Lipper-Garabedian Announces Additional Endorsements Ahead of November 3 General Election
Campaign Earns Support from AFT Massachusetts, Massachusetts AFL-CIO, Planned Parenthood Action Committee, and SEIU Local 509
MELROSE – State Representative Kate Lipper-Garabedian's campaign for the 5th Middlesex District State Senate seat has earned additional endorsements from organized labor and reproductive rights organizations. Lipper-Garabedian previously received endorsements from 15 labor and advocacy organizations, 5 sitting state legislators, and more than 35 local elected officials across Malden, Melrose, Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield, and Winchester.
Lipper-Garabedian has earned the backing of AFT Massachusetts, which represents 26,000 teachers, paraprofessionals, librarians, nurses, and support staff in public schools, colleges, and libraries across the Commonwealth; Massachusetts AFL-CIO; Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Massachusetts; and SEIU Local 509.
“Kate has a deep understanding of the issues impacting public schools and the students they serve, not only as a State Representative, but as a former educator and after serving as legal counsel to the Executive Office of Education and we are proud to endorse her candidacy for State Senate,” said AFT Massachusetts President Jessica Tang. “We look forward to working with her directly in our efforts to make public education more equitable and ensure all students of the Commonwealth have access to the quality public education they deserve.”
“As a former public school teacher, a public school parent, and an education attorney, I’m proud to be endorsed by AFT Massachusetts,” said Lipper-Garabedian. “As the next State Senator for the Fifth Middlesex District, I will continue to prioritize our public schools in my legislative work, pressing for the resources and conditions necessary to ensure our educators are supported and our students can thrive.”
The latest endorsements add to those received by Lipper-Garabedian during the primary campaign, which she won with 63.5% of the total vote in a three-way election. During the primary campaign, she garnered union support from Boston Carmen's Union Local 589, Iron Workers Union Local 7, the Massachusetts & Northern New England Laborers' District Council, LIUNA! Laborers' Local 22, the Massachusetts Nurses Association, the Massachusetts Organization of State Engineers & Scientists, Carpenters Local 339, Carpenters Local 328, Melrose Firefighters Local 1617, and 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East. Her campaign additionally earned the endorsements of Reproductive Equity Now, the Environmental League of Massachusetts Action Fund, Vote Mama, Mass Retirees, and the Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus. The District's full state legislative delegation - outgoing State Senator Jason Lewis and State Representatives Mike Day, Paul Donato, Rich Haggerty, and Steve Ultrino – and more than 35 local elected officials in all six of the 5th Middlesex communities also endorsed her.
Representative Kate Lipper-Garabedian is a candidate for the 5th Middlesex District State Senate seat, which covers Malden, Melrose, Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield, and Winchester (Precincts 1, 2, 3, and 8). The general election is Tuesday, November 3.
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