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US Rep. John F. Tierney
US Rep. James P. McGovern
US Rep. Michael E. Capuano
US Rep. Barney Frank
Former Mass. Atty General Scott Harshbarger
Suffolk County Sheriff Andrea Cabral
Former State Senator Cheryl Jacques
Mayor Joseph Curtatone, Somerville
Mayor Bob Nunes, Taunton
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Edward M. Augustus Jr.
Jarrett T. Barrios
Susan C. Fargo
Patricia Jehlen
Brian Joyce
Susan C. Tucker
Marian Walsh
Dianne Wilkerson

STATE REPS
Atkins, Cory
Blumer, Deborah D.
Bosley, Daniel E.
Bradley, Garrett J.
Donelan, Christopher J.
Dorcena Forry, Linda
Eldridge, James B.
Festa, Michael E.
Finegold, Barry R.
Fox, Gloria L.
Grant, Mary E.
Guyer, Denis E.
Kafka, Louis L.
Kaufman, Jay R.
Keenan, John, D.
Kennedy, Thomas P.
Kay Kahn
Kulik, Stephen
Leary, James Brendan
L'Italien, Barbara A.
Malia, Elizabeth A.
Marzilli, J. James, Jr.
Owens-Hicks, Shirley
Patrick, Matthew
Paulsen, Anne M.
Petersen, Douglas W.
Provost, Denise
Rodrigues, Michael J.
Rushing, Byron
Sannicandro, Tom
Scibak, John W.
Sciortino, Carl M., Jr.
Smizik, Frank Israel
Speliotis, Theodore C.
Stanley, Thomas M.
Story, Ellen
Sullivan, David B.
Swan, Benjamin
Teahan, Kathleen M.
Turner, Cleon H.
Verga, Anthony J.
Walz, Martha Marty
Wolf, Alice K.


Kenneth Reeves, Cambridge
Michael Tautznik, Easthampton
Gerald E. St. Hilaire, Gardner
Christine Forgey, Greenfield
Nancy Stevens, Marlborough
Mary Clare Higgins, Northampton
James Ruberto, Pittsfield
Thomas G. Ambrosino, Revere
Kim Driscoll, Salem


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