2018 Election Endorsements
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ENDORSED INCUMBENT STATEWIDE CANDIDATES RE-ELECTED (1)
- Attorney General Maura Healey, Democrat, was re-elected
ENDORSED INCUMBENT STATE SENATORS RE-ELECTED (10)
- Senator Harriette Chandler, Democrat of Worcester in the 1st Worcester District
- Senator Julian Cyr, Democrat of Hyannis in the Cape & Islands District
- Senator Jamie Eldridge, Democrat of Acton in the Middlesex & Worcester District
- Senator Paul Feeney, Democrat of Foxboro in the Bristol & Norfolk District
- Senator Anne Gobi, Democrat of Spencer in the Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire & Middlesex District
- Senator Eric Lesser, Democrat of Longmeadow in the 1st Hampden & Hampshire District
- Senator Jason Lewis, Democrat of Winchester in the 5th Middlesex District
- Senator Patrick O’Connor, Republican of Weymouth in the Plymouth & Norfolk District
- Senator Marc Pacheco, Democrat of Taunton in the 1st Plymouth & Bristol District
- Senator Bruce Tarr, Republican of Gloucester in the 1st Essex & Middlesex District
ENDORSED NEW STATE SENATE CANDIDATES ELECTED (2)
- Diana DiZoglio, Democrat of Methuen in the 1st Essex District
- Barry Finegold, Democrat of Norwood in the 2nd Essex & Middlesex District
ENDORSED INCUMBENT REPRESENTATIVES RE-ELECTED (18)
- Representative Dan Cullinane, Democrat of Boston in the 12th Suffolk District
- Representative Michael Day, Democrat of Stoneham in the 31st Middlesex District
- Representative Marjorie Decker, Democrat of Cambridge in the 25th Middlesex District
- Representative Lori Ehrlich, Democrat of Marblehead in the 8th Essex District
- Representative Tricia Farley-Bouvier, Democrat of Pittsfield in the 3rd Berkshire District
- Representative Dylan Fernandes, Democrat of Falmouth in the Barnstable, Dukes & Nantucket District
- Representative Sean Garballey, Democrat of Arlington in the 23rd Middlesex District
- Representative Denise Garlick, Democrat of Dedham in the 13th Norfolk District
- Representative Danielle Gregoire, Democrat of Marlborough in the 4th Middlesex District
- Representative Stephen Hay, Democrat of Fitchburg in the 3rd Worcester District
- Representative Natalie Higgins, Democrat of Leominster in the 4th Worcester District
- Representative Jack Patrick Lewis, Democrat of Framingham in the 7th Middlesex District
- Representative Jay Livingstone, Democrat of Boston in the 8th Suffolk District
- Representative Liz Malia, Democrat of Boston in the 11th Suffolk District
- Representative Joan Meschino, Democrat of Hull in the 3rd Plymouth District
- Representative Smitty Pignatelli, Democrat of Lenox in the 4th Berkshire District
- Representative Denise Provost, Democrat of Somerville in the 27th Middlesex District
- Representative Andy Vargas, Democrat of Haverhill in the 3rd Essex District
ENDORSED NEW HOUSE CANDIDATES ELECTED (15)
- Michelle Ciccolo, Democrat of Lexington in the 15th Middlesex District
- Solomon Goldstein-Rose, Democrat of Amherst in the 3rd Hampshire District.
- Joan Meschino, Democrat of Hull in the 3rd Plymouth District.
- Jack Patrick Lewis, Democrat of Framingham in the 7th Middlesex District
- Mindy Domb, Democrat of Amherst in the 3rd Hampshire District
- Tami Gouveia, Democrat of Lowell in the 14th Middlesex
- Jim Hawkins, Democrat of Attleboro in the 2nd Bristol District
- Kathleen LaNatra, Democrat of Kingston in the 12th Plymouth District
- David LeBoeuf, Democrat of Worcester in the 17th Worcester District
- Adrian Madaro, Democrat of Boston in the 1st Suffolk District
- Christina Minicucci, Democrat of North Andover in the 14th Essex District
- Liz Miranda, Democrat of Boston in the 5th Suffolk District
- Tram Nguyen, Democrat of Andover in the 18th Essex District
- Maria Robinson, Democrat of Framingham in the 6th Middlesex District
- Tommy Vitolo, Democrat of Brookline in the 15th Norfolk District