This year, we saw firsthand the importance of PAC endorsements and the resulting relationships with legislators. Many of the candidates we endorsed in the past were our champions on Beacon Hill and were responsible for the passage of legislation banning mandatory overtime, as well as keeping Taunton State Hospital open.
The Massachusetts Nurses PAC has endorsed and recommends that you support the following pro-nurse candidates on Tuesday, Nov. 6. Additional candidates may be endorsed in the weeks leading up to the election, so please check your mailbox for more information on these candidates.
U.S. Congress
Candidates seeking open seats
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Joseph P. Kennedy III
4th Congressional District
- Seat being vacated by Congressman Barney Frank
- Understands issues affecting nurses and will be a voice for nurses in Congress
- Supports measures that protect patient care and improve working conditions for RN’s
- Will work to guarantee that Social Security and Medicare remain solvent and effective for both current and future generations
Candidates seeking re-election
Congressman Jim McGovern
2nd Congressional District
- Co-sponsor of the federal Safe Staffing bill
- Co-sponsor of NNU endorsed Robin Hood Tax bill
- Opposes cuts to Social Security benefits
- Longtime ally of MNA bargaining units throughout his district
Congressman John Tierney
6th Congressional District
- Co-sponsor of the federal Safe Staffing bill
- Instrumental in helping Boston Med Flight to organize, a decision that had been held up by the National Mediation Board prior to Congressman Tierney’s intervention
- Opposes cuts to Social Security benefits
Congressman Bill Keating
9th Congressional District
- Co-sponsor of the federal Safe Staffing bill
- Worked with the MNA as Norfolk County district attorney to develop our violence prevention agenda
- Opposes cuts to Social Security benefits
- Spoke out immediately and worked with us to save Taunton State Hospital from closure, protecting the mental health safety net for those living in Southeastern Massachusetts
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U.S. Senate
Elizabeth Warren
- Will support legislation to guarantee better working conditions for nurses and safer care for patients
- Will support MNA bargaining units in their fights for fair contracts
- Opposes cuts to Social Security and Medicare
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Massachusetts Senate
Candidates seeking open seats
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Joan Lovely |
Kathleen O’Connor Ives |
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Candidates seeking re-election
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Harriette Chandler Ken Donnelly Jamie Eldridge Michael Moore Therese Murray Marc Pacheco |
Anthony Petruccelli Richard Ross Mike Rush Karen Spilka James Timilty James Welch |
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Massachusetts House of Representatives
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Candidates seeking re-election
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Denise Andrews Brian Ashe John Binienda Garrett Bradley Tom Calter Jim Cantwell Tom Conroy Sean Curran Mark Cusack Robert DeLeo Carolyn Dykema Bob Fennell Michael Finn Linda Dorcena Forry Sean Garballey Denise Garlick Anne Gobi |
Tom Golden John Lawn Dave Linsky Paul Mark Jamie Murphy Dave Nangle Rhonda Nyman James O’Day Eugene O’Flaherty Denise Provost Angelo Puppolo, Jr. John Rogers Dennis Rosa Angelo Scaccia Carl Sciortino William Straus Walter Timilty Tim Toomey Chris Walsh |
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