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Election Endorsements

The Executive Council of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO is proud to announce the following endorsements voted on in our Executive Council Committee On Political Education (COPE) meeting on June 22, 2006.

Massachusetts AFL-CIO President Robert J. Haynes made the following statement regarding these endorsements: “We are proud to endorse these candidates who have demonstrated their solid commitment to working families and look forward to putting our time, organization, resources, energy, and passion into electing these pro-worker candidates to these important political offices.”

2006 Endorsements

Constitutional Officers

Deval Patrick for Governor of the Commonwealth. Read a letter from Robert Haynes about Deval Patrick's candidacy.

Mayor Tim Murray for Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth
District Attorney Martha Coakley for Attorney General of the Commonwealth
Treasurer Tim Cahill for Treasurer of the Commonwealth
Secretary William Galvin for Secretary of the Commonwealth
Auditor Joseph DeNucci for Auditor of the Commonwealth

Federal Candidates

Senator Edward M. Kennedy
Congressman John Olver, First Congressional District
Congressman Richard Neal, Second Congressional District
Congressman Jim McGovern, Third Congressional District
Congressman Barney Frank, Fourth Congressional District
Congressman Marty Meehan, Fifth Congressional District
Congressman John Tierney, Sixth Congressional District
Congressman Ed Markey, Seventh Congressional District
Congressman Michael Capuano, Eighth Congressional District
Congressman Stephen Lynch, Ninth Congressional District
Congressman Bill Delahunt, Tenth Congressional District

Incumbent State Senators

Senate President Robert Travaglini, First Suffolk and Middlesex
Senator Robert Antonioni, Worcester and Middlesex
Senator Edward Augustus, Second Worcester
Senator Jarrett Barrios, Middlesex, Suffolk, and Essex
Senator Frederick Berry, Second Essex
Senator Stephen Brewer, Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin
Senator Harriette Chandler, First Worcester
Senator Robert Creedon, Second Plymouth and Bristol
Senator Cynthia Creem, First Middlesex and Norfolk
Senator John Hart, First Suffolk
Senator Robert Havern, Fourth Middlesex
Senator Patricia Jehlen, Second Middlesex
Senator Brian Joyce, Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth
Senator Thomas McGee, Third Essex and Middlesex
Senator Joan Menard, First Bristol and Plymouth
Senator Mark Montigny, Second Bristol and Plymouth
Senator Michael Morrissey, Norfolk and Plymouth
Senator Therese Murray, Plymouth and Barnstable
Senator Robert O’Leary, Cape and Islands
Senator Marc Pacheco, First Plymouth and Bristol
Senator Pamela Resor, Middlesex and Worcester
Senator Stanley Rosenberg, Hampshire and Franklin
Senator Karen Spilka, Second Middlesex and Norfolk
Senator James Timilty, Bristol and Norfolk
Senator Steven Tolman, Second Suffolk and Middlesex
Senator Susan Tucker, Second Essex and Middlesex
Senator Marian Walsh, Suffolk and Norfolk
Senator Dianne Wilkerson, Second Suffolk

