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Senate candidate Martha Coakley wins key backing from Bill Clinton

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By Matt Viser, Globe Staff

Attorney General Martha Coakley has earned a key voice of support: Former president Bill Clinton has recorded a telephone message that will be blasted out tomorrow to 500,000 voters urging them to elect her.

"Martha Coakley will go to Washington to fight every day to create good jobs with good benefits and to get health reform with a strong public option," Clinton says in the message. "You can trust her to get results in the Senate just as she has as your Attorney General. This election is very important to Massachusetts. So don't forget to vote tomorrow and please vote for Martha Coakley."

In a US Senate campaign that has included numerous endorsements, Clinton’s is the most prominent and comes at a key moment before primary voters head to the polls on Tuesday.

It could also help galvanize some of Coakley’s most ardent supporters. Coakley is hoping to become the first female US Senator from Massachusetts and has courted many of the women who were active in the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton, the former president’s wife and the current secretary of state.

Here is the full text of Clinton’s message:

“Hello, this is President Bill Clinton. I’m calling to remind you to vote tomorrow, Tuesday, December 8. And I hope you will vote for Attorney General Martha Coakley as your next U.S. Senator.

“Martha Coakley will go to Washington to fight every day to create good jobs with good benefits and to get health reform with a strong public option. You can trust her to get results in the Senate just as she has as your Attorney General.

“This election is very important to Massachusetts. So don’t forget to vote tomorrow and please vote for Martha Coakley. Thank you.”

Matt Viser can be reached at maviser@globe.com.