Help us Protect and Elect
Pro-Choice Candidates
in 2012
On the Verge of Losing Our Pro-Choice Majority
Elections Matter!
Since its founding, NARAL ProChoice Massachusetts has worked
tirelessly to elect pro-choice candidates to the Massachusetts legislature
to ensure the protection of women’s
access to reproductive care. We
reached our first pro-choice majority in the Massachusetts House only
in 2004. And now the Massachusetts
House of Representatives is dangerously close to losing it.
This fall’s election is crucial to
rebuilding our pro-choice majority
to protect Massachusetts from the
types of attacks on women that we
have seen recently in states across the
country.
In the Senate, pro-choice legislators currently make up well over half
of the 40 seats. We are proud to be
working hard to retain such a strong
majority.
The NARAL Pro-Choice Massa-
chusetts PAC has endorsed 62 candidates
for the House of Representatives and 23
candidates for Massachusetts Senate. But
our endorsement isn’t enough. We have
targeted a number of races where we are
providing volunteer and staff support for
particularly vulnerable pro-choice candidates. We have worked hard throughout
the summer to increase visibility and
educate voters about the importance
of electing strong pro-choice candidates
who will fight to protect women’s access
to reproductive health care as elected
officials.
The potential for losing our pro-choice
majority in the House of Representatives
is a call to action for us and all voters in
the Commonwealth. This guide is your
tool to determine which candidates and
legislators are pro-choice in each legislative district in the Commonwealth. We
hope you will stand with us and pledge
to vote pro-choice this fall.
Political Director Michael Falcone
speaking at the NARAL Pro-Choice MA
Annual Meeting in May.
Volunteer to Elect
Pro-Choice Candidates!
Join a phone bank for pro-choice
candidates in our Boston office!
Or get involved locally with a
candidate in your area!
To volunteer, email Michael at
[email protected] or call
617-556-8800 x14!
Protect and Elect Campaign: Working for Choice in MA
Interns Help Pro-Choice Candidates Across the State
Each election cycle, NARAL
Pro-Choice Massachusetts puts
interns and volunteers from across
the Commonwealth to work on
campaigns to elect pro-choice candidates. This year, eleven devoted
interns have worked continuously
throughout the summer to help elect
pro-choice candidates.
Whether talking to voters at the
door, providing information over
the phone, helping candidates with
campaign details, or attending local
events, NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts’ interns have dedicated their
summer to protecting the reproductive freedoms of Massachusetts
residents.
From Andover to Attleboro, to
Ashland and Bridgewater, our team has
spent over 1,000 hours advocating for
pro-choice candidates.
And we’ve only just begun.
The Protect and Elect
Campaign also works to
create and strengthen
connections with prochoice grassroots activists throughout Massachusetts. The interns have collected
signatures at many events throughout
the summer from people pledging to
support pro-choice candidates in this
fall’s elections. We’ve received the
support of over 3,000 new pledges,
demonstrating to candidates and voters that choice matters in this election.
But we can’t succeed without you!
As summer comes to
an end and our talented
and dedicated interns
head back to school,
we look to our members—like you—to join
the effort to elect prochoice candidates. To
learn more about volunteering for pro-choice candidates in
your area, please contact our Political
Director, Michael Falcone, at 617-5568800 x14 or
[email protected].
Pro-Choice Voters’ Guide | 2 | Fall 2012
Board of Directors:
How to Use the Voters’ Guide
Trina Moore, Chair
Kimberly Haskins, Vice-Chair
Ellen Fisher, Clerk
Kate Bicego
Pem Brown
Genevieve Quist Green
Christian Price
Samuel Perkins
Lindsay Tucker
Susan Yanow
Information about endorsements and candidates running for State Representative and State Senate
is organized by legislative district. We have included the name of the incumbent representing each
district in parentheses for your reference.
Political Committee:
Nicole Roos, Chair
Kate Chang
Stefanie Coxe
Andrea Crupi
Cathy Flewelling
Lia Glovsky
Cynthia Oldfield
Karen Payne
Sondra Peskoe
Evan Rauch
Sam Shusterman
Staff:
Megan Amundson, Executive Director
Michael Falcone, Political Director
Rose MacKenzie, Director of Health Care Policy
Abby Thorp, Development Director
NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts
15 Court Square, Suite 900
Boston, MA 02108
www.ProChoiceMass.org
[email protected]
617-556-8800
Our mission is to develop and sustain
a grassroots constituency that uses the
political process to guarantee every
woman the right to make personal
decisions regarding the full range
of reproductive choices, including
preventing unintended pregnancy, bearing
healthy children, and choosing safe, legal,
accessible abortion.
NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts is
working to promote greater diversity
within our organization, to form
collaborations with communities of color,
and to represent more fully the needs of
the many diverse constituencies in the
Commonwealth.
© 2012 NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts
Key to Candidate Ratings
Ratings are based on a candidate’s voting record, responses to our questionnaire, and/or information
gathered by the NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts Political Committee.
ENDORSED
Candidate is endorsed by NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts.
Pro-Choice
Anti-Choice
Candidate believes abortion should be safe, legal, and accessible;
supports access to family planning services and comprehensive
health education, including information about abstinence and contraception; and opposes legislative attacks on women’s health.
Mixed Candidate supports a woman’s right to choose with certain restrictions.
Unknown Candidate’s stance is unclear.
Note:
Candidate opposes a woman’s right to choose abortion, or supports it in such
limited circumstances as to render the right to choose meaningless.
Some legislators rated “Anti-Choice” or “Mixed” support access to family planning
services and/or comprehensive health education.
Party Abbreviations:
D Democrat
R Republican
U Unenrolled
L Libertarian
G Green
NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts Endorsement Policy
NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts endorses candidates with strong pro-choice positions
and structured campaigns. Since we place a high priority on issue leadership and a pro-choice
voting record. In certain races we have endorsed one pro-choice candidate over another.
In races where we have made an endorsement, we list only the endorsed candidate.
In races where we have not made an endorsement, we list every candidate in the race and
their positions on choice.
A Note About the Candidate Questionnaire
NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts sent questionnaires to every candidate running for an open
seat, targeted challengers, and incumbents whose record and/or positions were unknown to the
organization, or needed clarification.
The questionnaire addresses a range of reproductive rights and health issues, including Roe v.
Wade, restrictions on access to abortion care, Medicaid funding for abortions, comprehensive
health education, the repeal of anti-choice statutes still in effect in Massachusetts, funding for
family planning services and teen pregnancy prevention programs, and efforts to chip away at
Roe V. Wade through legislative vehicles. Responses to the questionnaire were used to assess
candidates’ positions.
Questions?
If you don’t know your legislative district, please go to www.WhereDoIVoteMa.com. If you have
any other questions, please contact our Political Director, Michael Falcone, at 617-556-8800 x14
or [email protected].
Pro-Choice Voters’ Guide | 3 | Fall 2012
State Senate Races
Berkshire, Hampshire & Franklin (Downing)
Benjamin B. Downing (D-Otis)
ENDORSED
Bristol & Norfolk (Timilty)
James E. Timilty (D-Walpole) Jeffrey Bailey (R-Attleboro) 1st Bristol & Plymouth (Rodrigues)
Michael J. Rodrigues (D-Westport)
David Meade (D-Fall River) Pro-Choice
Anti-Choice
Anti-Choice
Anti-Choice
2nd Bristol & Plymouth (Montigny)
Mark C. Montigny (D-Dartmouth)
Pro-Choice
Cape & Islands (Wolf)
Daniel A. Wolf (D-Harwich)
ENDORSED
1st Essex (Baddour, vacant)
Tim Coco (D-Haverhill)
James Kelcourse (U-Amesbury)
Paul Magliocchetti (U-Haverhill)
Bill Manzi (D-Methuen)
Sam Meas (R-Haverhill)
Kalthleen O’Connor-Ives (D-Newburyport)
Shaun Toohey (R-Haverhill)