Incumbent State Representatives

Representative Bruce Ayers, 1st Norfolk
Representative Ruth Balser, 12th Middlesex
Representative John Binienda, 17th Worcester
Representative Deborah Blumer, 6th Middlesex
Representative Arthur Broadhurst, 15th Essex
Representative Antonio Cabral, 13th Bristol
Representative Jennifer Callahan, 18th Worcester
Representative Christine Canavan, 10th Plymouth
Representative Stephen Canessa, 12th Bristol
Representative Michael Costello, 1st Essex
Representative Robert Coughlin, 11th Norfolk
Representative Geraldine Creedon, 11th Plymouth
Representative Sean Curran, 9th Hampden
Representative Robert DeLeo, 19th Suffolk
Representative Paul Donato, 35th Middlesex
Representative Christopher Donelan, 2nd Franklin
Representative Joseph Driscoll, 5th Norfolk
Representative James Eldridge, 37th Middlesex
Representative James Fagan, 3rd Bristol
Representative Mark Falzone, 9th Essex
Representative Robert Fennell, 10th Essex
Representative Jennifer Flanagan, 4th Worcester
Representative Linda Dorcena Forry, 12th Suffolk
Representative Gloria Fox, 7th Suffolk
Representative Anne Gobi, 5th Worcester
Representative Mary Grant, 6th Essex
Representative Denis Guyer, 2nd Berkshire
Representative Patricia Haddad, 5th Bristol
Representative Lida Harkins, 13th Norfolk
Representative Kevin Honan, 17th Suffolk
Representative Denise Provost, 27th Middlesex
Representative Louis Kafka, 8th Norfolk
Representative Rachel Kaprielian, 29th Middlesex
Representative John Keenan, 7th Essex
Representative Thomas Kennedy, 9th Plymouth
Representative Kay Khan, 11th Middlesex
Representative Peter Kocot, 1st Hampshire
Representative Robert Koczera, 11th Bristol
Representative Peter Koutoujian, 10th Middlesex
Representative Paul Kujawski, 8th Worcester
Representative Stephen Kulik, 1st Franklin
Representative James Leary, 14th Worcester
Representative Stephen LeDuc, 4th Middlesex
Representative David Linsky, 5th Middlesex
Representative Barbara L’Italien, 18th Essex
Representative J. James Marzilli, Jr., 23rd Middlesex
Representative Michael Moran, 18th Suffolk
Representative Charles Murphy, 21st Middlesex
Representative James Murphy, 4th Norfolk
Representative Kevin Murphy, 18th Middlesex
Representative Harold Naughton, Jr., 12th Worcester
Representative Robert Nyman, 5th Plymouth
Representative Eugene O’Flaherty, 2nd Suffolk
Representative Marie Parente, 10th Worcester
Representative Vincent Pedone, 15th Worcester
Representative Douglas Petersen, 8th Essex
Representative William Pignatelli, 4th Berkshire
Representative Kathi-Anne Reinstein, 16th Suffolk
Representative Cheryl Coakley-Rivera, 10th Hampden
Representative John Rogers, 12th Norfolk
Representative Tom Sannicandro, 7th Middlesex
Representative Carl Sciortino, Jr., 34th Middlesex
Representative Frank Smizik, 15th Norfolk
Representative Theodore Speliotis, 13th Essex
Representative Robert Spellane, 13th Worcester
Representative Christopher Speranzo, 3rd Berkshire
Representative Joyce Spiliotis, 12th Essex
Representative Marie St. Fleur, 5th Suffolk
Representative Ellen Story, 3rd Hampshire
Representative William Straus, 10th Bristol
Representative David Sullivan, 6th Bristol
Representative Benjamin Swan, 11th Hampden
Representative Timothy Toomey, Jr., 26th Middlesex
Representative Cleon Turner, 1st Barnstable
Representative James Vallee, 10th Norfolk
Representative Anthony Verga, 5th Essex
Representative Joseph Wagner, 8th Hampden
Representative Brian Wallace, 4th Suffolk
Representative Patricia Walrath, 3rd Middlesex
Representative Martin Walsh, 13th Suffolk
Representative Steven Walsh, 11th Essex
Representative Martha Marty Walz, 8th Suffolk
Representative Alice Wolf, 25th Middlesex

State Legislative Open Seat Candidates

Ben Downing for State Senate in the Berkshire, Hampshire, and Franklin district

Representative Gale Candaras for State Senate in the 1st Hampden & Hampshire district

Angelo Puppolo for State Representative in the 12th Hampden district

Willie Mae Allen for State Representative in the 6th Suffolk district

Rosemary Sandlin for State Representative in the 34d Hampden district

Geraldo Alicea for State Representative in the 6th Worcester district. He is a member of NAGE.

Sarah Peake for State Representative in the 4th Barnstable district

William Brownsberger for State Representative in the 24th Middlesex district

Allen McCarthy for State Representative in the 7th Plymouth district

Steven D'Amico for State Representative in the 4th Bristol district

Sarah Peake for State Representative in the 4th Barnstable district

Claire Naughton for State Representative in the 1st Bristol district. She is a member of AFT Massachusetts.

Linda Dean Campbell for State Representative in the 15th Essex district.

Pam Richardson for State Representative in the 6th Middlesex District

Tom Carter for State Representative in the 12th Plymouth District

State Legislative Challengers to Anti-Labor Incumbents

Kate Jackson for State Representative in the 2nd Bristol district against Representative John Lepper (45.7% labor record)

Carol Bousquet for State Representative in the 1st Middlesex district against Representative Robert Hargraves (44.1% labor record)

Greg Hanley for State Representative in the 6th Plymouth district against Representative Daniel Webster, who has the worst labor voting record in the entire legislature (23.5% labor record)

Nate Kaplan for State Representative in the 1st Worcester district against Representative Lewis Evangelidis (35.3% labor record)