Endorsements - 2004

Newpapers - Gereral Election

• The Boston Globe
• The Boston Courant
• The Beacon Hill Times
• In Newsweekly
• Cambridge Chronicle
• Bay Windows
• Boston Phoenix

Newspapers - Primary Election

• Boston Globe
• Boston Courant
• Cambridge Chronicle
• Boston Phoenix
• InNewsWeekly
• Bay Windows

Organizations

• Commonwealth Coalition
• Massachusetts AFL-CIO
• Massachusetts National Organization for Women
• Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund
• NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts
• Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus
• Sierra Club
• Massachusetts Federation of Teachers
• Massachusetts Teachers Association
• Cambridge Lavender Alliance
• Massachusetts Gay and Lesbian Political Caucus
• Bay State Stonewall Democrats
• Boston Ward 5 Democratic Committee
• Cambridge Ward Five Democratic Committee
• Massachusetts Democratic Future
• Citizens for Participation in Political Action (CPPAX)
• Massachusetts Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
• SEIU Statewide Council
• National Association of Government Employees (NAGE)
• National Association of Nurses
• International Brotherhood of Police Officers
• National Healthcare Union
• International Brotherhood of Correctional Officers
• International Association of EMTs and Paramedics
• AFSCME Council 93
• UAW Region 9A
• SEIU Local 509
• Plumbers and Gas Fitters Local Union 12
• United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 1445
• Sheet Metal Workers Local Union 17
• International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 35
• Massachusetts Organization of State Engineers and Scientists (MOSES)

Elected Officials and Community Leaders

• Congressman Barney Frank
• Speaker of the House Salvatore DiMasi
• Rep. Paul Demakis, State Representative for the 8th Suffolk District
• State Representative Byron Rushing
• State Representative Anne Paulsen
• Mark Roosevelt and Thomas Vallely, Former State Representatives for the 8th Suffolk District
• State Senator Dianne Wilkerson
• Suffolk County Sherriff Andrea Cabral
• Steve Grossman, Former Chair, Democratic National Committee, and Massachusetts Democratic State Committee
• Barbara Ackermann, Former Mayor, City of Cambridge
• Felix Arroyo, Boston City Councilor
• Michael Ross, Boston City Councilor
• Denise Simmons, Cambridge City Councilor
• Henrietta Davis, Cambridge City Councilor
• Brian Murphy, Cambridge City Councilor
• Ben Lummis, Cambridge School Committee member
• Fred Fantini, Cambridge School Committee Member
• Nancy Walser, Cambridge School Committee Member
• Richard Iannella, Suffolk County Registrar of Probate and former Boston City Councilor
• Matt DeBergalis
• Elsie Frank, Elder activist