Pro-Choice
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Anti-Choice
Pro-Choice
Unknown
2nd Essex (Berry, retiring)
Edward Carroll (D-Salem)
Richard Jolitz (R-Beverly)
Joan Lovely (D-Salem)
Mary-Ellen Manning (D-Peabody)
John Slattery (D-Peabody)
Unknown
Anti-Choice
Pro-Choice
Unknown
Pro-Choice
3rd Essex (McGee)
Thomas M. McGee (D-Lynn) 1st Essex & Middlesex (Tarr)
Bruce E. Tarr (R-Gloucester) Pro-Choice
Mixed
2nd Essex & Middlesex (Finegold)
Barry R. Finegold (D-Andover)
ENDORSED
Hampden (Welch)
James T. Welch (D-West Springfield)
ENDORSED
1st Hampden & Hampshire (Candaras)
Gale D. Candaras (D-Wilbraham)
Pro-Choice
2nd Hampden & Hampshire (Knapik)
Michael R. Knapik (R-Westfield)
Anti-Choice
Hampshire & Franklin (Rosenberg)
Stanley C. Rosenberg (D-Amherst)
ENDORSED
1st Middlesex (Donoghue)
Eileen M. Donoghue (D-Lowell)
ENDORSED
2nd Middlesex (Jehlen)
Patricia D. Jehlen (D-Somerville)
ENDORSED
3rd Middlesex (Fargo, retiring)
Mara Dolan (D-Concord)
Michael Barrett (D-Lexington) Alex Buck (D-Chelmsford)
Greg Howes (R-Concord)
Sandi Martinez (R-Chelmsford) Joseph Mullin (D-Weston)
Joe Kearns Goodwin (D-Concord)
Pro-Choice
Pro-Choice
Pro-Choice
Unknown
Anti-Choice
Pro-Choice
Pro-Choice
4th Middlesex (Donnelly)
Ken Donnelly (D-Arlington)
ENDORSED
Middlesex & Essex (Clark)
Katherine M. Clark (D-Melrose)
ENDORSED
1st Middlesex & Norfolk (Creem)
Cynthia Stone Creem (D-Newton) 2nd Middlesex & Norfolk (Spilka)
Karen E. Spilka (D-Ashland)
ENDORSED
ENDORSED
Middlesex, Suffolk & Essex (DiDomenico)
Sal N. DiDomenico (D-Everett)
ENDORSED
Middlesex & Worcester (Eldridge)
Jamie Eldridge (D-Acton) ENDORSED
Norfolk, Bristol & Middlesex (Ross)
Richard J. Ross (R-Wrentham) Anti-Choice
Norfolk, Bristol & Plymouth (Joyce)
Brian A. Joyce (D-Milton)
Pro-Choice
Norfolk & Plymouth (Keenan)
John Keenan (D-Quincy)
Unknown
Plymouth & Barnstable (Murray)
Therese Murray (D-Plymouth)
ENDORSED
1st Plymouth & Bristol (Pacheco)
Marc R. Pacheco (D-Taunton)
ENDORSED
2nd Plymouth & Bristol (Kennedy)
Thomas Kennedy (D-Brockton)
Anti-Choice
Plymouth & Norfolk (Hedlund)
Genevieve Davis (D-Norwell)
ENDORSED
1st Suffolk (Hart)
Jack Hart (D-South Boston)
Anti-Choice
Endorsed State Senator Katherine Clark
(D-Melrose) with Executive Director Megan
Amundson at Chocolate Madness in March.
Pro-Choice Voters’ Guide | 4 | Fall 2012
State Senate Races
2nd Suffolk (Chang-Díaz)
Sonia Rosa Chang-Díaz (D-Jamaica Plain)
ENDORSED
1st Suffolk & Middlesex (Petruccelli)
Anthony Petruccelli (D-East Boston)
Thomas Dooley (R-Beacon Hill) Pro-Choice
Unknown
2nd Suffolk & Middlesex (Brownsberger)
Will Brownsberger (D-Belmont)
ENDORSED
Suffolk & Norfolk (Rush)
Michael Rush (D-West Roxbury)
Anti-Choice
1st Worcester (Chandler)
Harriette L. Chandler (D-Worcester)
ENDORSED
2nd Worcester (Moore)
Michael O. Moore (D-Millbury)
ENDORSED
Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire
& Franklin (Brewer)
Stephen M. Brewer (D-Barre) Anti-Choice
Worcester & Middlesex (Flanagan)
Jennifer Flanagan (D-Leominster) ENDORSED
Worcester & Norfolk (Moore)
Richard T. Moore (D-Uxbridge)
Anti-Choice
Get Informed,
Take Action!
Join the Choice Action Network
so you can receive regular email alerts
with up-to-date information on issues
relating to reproductive health, family planning,
abortion, health education, and much more.
You will also learn about NARAL
Pro-Choice Massachsuetts’ political work,
volunteer opportunities, and upcoming
events in your area.
To sign up for the Choice Action Network,
visit: www.ProChoiceMass.org!
Champions for Choice
NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts is pleased to have the distinct privilege of honoring
Judge Nancy Gertner
as our 2012 Champion for Choice.
