Katherine Clark Announces She Is Running For Congress
Sen. Katherine Clark announced Friday to her supporters that she will be running for Congress.
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In a letter emailed to her supporters on Friday afternoon, state Sen. Katherine Clark (D-Melrose) announced that she will be running for Congress.
U.S. Representative Ed Markey (D-Malden), who represents Melrose in the House, is currently running for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by newly appointed Secretary of State John Kerry.
If Markey wins that Senate seat, it would leave open the Fifth Congressional District seat in the House, which Clark would run for. If he loses his bid, he would retain his current House seat.
Two other Massachusetts legislators have also announced their intentions to run for Markey's seat, if he wins the Senate seat: state Rep. Carl Sciortino (D-Medford) and state Sen. Will Brownsberger (D-Belmont).
Melrose's current state senator, Clark said in her letter on Friday that she is "working hard to help" Markey win the special Senate race. Markey faces fellow Democratic Congressman Stephen Lynch in an April primary; Republicans who have declared their candidacy include twice-former congressional candidate Sean Bielat, state Rep. Dan Winslow of Norfolk and former Navy Seal Gabriel Gomez.
"I believe Ed Markey will be successful, and that a special election for the congressional seat will quickly follow," Clark wrote. "So I have made an exciting decision I want to share with you. I am running for Congress. I want to put my experience to work for the people of the Fifth Congressional District. Throughout my career, I have stood up for the families of Massachusetts. I will bring that leadership to Congress."
In the letter, Clark said that she has dedicated her career to being a voice for families and communities and "as a mom, attorney and state senator, I know how critical it is to continue to fight for early education, local job creation, public safety, our seniors and veterans, and a government that is transparent and accountable.
"The climate in Washington is divisive right now, but that is exactly why I want to represent our values in Congress," Clark continued in the letter. "I have a proven track record of bringing people together to find common sense solutions that create opportunity and move us forward."
cliff webb
7:21 am on Saturday, February 16, 2013
Yeah, okay, I guess so.
She can not be any worse than the other taxing thieves we have in there now.
And I am sure she will be spouting Senator Liawathas creed of fighting for the middle class. They leave off the last part of that statement though. They are fighting for the middle classes LAST DIME FROM TAXES so they can redistribute it to create so called jobs.
Suggestion Ms Clarke. Instead of supporting the Mayors 26% recent pay hike, denounce it as as example of more government wasteful spending. That increase could have gone in part to an additional officer, fireman or other essential JOB as opposed to an administrative part time hack.
Jon Scarborough
10:59 am on Saturday, February 16, 2013
no surprise.....talk about a political climber....apparently she gets bored when she has been at a job for more than six months
Jake
3:30 pm on Monday, February 18, 2013
Haven't seen her since she was running for office. She been on vacation?
mdonahue
9:19 am on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
I would fully support Catherine Clark. She has always advocated for children, victims of domestic violence. Check her voting record. She has been an asset to Melrose and the surrounding towns.
Jesse
1:45 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
I haven't seen her either.
Harvey
1:16 pm on Saturday, February 23, 2013
Sen. Clark why did you vote now to require a Social Security number to recieve benefits or an ID to vote or a ban on illegals getting in state tuition? Was that in our best interest or yours?
Harvey
2:18 pm on Saturday, February 23, 2013
Now was meant to be not. Massachusetts needs to wake up.
Jetson
4:32 pm on Friday, March 8, 2013
Hasn't made a real stand for anything important yet. Why wouldn't she want Markey's job, she can do nothing there too just like Ed.