Momentum builds for Sciortino campaign
Medford Transcript
Sep 05, 2008
As the Sept. 16 primary election approaches, the Committee to Re-Elect Rep. Carl Sciortino announced that two additional organizations -- the Retired Educators Association of Massachusetts and the Massachusetts Gay and Lesbian Political Caucus -- have endorsed his campaign for re-election. Their support is in addition to the wide variety of environmental, education, human service, progressive, and labor endorsements Sciortino has received in recent weeks.
"Support for education and standing up for equality for all people have been central to my work in the Legislature over the past four years," said Sciortino. "I am honored by these endorsements and look forward to the opportunity to continue fighting for the residents of Somerville and Medford."
Carl Sciortino is a two-term Democratic state representative in the 34th Middlesex District, serving parts of Somerville and Medford.
In addition to his support from the Retired Educators Association of Massachusetts and the Massachusetts Gay and Lesbian Political Caucus, Rep. Sciortino has been endorsed by the American Federation of Teachers-Massachusetts, the Boston Teachers Union, Clean Water Action, Democracy for America, Mass Alliance, MassEquality, the Massachusetts Laborers District Council-AFL-CIO, the Massachusetts League of Environmental Voters, Massachusetts NOW, the Massachusetts Nurses Association, the Massachusetts Organization of State Engineers and Scientists, the Massachusetts Teachers Association, the Medford Police Patrolman's Association, NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts, the National Association of Social Workers-Massachusetts, Neighbor to Neighbor, the Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund, the Progressive Democrats of Somerville, the Service Employees International Union Massachusetts State Council, the Sierra Club of Massachusetts, and the Young Democrats of Massachusetts.