Each fall, we recognize exceptional leaders and advocates who seek to advance women’s reproductive
health and rights here in the Commonwealth. We are thrilled to be able to recognize her at our annual
fundraiser. We hope you’ll join us!
Date:
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Time:
6:00-8:30pm
Location:
AIC, 38 Newbury Street, Boston 02116
Tickets are $150 each. Sponsorships start at $250.
If you are interested in sponsoring the event or purchasing tickets, please contact
Abby Thorp, Development Director, at 617-556-8800 x11 or [email protected]
If you would like to learn more about Champions for Choice (including past events),
please visit our website at www.ProChoiceMass.org.
Pro-Choice Voters’ Guide | 5 | Fall 2012
State Representative Races
Barnstable, Dukes & Nantucket (Madden)
Timothy Madden (D-Nantucket) Pro-Choice
1st Barnstable (Turner)
Cleon H.Turner (D-Dennis)
ENDORSED
2nd Barnstable (Atsalis)
Demetrius J. Atsalis (D-Barnstable) 3rd Barnstable (Vieira)
David T.Vieira (R-Falmouth)
ENDORSED
Unknown
4th Barnstable (Peake)
Sarah Peake (D-Provincetown)
5th Barnstable (Hunt)
Patrick Ellis (D-Sandwich) ENDORSED
ENDORSED
1st Berkshire (Cariddi)
Gailanne M. Cariddi (D-North Adams)
2nd Berkshire (Mark)
Paul W. Mark (D-Pittsfield)
3rd Berkshire (Farley-Bouvier)
Tricia Farley-Bouvier (D-Pittsfield)
ENDORSED
Pro-Choice
4th Berkshire (Pignatelli)
William “Smitty” Pignatelli (D-Lenox)
1st Bristol (Barrows)
Fred “Jay” Barrows (R-Mansfield)
2nd Bristol (Ross)
Paul Heroux (D-Attleboro)
3rd Bristol (O’Connell)
Shaunna L. O’Connell (R-Taunton)
Sherry Costa-Hanlon (D-Taunton)
4th Bristol (Howitt)
Steven Howitt (R-Seekonk)
Keith Carreiro (D-Swansea)
5th Bristol (Haddad)
Patricia A. Haddad (D-Somerset)
6th Bristol (Sullivan)
David B. Sullivan (D-Fall River) 7th Bristol (Aguiar)
Kevin Aguiar (D-Fall River)
8th Bristol (Schmid)
Paul Schmid III (D-Westport) ENDORSED
ENDORSED
Anti-Choice
ENDORSED
Pro-Choice
Pro-Choice
Unknown
Pro-Choice
ENDORSED
Anti-Choice
ENDORSED
9th Bristol (Markey)
Christopher Markey (D-New Bedford)
Unknown
Unknown
10th Bristol (Straus)
William M. Straus (D-Mattapoisett) ENDORSED
11th Bristol (Koczera)
Robert Koczera (D-New Bedford)
Pro-Choice
12th Bristol (Orrall)
Keiko Orrall (R-Lakeville)
Adam Bond (D-Middleborough)
Roger Brunelle (D-Middleborough)
Anti-Choice
Pro-Choice
Pro-Choice
13th Bristol (Cabral)
Antonio F.D. Cabral (D-New Bedford)
Pro-Choice
14th Bristol (Poirier)
Elizabeth A. Poirier (R-North Attleboro) Anti-Choice
1st Essex (Costello)
Michael A. Costello (D-Newburyport)
Pro-Choice
2nd Essex (Stanley, retiring)
Barry Fogel (D-West Newbury)
ENDORSED
3rd Essex (Dempsey)
Brian S. Dempsey (D-Haverhill)
Pro-Choice
4th Essex (Hill)
Bradford R. Hill (R-Ipswich)
Anti-Choice
5th Essex (Ferrante)
Ann-Margaret Ferrante (D-Gloucester)
