“My years of public service to the town and in particular in the areas of housing, education, and zoning make me the right person for the job as state representative,” he said.

Speliotis, a former Danvers town moderator, is House chairman of the Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.

“I feel I’ve worked a long time to get to where I am now, to be able to effect the change I’ve effected over the last two years, he said.

Bill Nicholson, a Democrat who is a longtime Danvers town meeting member and former selectman, is supporting Speliotis’s reelection.

“He knows the ins and outs of the State House, having been there awhile. He’s accomplished a lot this year,” he said, citing the school aid increase and the state funding for the homeless as examples. “He has always answered the call when people have asked him for help.”

Diane Langlais, a Danvers Finance Committee member who is unenrolled, is serving as Bennett’s campaign manager.