Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Massachusetts Announces General Election Endorsements
Contact: Caroline Kimball-Katz, [email protected]
For Immediate Release: Oct. 3, 2022 (Updated: Oct. 3, 2022, 1:08 p.m.)
PPAF endorses Diana DiZoglio for Auditor, adds 16 Senate endorsements and 91 House endorsements ahead of the November 8th General Election
BOSTON – Today, the Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Massachusetts (PPAF) announced its final round of state and legislative endorsements for the 2022 election, backing Diana DiZoglio for State Auditor and an extensive group of Senate and House incumbents and newcomers who are committed to advancing reproductive rights, abortion access, comprehensive sex education, and health equity across the Commonwealth.
PPAF had previously endorsed Maura Healey for Governor, Kim Driscoll for Lt. Governor, and Andrea Campbell for Attorney General, who each won their primaries in September. Healey and Driscoll’s historic ticket creates the opportunity for Massachusetts to become the first state in the nation to be led by two female elected executive leaders.
"We are proud to have a strong pro-reproductive health majority in our state legislature, reflected in the fact that we’ve made 30 Senate endorsements and 121 House endorsements this cycle, but this is not a time to take any vote or any seat for granted,” said Dr. Nate Horwitz-Willis, Executive Director of the Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Massachusetts. “With this group of candidates, we have the opportunity to re-elect proven champions for reproductive freedom and elect many new members who will fight tirelessly to make sexual and reproductive health care affordable and accessible to all in Massachusetts.”
Over the next several weeks, PPAF will campaign for endorsed candidates in key races to elect or re-elect reproductive health champions, including Becca Rausch, Julian Cyr, Jake Oliveira, Natalie Higgins, Jim Hawkins, Tram Nguyen, Teresa English, Brendan Roche, James Arena-DeRosa, Dawne Shand, Kevin Kalkut, Michael Kushmerek, Emmanuel Dockter, and Stephen Fishman.
To see a full list of PPAF’s 2022 endorsements, click here.
Today, the Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Massachusetts proudly endorses:
For Auditor:
Diana DiZoglio
For State Senate:
Michael Rodrigues, First Bristol and Plymouth
Marc Pacheco, Third Bristol & Plymouth
Pavel Payano, First Essex
Edward Kennedy, First Middlesex
Patricia Jehlen, Second Middlesex
Michael Barrett, Third Middlesex
Karen Spilka, Middlesex & Norfolk
Lydia Edwards, Third Suffolk
William Brownsberger, Suffolk & Middlesex
Michael Moore, Second Worcester
Joanne Comerford, Hampshire, Franklin, & Worcester
Sue Moran, Plymouth & Barnstable
John Cronin, Worcester & Middlesex
Anne Gobi, Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire, & Middlesex
Robyn Kennedy, First Worcester
Liz Miranda, Second Suffolk
For State Representative:
Dylan Fernandes, Barnstable, Dukes, & Nantucket
Kip Diggs, 2nd Barnstable
John Barrett, 1st Berkshire
Brendan Roche, 1st Bristol
Carol Doherty, 3rd Bristol
Patricia Haddad, 5th Bristol
William Straus, 10th Bristol
Christopher Hendricks, 11th Bristol
Antonio Cabral, 13th Bristol
Adam Scanlon, 14th Bristol
Dawne Shand, 1st Essex
Kristin Kassner, 2nd Essex
Andy Vargas, 3rd Essex
Estela Reyes, 4th Essex
Ann-Margaret Ferrante, 5th Essex
Jerry Parisella, 6th Essex
Jenny Armini, 8th Essex
Daniel Cahill, 10th Essex
Peter Capano, 11th Essex
Thomas Walsh, 12th Essex
Sally Kerans, 13th Essex
Adrianne Ramos, 14th Essex
Ryan Hamilton, 15th Essex
Frank Moran, 17th Essex
Natalie Blais, 1st Franklin
Patricia Duffy, 5th Hampden
Aaron Saunders, 7th Hampden
Shirley Arriaga, 8th Hampden
Orlando Ramos, 9th Hampden
Carlos González, 10th Hampden
Daniel Carey, 2nd Hampshire
Mindy Domb, 3rd Hampshire
James Arciero, 2nd Middlesex
Kate Hogan, 3rd Middlesex
Danielle Gregoire, 4th Middlesex
David Linsky, 5th Middlesex
John Lawn, 10th Middlesex
Carmine Gentile, 13th Middlesex
Michelle Ciccolo, 15th Middlesex
Rodney Elliott, 16th Middlesex
Rady Mom, 18th Middlesex
Sean Garballey, 23rd Middlesex
David Rogers, 24th Middlesex
Steven Owens, 29th Middlesex
Richard Haggerty, 30th Middlesex
Kate Lipper-Garabedian, 32nd Middlesex
Steve Ultrino, 33rd Middlesex
Dan Sena, 37th Middlesex
Bruce Ayers, 1st Norfolk
Tackey Chan, 2nd Norfolk
Ronald Mariano, 3rd Norfolk
James Murphy, 4th Norfolk
Mark Cusack, 5th Norfolk
William Galvin, 6th Norfolk
William Driscoll, 7th Norfolk
Ted Philips, 8th Norfolk
Kevin Kalkut, 9th Norfolk
Jeffrey Roy, 10th Norfolk
Denise Garlick, 13th Norfolk
Alice Peisch, 14th Norfolk
Tommy Vitolo, 15th Norfolk
Joan Meschino, 3rd Plymouth
Patrick Kearney, 4th Plymouth
Emmanuel Dockter, 5th Plymouth
Josh Cutler, 6th Plymouth
Gerard Cassidy, 9th Plymouth
Michelle DuBois, 10th Plymouth
Rita Mendes, 11th Plymouth
Kathleen LaNatra, 12th Plymouth
Daniel Ryan, 2nd Suffolk
Aaron Michlewitz, 3rd Suffolk
Chris Worrell, 5th Suffolk
Chynah Tyler, 7th Suffolk
Jay Livingstone, 8th Suffolk
Jon Santiago, 9th Suffolk
Edward Coppinger, 10th Suffolk
Judith Garcia, 11th Suffolk
Brandy Fluker Oakley, 12th Suffolk
Dan Hunt, 13th Suffolk
Rob Consalvo, 14th Suffolk
Jessica Giannino, 16th Suffolk
Kevin Honan, 17th Suffolk
Michael Moran, 18th Suffolk
Jonathan Zlotnik, 2nd Worcester
Michael Kushmerek, 3rd Worcester
Brian Murray, 10th Worcester
Meghan Kilcoyne, 12th Worcester
John Mahoney, 13th Worcester
Mary Keefe, 15th Worcester
Daniel Donahue, 16th Worcester
Kate Donaghue, 19th Worcester
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