ENDORSED
6th Essex (Parisella)
Jerald A. Parisella (D-Beverly) Unknown
7th Essex (Keenan)
John D. Keenan (D-Salem) ENDORSED
8th Essex (Ehrlich)
Lori Ehrlich (D-Marblehead)
ENDORSED
9th Essex (Wong)
Donald Wong (R-Saugus)
Unknown
10th Essex (Fennell)
Robert F. Fennell (D-Lynn)
Gardy Jean-Francois (D-Lynn) Dwight “Dusty” Caufield (R-Lynn)
Mixed
Pro-Choice
Unknown
11th Essex (Walsh)
Steven M. Walsh (D-Lynn)
Pro-Choice
12th Essex (Spiliotis)
Joyce A. Spiliotis (D-Peabody) Anti-Choice
13th Essex (Speliotis)
Theodore C. Speliotis (D-Danvers)
Pro-Choice
14th Essex (Torrisi)
David M.Torrisi (D-North Andover) ENDORSED
15th Essex (Campbell)
Linda Dean Campbell (D-Methuen)
Anti-Choice
16th Essex (Devers)
Marcos Devers (D-Lawrence) Jose Santiago (D-Lawrence) Chally Ramos (D-Lawrence) Unknown
Anti-Choice
Anti-Choice
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State Representative Races
1st Middlesex (Harrington)
Sheila Harrington (R-Pepperell) Anti-Choice
ENDORSED
2nd Middlesex (Arciero)
Jim Arciero (D-Westford)
Valerie Wormell (R-Westford) Unknown
Unknown
ENDORSED
3rd Middlesex (Hogan)
Kate Hogan (D-Stow)
ENDORSED
2nd Franklin (Andrews)
Denise Andrews (D-Orange)
ENDORSED
1st Hampden (Smola)
Todd M. Smola (R-Palmer)
Anti-Choice
4th Middlesex (Levy)
Steven L. Levy (R-Marlborough)
Danielle W. Gregoire (D-Marlborough)
Joseph Collins (D-Marlborough)
Anti-Choice
Pro-Choice
Unknown
5th Middlesex (Linsky)
David Paul Linsky (D-Natick)
ENDORSED
6th Middlesex (Walsh)
Chris Walsh (D-Framingham)
ENDORSED
17th Essex (Adams, outgoing)
Frank Moran (D-Lawrence) Kevin M. Cuff (U-Andover)
Anti-choice
Pro-Choice
18th Essex (Lyons)
Barbara A. L’Italien (D-Andover)
1st Franklin (Kulik)
Stephen Kulik (D-Worthington)
2nd Hampden (Ashe)
Brian M. Ashe (D-Longmeadow)
Marie Angelides (R-Longmeadow)
Enrico John Villamaino, III (R-Longmeadow)
Anti-Choice
Anti-Choice
Unknown
3rd Hampden (Boldyga)
Samuel DiSanti (D-Agawam)
ENDORSED
7th Middlesex (Sannicandro)
Tom Sannicandro (D-Ashland)
ENDORSED
4th Hampden (Humason)
Donald F. Humason, Jr. (R-Westfield)
Anti-Choice
8th Middlesex (Dykema)
Carolyn Dykema (D-Holliston)
ENDORSED
5th Hampden (Kane,Vacant)
Aaron Vega (D-Holyoke) ENDORSED
9th Middlesex (Stanley)
Thomas M. Stanley (D-Waltham)
Mixed
6th Hampden (Finn)
Michael J. Finn (D-West Springfield)
Lincoln Blackie (U-West Springfield)
Unknown
Unknown
10th Middlesex (Lawn)
John Lawn (D-Watertown)
Francis Stanton (R-Waltham) Unknown
Anti-Choice
7th Hampden (Petrolati)
Thomas M. Petrolati (D-Ludlow)
Anti-Choice
11th Middlesex (Khan)
Kay S. Khan (D-Newton)
ENDORSED
8th Hampden (Wagner)
Joseph F. Wagner (D-Chicopee)
Mixed
12th Middlesex (Balser)
Ruth B. Balser (D-Newton)
ENDORSED
9th Hampden (Curran)
Sean Curran (D-Springfield) Robert Underwood (U-Springfield)
Joseph Fountain (D-Springfield) Anti-Choice
