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Save Our Public Schools Endorsements As of October 27, 2016 Save Our Public Schools Endorsements as of October 27, 2016 Elected Individuals - 31 U.S. Senators (2) Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts Ed Markey, Massachusetts U.S. Representatives (6) Michael Capuano, 7th Congressional Joe Kennedy, 4th Congressional District District Jim McGovern, 2nd Congressional District Katherine Clark, 5th Congressional District Niki Tsongas, 3rd Congressional District Bill Keating, 9th Congressional District State Senators (26) Joseph Boncore, State Senator 1st Suffolk & Barbara L'Italien, State Senator 2nd Essex & Middlesex Middlesex Michael Brady, State Senator 2nd Plymouth Eric P. Lesser, State Senator 1st Hampden & & Bristol Hampshire Will Brownsberger, State Senator 2nd Jason Lewis, State Senator 5th Middlesex Suffolk & Middlesex Thomas M. McGee, State Senator, 3rd Harriette L. Chandler, State Senator 1st Essex Worcester District Mark Montigny, State Senator 2nd Bristol & Cynthia Creem, State Senator 1st Middlesex Plymouth and Norfolk Michael Moore, State Senator 2nd Sal DiDomenico, State Senator Middlesex, Worcester Suffolk, & Essex Kathleen O'Connor Ives, State Senator 1st Kenneth Donnelly, State Senator 4th Essex Middlesex District Marc R. Pacheco, State Senator 1st Linda Dorcena Forry, State Senator, 1st Plymouth & Bristol Suffolk Mike Rush, State Senator Norfolk & Suffolk Jamie Eldridge, State Senator Middlesex & Karen Spilka, State Senator 2nd Middlesex Worcester and Norfolk Jennifer Flanagan, State Senator Worcester James Timilty, State Senator Bristol & & Middlesex Norfolk Anne Gobi, State Senator Worcester, James Welch, State Senator, Hampden Hampden, Hampshire & Franklin Daniel Wolf, State Senator, Cape and the Patricia Jehlen, State Senator 2nd Middlesex Islands John F. Keenan, State Senator Norfolk & Plymouth State Representatives (90) Jim Arciero, State Representative 2nd Bruce Ayers, State Representative 1st Middlesex Norfolk Brian Ashe, State Representative 2nd Ruth B. Balser, State Representative 12th Hampden Middlesex Christine Barber, State Representative 34th Carolyn Dykema, State Representative, 8th Middlesex Middlesex District Jennifer Benson, State Representative, Lori Ehrlich, State Representative 8th Essex Middlesex 37th Tricia Farley-Bouvier, State Representative Paul Brodeur, State Representative 32nd 3rd Berkshire District Middlesex Mike Finn, State Representative 6th Antonio Cabral, State Representative 13th Hampden Bristol Carole A. Fiola, State Representative 6th Daniel F Cahill, State Representative 10th Bristol Essex District William Galvin, State Representative, Thomas J. Calter, State Representative 12th Norfolk 6th Plymouth Sean Garballey, State Representative 23rd Linda Dean Campbell, State Representative Middlesex District 15th Essex Colleen Garry, State Representative 36th Jim Cantwell, State Representative 4th Middlesex Plymouth Carmine Gentile, State Representative 13th Gail Cariddi, State Representative 1st Middlesex District Berkshire Thomas Golden, State Representative 16th Gerry Cassidy, State Representative 9th Middlesex Plymouth Carlos Gonzalez, State Representative 10th Tackey Chan, State Representative, Norfolk Hampden 2nd Kenneth Gordon, State Representative 21st Edward Coppinger, State Representative Middlesex 10th Suffolk Stephan Hay, State Representative 3rd Brendan Crighton, State Representative 11th Worcester Essex District Jonathan Hecht, State Representative 29th Claire Cronin, State Representative 11th Middlesex Plymouth District Paul Heroux, State Representative, Bristol Dan Cullinane, State Representative, Suffolk 2nd 12th Daniel Hunt, State Representative 13th Josh Cutler, State Representative 6th Suffolk Plymouth Louis L. Kafka, State Representative 8th Michael S. Day, State Representative 31st Norfolk Middlesex Jay Kaufman, State Representative, Marjorie C. Decker, State Representative Middlesex 15th 25th Middlesex District Mary S. Keefe, State Representative 15th Marcos A. Devers, State Representative Worcester 16th Essex Kay Khan, State Representative 11th Diana DiZoglio, State Representative 14th Middlesex District Essex Peter Kocot, State Representative 1st Shawn Dooley, State Representative 9th Hampshire Norfolk Robert M. Koczera, State Representative Michelle M. DuBois, State Representative 11th Bristol 10th Plymouth Stephen Kulik, State Representative 1st Jim Dwyer, State Representative 30th Franklin Middlesex District John Lawn, State Representative 10th Tom Sannicandro, State Representative 7th Middlesex Middlesex District David Linsky, State Representative, Paul Schmid, State Representative, Bristol Middlesex 5th 8th John J. Mahoney, State Representative 13th John Scibak, State Representative 2nd Worcester Hampshire District Liz Malia, State Representative 11th Suffolk Frank Smizik, State