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The candidates listed below have taken the Commonwealth Environmental Pledge. Name Office Held/Sought District Gerly Adrien State Representative 28th Middlesex Representative Brian Ashe State Representative 2nd Hampden Representative Ruth B Balser State Representative 12th Middlesex Bryan P Barash Newton City Council Ward 2 Representative Christine P Barber State Representative 34th Middlesex Alex Bezanson State Representative 7th Plymouth 2nd Suffolk and Senator Will Brownsberger State Senate Middlesex Suezanne Patrice Bruce State Representative 9th Suffolk Senator Harriette Chandler State Senate 1st Worcester Michelle Ciccolo State Representative 15th Middlesex Matthew Cohen State Representative 15th Middlesex Hampshire, Franklin Jo Comerford State Senate and Worcester Representative Dan Cullinane State Representative 12th Suffolk Paul Cusack State Representative 2nd Barnstable Senator Julian Cyr State Senate Cape and Islands Representative Michael Day State Representative 31st Middlesex Representative Diana DiZoglio State Senate 1st Essex Christina Eckert State Representative 2nd Essex Representative Lori A. Ehrlich State Representative 8th Essex Middlesex and Senator James Eldridge State Senate Worcester Senator Paul Feeney State Senate Bristol and Norfolk Barnstable, Dukes and Representative Dylan Fernandes State Representative Nantucket 2nd Essex and Barry Finegold State Senate Middlesex Senator Cindy F. Friedman State Senate 4th Middlesex 15 Court Square, Suite 1000, Boston, MA 02108 • (617) 742-0474 • www.elmaction.org Representative Sean Garballey State Representative 23rd Middlesex Representative Carmine Lawrence Gentile State Representative 13th Middlesex Allison Gustavson State Representative 4th Essex Representative Solomon Goldstein-Rose State Representative 3rd Hampshire Tami Gouveia State Representative 14th Middlesex Representative Jim Hawkins State Representative 2nd Bristol Sabrina Heisey State Representative 36th Middlesex Sarah G. Hewins State Representative 2nd Plymouth Representative Natalie Higgins State Representative 4th Worcester Kevin Higgins State Representative 7th Plymouth John Hine State Representative 2nd Hampshire Senator Patricia D. Jehlen State Senate 2nd Middlesex Erika F Johnson State Representative 19th Middlesex Kathy LaNatra State Representative 12th Plymouth Anne Landry State Representative 30th Middlesex David LeBoeuf State Representative 17th Worcester Steven Leibowitz State Representative 1st Barnstable Lori Lennon State Representative 23rd Middlesex First Hampden and Senator Eric Lesser State Senate Hampshire Senator Jason Lewis State Senate 5th Middlesex Representative Jack Patrick Lewis State Representative 7th Middlesex Representative Jay Livingstone State Representative 8th Suffolk W. Stuart Loosemore State Representative 17th Worcester Representative Adrian Madaro State Representative 1st Suffolk Joshua Mason State Representative 1st Barnstable Thomas Merolli State Senate Worcester and Norfolk Christina A. Minicucci State Representative 14th Essex Liz Miranda State Representative 5th Suffolk 15 Court Square, Suite 1000, Boston, MA 02108 • (617) 742-0474 • www.elmaction.org Michael Mullen US Representative MA 3rd District Eric Nakajima State Representative 3rd Hampshire Tanya Neslusan State Representative 1st Hampden Tram T. Nguyen State Representative 18th Essex 1st Plymouth and Senator Marc R Pacheco State Senate Bristol Nathaniel Powell State Representative 4th Plymouth Representative Denise Provost State Representative 27th Middlesex District Darryn Remillard State Representative 30th Middlesex Amaad Rivera State Senate Hampden David A Robertson State Representative 19th Middlesex Maria Robinson State Representative 6th Middlesex Jennifer Rocco-Runnion State Representative 1st Essex Lindsay N Sabadosa State Representative 1st Hampshire Representative Jeffrey Sánchez State Representative 15th Suffolk Representative John W. Scibak State Representative 2nd Hampshire Representative Frank I. Smizik State Representative 15th Norfolk Representative Tom Stanley State Representative 9th Middlesex Rebecca Stone State Representative 15th Norfolk Jean Strauss State Representative 5th Worcester Diana M. Szynal State Representative 1st Hampshire Worcester and Senator Dean Tran State Senate Middlesex Tommy Vitolo State Representative 15th Norfolk Senator James Welch State Senate Hampden 15 Court Square, Suite 1000, Boston, MA 02108 • (617) 742-0474 • www.elmaction.org .
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