Unknown
Pro-Choice
13th Middlesex (Conroy)
Thomas Conroy (D-Wayland)
ENDORSED
14th Middlesex (Atkins)
Cory Atkins (D-Concord) ENDORSED
10th Hampden (Coakley-Rivera)
Cheryl Coakley-Rivera (D-Springfield)
ENDORSED
15th Middlesex (Kaufman)
Jay R. Kaufman (D-Lexington)
ENDORSED
11th Hampden (Swan)
Benjamin Swan (D-Springfield) Norman Oliver (U-Springfield) Pro-Choice
Unknown
16th Middlesex (Golden)
Thomas A. Golden, Jr. (D-Lowell)
Anti-Choice
12th Hampden (Puppolo)
Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. (D-Springfield)
D. John McCarthy (R-Sprinfield)
Anti-Choice
Anti-Choice
17th Middlesex (Nangle)
David M. Nangle (D-Lowell)
Martin Burke (R-Lowell)
Anti-Choice
Pro-Choice
18th Middlesex (Murphy)
Kevin J. Murphy (D-Lowell)
Mixed
Anti-Choice
Unknown
1st Hampshire (Kocot)
Peter V. Kocot (D-Northampton)
ENDORSED
2nd Hampshire (Scibak)
John W. Scibak (D-South Hadley)
ENDORSED
3rd Hampshire (Story)
Ellen Story (D-Amherst) ENDORSED
19th Middlesex (Miceli)
James R. Miceli (D-Wilmington)
Douglas Warren Sears (R-Tewksbury)
Pro-Choice Voters’ Guide | 7 | Fall 2012
State Representative Races
20th Middlesex (Jones)
Bradley H. Jones, Jr. (R-Reading)
ENDORSED
21st Middlesex (Murphy, vacant)
David Fionda* (D-Burlington) Walter Zenkin* (R-Burlington)
Pro-Choice
Unkown
22nd Middlesex (Lombardo)
James F. O’Donnell (U-Billerica)
ENDORSED
23rd Middlesex (Garballey)
Sean Garballey (D-Arlington)
ENDORSED
*These will be write-in candidates
24th Middlesex (Brownsberger, vacant)
James Gammill (U-Belmont) Margaret Hegarty (D-Belmont)
Tommasina Olson (R-Belmont)
Robert Reardon (D-Belmont) David Rogers (D-Cambridge) Unknown
Pro-Choice
Pro-Choice
Pro-Choice
Pro-Choice
25th Middlesex (Wolf, retiring)
Majorie Decker (D-Cambridge)
ENDORSED
26th Middlesex (Toomey)
Timothy J. Toomey, Jr. (D-Cambridge)
Mike Connolly (U-Cambridge) Thomas Vasconcelos (R-Somerville)
Mixed
Pro-Choice
Pro-Choice
27th Middlesex (Provost)
Denise Provost (D-Somerville)
ENDORSED
28th Middlesex (Smith)
Stephen “Stat” Smith (D-Everett)
Pro-Choice
29th Middlesex (Hecht)
Jonathan Hecht (D-Watertown)
30th Middlesex (Dwyer)
James J. Dwyer (D-Woburn)
31st Middlesex (Lewis)
Jason M. Lewis (D-Winchester)
32nd Middlesex (Brodeur)
Paul Brodeur (D-Melrose) ENDORSED
Mixed
ENDORSED
ENDORSED
33rd Middlesex (Fallon)
Christopher G. Fallon (D-Malden)
Anti-Choice
34th Middlesex (Sciortino)
Carl M. Sciortino, Jr. (D-Medford)
ENDORSED
35th Middlesex (Donato)
Paul J. Donato (D-Medford)
Anti-Choice
36th Middlesex (Garry)
Colleen M. Garry (D-Dracut) George Derek Boag (R-Dracut)
Cathy Richardson (R-Dracut) Anti-Choice
Mixed
Unknown
37th Middlesex (Benson)
Jennifer Benson (D-Lunenburg)
Pro-Choice
Political interns Justin Matheus, Alexis Hoffman,
Nicole Stephens, and Kaleigh Ross at the Boston
Pride Parade in June.