Representative 15th District Norfolk Paul Mark, State Representative 2nd Theodore Speliotis, State Representative Berkshire District 13th Essex Joseph W. McGonagle, State Representative Thomas Stanley, State Representative 9th 28th Middlesex Middlesex District Rady Mom, State Representative 18th Ellen Story, State Representative, Middlesex Hampshire 3rd Harold Naughton, State Representative, Benjamin Swan, State Representative 11th Worcester 12th Hampden District Jim O'Day, State Representative 14th Walter Timilty, State Representative 7th Worcester Norfolk District Jerald Parisella, State Representative, Essex Timothy Toomey, State Representative 26th 6th Middlesex Sarah Peake, State Representative 4th Jose Tosado, State Representative, Hampden Barnstable 9th Smitty Pignatelli, State Representative, Paul Tucker, State Representative 7th Essex Berkshire 4th Steven Ultrino, State Representative 33rd Denise Provost, State Representative 27th Middlesex Middlesex District Aaron Vega, State Representative 5th Angelo Puppolo, State Representative 12th Hampden District Hampden John Velis, State Representative 4th David Rogers, State Representative 24th Hampden Middlesex RoseLee Vincent, State Representative 16th John H. Rogers, State Representative 12th Suffolk Norfolk Thomas P. Walsh, State Representative 12th Jeffrey N. Roy, State Representative 10th Essex Norfolk Timothy R. Whelan, State Representative Daniel Ryan, State Representative, 2nd 1st Barnstable District Suffolk Donald Wong, State Representative 9th Essex Mayors (31) Brian Arrigo, Mayor of Revere Stephen DiNatale, Mayor of Fitchburg Ted Bettencourt, Mayor of Peabody Robert Dolan, Mayor of Melrose Karen Cadieux, Mayor of Easthampton Kevin J. Dumas, Mayor of Attleboro Bill Carpenter, Mayor of Brockton Jim Fiorentini, Haverhill Mayor Joseph Curtatone, Mayor of Somerville Mark Hawke, Mayor of Gardner Carlo DeMaria, Mayor of Everett Donna Holaday, Mayor of Newburyport Tom Hoye, Mayor of Taunton William Reichelt, Mayor of West Edward J. Kennedy, Mayor of Lowell Springfield Tom Koch, Mayor of Quincy Daniel Rivera, Mayor of Lawrence Richard Kos, Mayor of Chicopee Domenic Sarno, Mayor of Springfield Jeannette McCarthy, Mayor of Waltham E. Denise Simmons, Mayor of Cambridge Jon Mitchell, Mayor of New Bedford Brian P. Sullivan, Mayor of Westfield Alex Morse, Mayor of Holyoke Joseph Sullivan, Mayor of Braintree Stephanie Muccini Burke, Mayor of Linda Tyer, Mayor of Pittsfield Medford Martin Walsh, Mayor of Boston David Narkewicz, Mayor of Northampton Setti Warren, Mayor of Newton Joe Petty, Mayor of Worcester Organizations - 135 ACT Lawrence Coalition for Social Justice AFSCME Council 93 Communications Workers Local 1400 AFSCME Local 1703 Community Labor United Alliance for Community & the Environment CWA District 1 American Federation of Teachers MA Franklin/Hampshire Labor Council American Friends Service Committee, Grace Team Northeast Regional Office Greater Boston Labor Council APWU Boston Local Greater Southeastern Mass Labor Council Arise for Social Justice Harvard College Democrats Berkshire Brigades Hotel Workers Local 26 Berkshire Labor Council IBEW Local 2222 Black Economic Justice Institute IBEW Local 2321 Black Educators' Alliance of Massachusetts IBEW Local 2322 Black Lives Matter Cambridge IBEW Local 2325 Black Political Task Force IUPAT District Council 35 Boston Education Justice Alliance Ironworkers Local 107 Boston Local Organizing Committee JALSA Boston Peace Jewish Labor Committee Boston Teachers Union La Comunidad - Everett Boston Workers Alliance Labor Guild Boston Youth Organizing Project Living Wage of Western Massachusetts Brazilian Policy Center, Inc. Massachusetts AFL-CIO Brazilian Women's Group Massachusetts Alliance for Retired Brazilian Worker Center Americans Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen Union Massachusetts Association of Colleges for Local 3 Teacher Education Brookline PAX MA Association of Haitian Parents Carpenters Local 108 Massachusetts Association of Regional Carpenters Local 218 Schools Central MA Labor Council Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Chinese Progressive Association Safety & Health (MassCOSH) Citizens for Public Schools Massachusetts Community Action Network Massachusetts Nurses Association No to Promesa Mass Teachers Association OPEIU Local 6 Massachusetts Elementary School Our Revolution Principals' Association Out Now Massachusetts Interfaith Worker Justice Pioneer Valley Labor Council Massachusetts Jobs With Justice Plumbers Local 12 Massachusetts Municipal Association Plymouth/Bristol Labor Council Massachusetts Organization of State Professional Fire Fighters of Massachusetts Engineers & Scientists Progress Together 2016 Massachusetts Peace Action Progressive Democrats of America Massachusetts PTA Progressive Democrats of Massachusetts
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