Rudnick following suit a few days later.

The two candidates will appear together at a candidate's night hosted by the Brookline Democratic Town Committee at Town Hall on Aug. 10 and have scheduled several other debates outside of Brookline. They'll face off in the Democratic primary in September.

No Republicans are running for the senate seat.