1st Norfolk (Ayers)
Bruce J. Ayers (D-Quincy)
Anti-Choice
2nd Norfolk (Chan)
Tackey Chan (D-Quincy)
Unknown
3rd Norfolk (Mariano)
Ronald Mariano (D-Quincy)
ENDORSED
4th Norfolk (Murphy)
James Michael Murphy (D-Weymouth) Robert Montgomery Thomas (U-Weymouth)
Pro-Choice
Unknown
5th Norfolk (Cusack)
Mark James Cusack (D-Braintree)
Unknown
6th Norfolk (Galvin)
William C. Galvin (D-Canton) Mixed
7th Norfolk (Timilty)
Walter F. Timilty (D-Milton)
Anti-Choice
8th Norfolk (Kafka)
Louis L. Kafka (D-Stoughton) Pro-Choice
9th Norfolk (Winslow)
Daniel Winslow (R-Plainville) Pro-Choice
10th Norfolk (Vallee, vacant)
Richard Eustis (R-Medway)
John Jewell (R-Franklin)
Peter Padula (D-Franklin)
Jeffrey Roy (D-Franklin)
Stolle Singleton (R-Franklin) Unknown
Mixed
Unknown
Pro-Choice
Unknown
11th Norfolk (McMurtry)
Paul McMurtry (D-Dedham) Pro-Choice
12th Norfolk (Rogers)
John H. Rogers (D-Norwood) James M. Stanton (R-Walpole) Anti-Choice
Anti-Choice
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State Representative Races
13th Norfolk (Garlick)
Denise C. Garlick (D-Needham)
Pro-Choice
14th Norfolk (Peisch)
Alice Hanlon Peisch (D-Wellesley)
Jerome Carr (D-Wellesley) Pro-Choice
Pro-Choice
15th Norfolk (Smizik)
Frank Israel Smizik (D-Brookline) ENDORSED
1st Plymouth (deMacedo)
Vinny M. deMacedo (R-Plymouth)
Anti-Choice
2nd Plymouth (Gifford)
Susan Williams Gifford (R-Wareham)
Pro-Choice
3rd Plymouth (Bradley)
Garrett J. Bradley (D-Hingham)
Pro-Choice
4th Plymouth (Cantwell)
James M. Cantwell (D-Marshfield)
Steven Coulter (R-Scituate) Pro-Choice
Unknown
5th Plymouth (Nyman)
Rhonda Nyman (D-Hanover) Korey M. Welch (R-Rockland) 6th Plymouth (Webster)
Josh S. Cutler (D-Duxbury)
7th Plymouth (Diehl)
Bob Toomey (D-Abington) 4th Suffolk (Collins)
Nicholas Patrick Collins, Sr. (D-South Boston)
Anti-Choice
5th Suffolk (Henriquez)
Carlos Tony Henriquez (D-Boston) ENDORSED
6th Suffolk (Holmes)
Russell Holmes (D-Boston)
Anti-Choice
7th Suffolk (Fox)
Gloria L. Fox (D-Boston) ENDORSED
8th Suffolk (Walz)
Martha “Marty” Walz (D-Boston)
ENDORSED
9th Suffolk (Rushing)
Byron Rushing (D-Boston) ENDORSED
10th Suffolk (Coppinger)
Edward Coppinger (D-West Roxbury)
Anti-Choice
11th Suffolk (Malia)
Elizabeth A. Malia (D-Jamaica Plain)
ENDORSED
Unknown
Unknown
12th Suffolk (Forry)
Linda Dorcena Forry (D-Boston)
Pro-Choice
ENDORSED
13th Suffolk (Walsh)
Martin J. Walsh (D-Boston)
Pro-Choice
ENDORSED
14th Suffolk (Scaccia)
Angelo M. Scaccia (D-Boston) Anthony Solomine (D-Boston)
Anti-Choice
Pro-Choice
Pro-Choice
ENDORSED
Pro-Choice
8th Plymouth (D’Emilia)
Marilee Kenney Hunt (D-Bridgewater)
ENDORSED
9th Plymouth (Brady)
Michael Brady (D-Brockton) Unknown
15th Suffolk (Sanchez)
Jeffrey Sanchez (D-Boston)
16th Suffolk (Reinstein)
Kathy-Anne Reinstein (D-Revere)
10th Plymouth (Canavan)
Christine E. Canavan (D-Brockton) ENDORSED
11th Plymouth (Creedon, retiring)
Claire Cronin (D-Easton)
Mark Linde (D-Brockton)
Daniel Murphy (R-Easton)
Jass Stewart (D-Brockton)
Robert Sullivan (D-Brockton) 17th Suffolk (Honan)
Kevin G. Honan (D-Boston)
Pro-Choice
Pro-Choice
Unknown
Pro-Choice
Pro-Choice
18th Suffolk (Moran)
Michael J. Moran (D-Boston)
ENDORSED
19th Suffolk (DeLeo)
Robert A. DeLeo (D-Winthrop)
Paul Caruccio (R-Winthrop) Mixed
Unknown
12th Plymouth (Calter)
Thomas J. Calter, III (D-Kingston)
Debra Betz (R-Plymouth)
Unknown
Anti-Choice
1st Worcester (Ferguson)
Kimberly Ferguson (R-Holden)
Anti-Choice
1st Suffolk (Basile)
Carlo Basile (D-Boston)
2nd Suffolk (O’Flaherty)
Eugene L. O’Flaherty (D-Chelsea)
