From the Massachusetts Nurse Newsletter
October 2010 Edition
Registered nurses and health care professionals are on the frontlines of health care. They know what makes the difference between a good hospital stay and a dangerous one. Your vote for candidates that support making hospitals safer for patients and for you will make a difference!
The Mass. Nurses PAC has endorsed and recommends that on Tuesday, Nov. 2, you support the following candidates. As of the deadline for this issue of the Massachusetts Nurse the Mass. Nurses PAC is still considering endorsements in several seats. Check your mailbox at home for updates.
U.S. Congress
Candidates seeking open seats
William Keating
10th Congressional District
- Seat being vacated by Congressman William Delahunt
- Worked with the MNA as Norfolk County DA to develop our violence prevention agenda
- Will support the federal Safe Staffing bill
- Opposes cuts to Social Security benefits
Candidates seeking re-election
Congressman Barney Frank
4th Congressional District
- Agreed to co-sponsor the federal Safe Staffing bill
- Agreed to co-sponsor the federal Safe Patient Handling bill
Congressman Stephen Lynch
9th Congressional District
- Agreed to co-sponsor the federal Safe Staffing bill
- Agreed to co-sponsor the federal Safe Patient Handling bill
Congressman Jim McGovern
3rd Congressional District
- Co-sponsor of the federal Safe Staffing bill
- Opposes cuts to Social Security benefits
- Longtime ally of MNA bargaining units throughout his district
Congressman John Olver
1st Congressional District
- Agreed to co-sponsor the federal Safe Patient Handling bill
- Supported North Adams bargaining unit by urging CEO to negotiate to avoid a strike
Congressman John Tierney
6th Congressional District
- Agreed to co-sponsor the federal Safe Patient Handling bill
Massachusetts Senate
Candidates seeking open seats
Rep. Katherine Clark
D-Middlesex and Essex
Lynnfield, Malden, Melrose, Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield
Eileen Donoghue
D-1st Middlesex
Dunstable, Groton, Lowell, Pepperell, Tyngsboro, Westford
Rep. Michael Rush
D-Suffolk & Norfolk
Boston, Dedham, Norwood, Westwood
Dan Wolf
D-Cape & Islands
Aquinnah, Barnstable, Brewster, Chatham, Chilmark, Dennis, Eastham, Edgartown,
Gosnold, Harwich, Mashpee, Nantucket, Oak Bluffs, Orleans, Provincetown, Tisbury, Truro, Wellfleet, West Tisbury, Yarmouth
Rep. Jim Welch
D-Hampden
Agawam, Chicopee, Springfield, West Springfield
Candidates seeking re-election
Sen. Stephen Brewer
D-Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire & Franklin
Ashburnham, Athol, Barre, Brimfield, Brookfield, Charlton, East Brookfield, Hardwick, Holland, Hubbardston, Monson, New Braintree, North Brookfield, Oakham, Orange, Palmer, Petersham, Phillipston, Royalston, Rutland, Spencer, Sturbridge, Templeton, Wales, Ware, Warren, Warwick, West Brookfield, Winchendon
Sen. Harriette Chandler
D-1st Worcester
Berlin, Boylston, Clinton, Holden, Northborough, Paxton, Princeton, West Boylston, Worcester
Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz
D-2nd Suffolk
Boston
Sen. Sal DiDomenico
D-Middlesex, Suffolk & Essex
Boston, Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, Revere, Saugus, Somerville
Sen. Jamie Eldridge
D-Middlesex & Worcester
Acton, Ayer, Boxboro, Harvard, Hudson, Little-ton, Marlborough, Maynard, Northborough, Shirley, Southboro, Stow, Sudbury, Westborough
Sen. Jennifer Flanagan
D-Worcester & Middlesex
Ashby, Bolton, Clinton, Fitchburg, Gardner, Lancaster, Leominister, Lunenburg, Sterling, Townsend, Westminister
Sen. Patricia Jehlen
D-2nd Middlesex
Medford, Somerville, Winchester, Woburn
Sen. Thomas McGee
D-3rd Essex & Middlesex
Lynn, Marblehead, Melrose, Nahant, Saugus, Swampscott
Sen. Therese Murray
D-Plymouth & Barnstable
Barnstable, Bourne, Falmouth, Kingston, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plympton, Sandwich
Sen. Marc Pacheco