Charles Klauder (R-Chelsea) 3rd Suffolk (Michlewitz)
Aaron Michlewitz (D-Boston)
Pro-Choice
Mixed
Anti-Choice
ENDORSED
2nd Worcester (Bastien)
Johnathan Zlotnick (D-Gardner)
3rd Worcester (DiNatale)
Stephen L. DiNatale (D-Fitchburg)
ENDORSED
Anti-Choice
4th Worcester (Rosa)
Dennis A. Rosa (D-Leominster)
Justin Brooks (R-Leominster) Anti-Choice
Anti-Choice
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State Representative Races
5th Worcester (Gobi)
Anne M. Gobi (D-Spencer)
Justin Petraitis (R-North Brookfield)
Pro-Choice
Unknown
6th Worcester (Durant)
Kathleen Walker (D-Charlton)
ENDORSED
7th Worcester (Frost)
Paul K. Frost (R-Auburn)
Anti-Choice
8th Worcester (Kuros)
Kevin J. Kuros (R-Uxbridge) Robert Dubois (D-Blackstone)
Anti-Choice
Anti-Choice
9th Worcester (Peterson)
George Peterson (R-Grafton) Anti-Choice
10th Worcester (Fernandes)
John V. Fernandes (D-Milford) Pro-Choice
11th Worcester (Beaton)
Matthew Beaton (R-Shrewsbury)
Anti-Choice
12th Worcester (Naughton)
Harold P. Naughton, Jr. (D-Clinton)
Pro-Choice
13th Worcester (Mahoney)
John J. Mahoney (D-Worcester)
Pro-Choice
14th Worcester (O’Day)
James O’Day (D-West Boylston)
ENDORSED
15th Worcester (Pedone, vacant)
Frank Beshai (D-Worcester) Dianna Biancheria (D-Worcester)
Mary Keefe (D-Worcester) Brian J. O’Malley (R-Worcester)
Ralph Perez (D-Worcester) Kathleen Toomey (D-Worcester)
Anti-Choice
Pro-Choice
Pro-Choice
Anti-Choice
Unknown
Anti-Choice
16th Worcester (Fresolo)
John Fresolo (D-Worcester) Anti-Choice
17th Worcester (Binienda)
John J. Binienda, Sr. (D-Worcester)
William Lebeau (R-Leicester) Anti-Choice
Unknown
18th Worcester (Fattman)
Donald Bourque (D-Webster)
ENDORSED
Thank You!
NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts thanks those
pro-choice Representatives and
Senators retiring from the legislature for all their
work to protect choice. We appreciate that they
stood strong for women’s reproductive health
in the Commonwealth. We will long remember
their work and wish them the best in their future
endeavors.
A participant at Chocolate Madness enjoys the many
desserts provided by local businesses.
State Senate:
Fred Berry (Second Essex District)
Susan Fargo (Third Middlesex District)
Steve Baddour (First Essex District)
State House:
Harriett Stanely (2nd Essex District)
Charles Murphy (21st Middlesex District)
Alice Wolf (25th Middlesex District)
Jim Vallee (10th Norfolk District)
Former State Representative and current endorsed
candidate Barbara L’Italien on the campaign trail
with political intern Kaleigh Ross.
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NARAL Pro-Choice Massachussetts In Action
Protect and Elect:
Political Campaign
Intern Shayna Orent works with other
volunteers for a pro-choice candidate.
NARAL Pro-Choice Massachuetts interns
Hannah Yore and Hadley Chase in the
sunshine at this year’s Boston Pride Parade.
Chocolate Madness
Political Director Michael Falcone and
Director of Health Care Policy Rose
MacKenzie enjoying Chocolate Madness.
Some of the many volunteers who helped orchestrate
Chocolate Madness into a wonderfully successful
fundraiser and very enjoyable night.
The Rally Against the Blunt Amendment
Pro-choice activists rally against Senator Scott Brown’s
support for the Blunt Amendment outside his Boston
office in February, 2012.
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Primary Election: Thursday, September 6, 2012
General Election: Tuesday, November 6, 2012
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