D-1st Plymouth & Bristol
Berkley, Bridgewater, Carver, Dighton, Marion, Middleboro, Raynham, Taunton, Wareham
Sen. Anthony Petruccelli
D-1st Suffolk & Middlesex
Boston, Cambridge, Revere, Winthrop
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Candidates seeking open seats
Kevin Byrne
D-11th Worcester
Shrewsbury, Westborough
Tackey Chan
D-2nd Norfolk
Quincy
Nick Collins
D-4th Suffolk
Boston
Patricia Commane
D-17th Essex
Andover, Lawrence, Tewksbury
Denise Garlick (former MNA president. See related photo on page 2) D-13th Norfolk
Dover, Medfield, Needham
Patrick Gerry
D-2nd Worcester
Ashburnham, Ashby, Gardner, Royalston, Winchendon
John Mahoney
D-13th Worcester
Paxton, Worcester
Paul Mark
D-2nd Berkshire
Ashfield, Becket, Bernardston, Buckland, Cheshire, Colrain, Cummington, Dalton, Hancock, Hinsdale, Lanesboro, Leyden, Middlefield, New Ashford, Northfield, Peru, Pittsfield, Plainfield, Richmond, Shelburne, Washington, Windsor
Ken O’Brien
D-1st Worcester
Holden, Hubbardston, Oakham, Princeton, Rutland, Sterling, Westminster
Candidates seeking re-election
Rep. Kevin Aguiar
D-7th Bristol
Fall River
Rep. Geraldo Alicea
D-6th Worcester
Charlton, East Brookfield, Oxford, Southbridge, Spencer
Rep. Brian Ashe
D-2nd Hampden
East Longmeadow, Hampden, Longmeadow, Monson, Springfield
Rep. Cory Atkins
D-14th Middlesex
Acton, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Concord
Rep. Jennifer Benson
D-37th Middlesex
Acton, Boxborough Harvard, Lancaster, Lunenburg, Shirley
Rep. Jennifer Callahan, RN
D-18th Worcester
Bellingham, Blackstone, Millville, Sutton, Uxbridge
Rep. Thomas Calter
D-12th Plymouth
Duxbury, Halifax, Kingston, Middleboro, Plymouth, Plympton
Rep. Linda Dean Campbell
D-15th Essex
Methuen
Rep. Christine Canavan, RN
D-10th Plymouth
Brockton, Easton, West Bridgewater
Rep. Michael Costello
D-1st Essex
Amesbury, Newburyport, Salisbury
Rep. Geraldine Creedon
D-11th Plymouth
Brockton, Easton
Rep. Steven D’Amico
D-4th Bristol
Norton, Rehoboth, Seekonk, Swansea
Rep. Paul Donato
D-35th Middlesex
Malden, Medford
Rep. Jim Dwyer
D-30th Middlesex
Reading, Stoneham, Woburn
Rep. Lori Ehrlich
D-8th Essex
Lynn, Marblehead, Swampscott
Rep. James Fagan
D-3rd Bristol
Taunton
Rep. Mark Falzone
D-9th Essex
Lynn, Lynnfield, Saugus, Wakefield
Rep. Anne Gobi
D-5th Worcester
Barre, Brookfield, Hardwick, New Braintree, North Brookfield, Petersham, Phillipston, Spencer, Templeton, Ware, West Brookfield
Rep. Danielle Gregoire
D-4th Middlesex
Berlin, Marlborough, Southboro
Rep. Kate Hogan
D-3rd Middlesex
Bolton, Hudson, Maynard, Stow
Rep. Robert Koczera
D-11th Bristol
Acushnet, New Bedford
Rep. Peter Koutoujian
D-10th Middlesex
Newton, Waltham, Watertown
Rep. Paul Kujawski
D-8th Worcester
Douglas, Dudley, Oxford, Uxbridge, Webster
Rep. Barbara L’Italien
D-18th Essex
Andover, Boxford, Georgetown, Haverhill, Methuen, North Andover
Rep. Allen McCarthy
D-7th Plymouth
Abington, East Bridgewater, Whitman
Rep. Paul McMurtry
D-11th Norfolk
Dedham, Walpole, Westwood
Rep. Hank Naughton
D-12th Worcester
Boylston, Clinton, Lancaster, Northborough, Sterling
Rep. Matthew Patrick
D-3rd Barnstable
Barnstable, Bourne, Falmouth, Mashpee
Rep. Sarah Peake
D-4th Barnstable
Chatham, Eastham, Harwich, Orleans, Provincetown, Truro, Wellfleet
Rep. Alice Peisch
D-14th Norfolk
Natick, Wellesley, Weston
Rep. Angelo Puppolo
D-12th Hampden
East Longmeadow, Springfield, Wilbraham
Rep. John Rogers
D-12th Norfolk
Norwood, Walpole
Rep. Rosemary Sandlin
D-3rd Hampden
Agawam, Granville, Russell, Southwick
Rep. Carl Sciortino
D-34th Middlesex
Medford, Somerville
Rep. Joyce Spiliotis
D-12th Essex
Peabody
Rep. Ellen Story
D-3rd Hampshire
Amherst, Granby
Rep. David Sullivan
D-6th Bristol
Berkley, Fall River, Freetown
Rep. Cleon Turner
D-1st Barnstable
Brewster, Dennis, Yarmouth
Rep. Daniel Webster
R-6th Plymouth
Duxbury, Halifax, Hanson, Pembroke
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